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Jacob Cats

1577 - 1660

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Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Cats is the 2,486th most popular writer (down from 2,231st in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 356th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob Cats ranks 2,486 out of 7,302. Before him are Predrag Matvejević, Vonda N. McIntyre, Albert Robida, Eben Alexander, Delmira Agustini, and Stephen Baxter. After him are Luigi Alamanni, Ernst von Salomon, Vasil Bykaŭ, Kate Chopin, Gardner Fox, and Jules Guesde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Jacob Cats ranks 15. Before him are Cristofano Allori, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Kobayakawa Hideaki, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Gerardus Vossius, Mario Minniti, Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1660, Jacob Cats ranks 19. Before him are Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Ayşe Sultan, Alexandre de Rhodes, Paul Scarron, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, and Govert Flinck. After him are Mary Dyer, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Matthias Stom, Joos van Craesbeeck, and Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob Cats ranks 388 out of 1,646. Before him are Cristina Deutekom (1931), Paulus Moreelse (1571), Pieter Both (1568), Cornelis Cort (1533), Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), and Piet Schrijvers (1946). After him are Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Theo Jansen (1948), Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942), and Tom Okker (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jacob Cats ranks 13. Before him are Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), and Cornelis Tromp (1629). After him are Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581).

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