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Jacob Le Maire

1585 - 1616

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Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the Earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honour, though not without controversy. It was Le Maire himself who proposed to the council aboard Eendracht that the new passage should be called by his name and the council unanimously agreed with Le Maire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Le Maire is the 3,730th most popular politician (down from 3,578th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 126th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Le Maire ranks 3,730 out of 19,576. Before him are Fanny Elssler, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Bahram II, Rugila, Moncef Marzouki, and Licinius II. After him are George, King of Saxony, Empress Jitō, Eric II of Denmark, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Hiero I of Syracuse, and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Jacob Le Maire ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Schütz, Cornelius Jansen, Hendrick Avercamp, Uriel da Costa, John George I, Elector of Saxony, and Anna of Tyrol. After him are Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, Jacques Lemercier, John Rolfe, Mary Ward, and Massimo Stanzione. Among people deceased in 1616, Jacob Le Maire ranks 6. Before him are William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Vincenzo Scamozzi. After him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, and Johannes Fabricius.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 128 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Frans Snyders (1579), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724). After him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Gertrude of Nivelles (626), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Siger of Brabant (1240), Joseph Plateau (1801), and Luce Irigaray (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 40. Before him are Anne of France (1461), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Paul Deschanel (1855), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724). After him are Ambiorix (-100), Charles Michel (1975), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Yves Leterme (1960).

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