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Jan Gies

1905 - 1993

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Jan Augustus Gies (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑŋ ˈɣis]; 18 August 1905 – 26 January 1993) was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife, Miep, helped hide Anne Frank, her sister Margot, their parents Otto and Edith, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer from Nazi persecution during the occupation of the Netherlands by aiding them as they resided in the Secret Annex. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Gies is the 11,335th most popular politician (down from 10,283rd in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Gies ranks 11,335 out of 19,576. Before him are Raúl Cubas Grau, Artur Mas, Yegor Ligachyov, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Joseph Lebeau. After him are Kwon Ki-ok, Thomas de Maizière, Ermengol I, Count of Urgell, Maciej Rataj, Aioulf, and Dmitry of Suzdal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jan Gies ranks 165. Before him are Sanford Meisner, Fumiko Enchi, Harold Arlen, Rózsa Péter, Hans Freudenthal, and Michael Tippett. After him are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Robert Penn Warren, Ivan Eklind, Theodor Oberländer, and Erich Neumann. Among people deceased in 1993, Jan Gies ranks 122. Before him are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Buddhadasa, Freya Stark, Deke Slayton, Pierre Victor Auger, and Frunzik Mkrtchyan. After him are Cyril Cusack, GG Allin, Oliver Tambo, Brandon Teena, Yulian Semyonov, and Nicanor Zabaleta.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 509 out of 1,646. Before him are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Willem Kes (1856), Wubbo Ockels (1946), and Albert Eckhout (1610). After him are Lodewijk van Heiden (1773), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), Jo Bonfrère (1946), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), and Louis Beel (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 81. Before him are Philippa of Guelders (1464), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), and Jelle Zijlstra (1918). After him are Louis Beel (1902), Victor Marijnen (1917), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), and Cornelis Lely (1854).

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