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Jan Luyken

1649 - 1712

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Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Luyken is the 3,202nd most popular writer (down from 2,746th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Luyken ranks 3,202 out of 7,302Before him are Géza Gárdonyi, Vincent Voiture, Henry Darger, René Huyghe, Janosch, and Macropedius. After him are Maria Wirtemberska, António Ferreira, Ama Ata Aidoo, Galaktion Tabidze, Herman J. Mankiewicz, and Ybyrai Altynsarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Jan Luyken ranks 14Before him are Thomas Tew, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, and Elihu Yale. After him are Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and Titus Oates. Among people deceased in 1712, Jan Luyken ranks 19Before him are Nehemiah Grew, Bahadur Shah I, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Richard Simon, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, and Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, Rabia Sultan, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 520 out of 1,646Before him are Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Louis Beel (1902), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Floor Jansen (1981), Victor Marijnen (1917), and Macropedius (1487). After him are Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Nina Foch (1924), Adri van der Poel (1959), Louis Andriessen (1939), and Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 25Before him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Gerard Reve (1923), Tim Krabbé (1943), Gysbert Japiks (1603), and Macropedius (1487). After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Bertus Aafjes (1914), and Jan Wolkers (1925).