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Jan de Hartog

1914 - 2002

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Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan de Hartog is the 5,355th most popular writer (down from 5,301st in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 816th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan de Hartog ranks 5,355 out of 7,302. Before him are Jayakanthan, Jacques Laurent, Günther Jauch, Park Yeon-mi, Elsa Joubert, and Narcyza Żmichowska. After him are André Heller, Erico Verissimo, Matthew Henry, Ramsey Campbell, Aneirin, and Wajdi Mouawad.

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Among people born in 1914, Jan de Hartog ranks 326. Before him are Georgy Babakin, John Hersey, Alessandro Frigerio, Claude Mauriac, David Wayne, and Zdeněk Škrland. After him are Bruce M. Metzger, Carl Foreman, Shaken Aimanov, Hank Snow, Kay Stammers, and Adrien Rommel. Among people deceased in 2002, Jan de Hartog ranks 259. Before him are Dee Brown, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Carmelo Bene, Yuji Hyakutake, Vernon A. Walters, and John R. Pierce. After him are Peter Blau, Hellmuth Marx, Chaim Potok, Mikayil Abdullayev, Anatoli Bashashkin, and David Todd Wilkinson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan de Hartog ranks 808 out of 1,646. Before him are Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), Milly Scott (1933), Thea Beckman (1923), Dirk Coster (1889), Jan Flinterman (1919), and Frans Andriessen (1929). After him are Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Catharina Lodders (1942), Ada Kok (1947), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Jetze Doorman (1881), and David Alexandre Winter (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan de Hartog ranks 47. Before him are Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Willem Bilderdijk (1756), Fedde Schurer (1898), Nicolaas Beets (1814), Remco Campert (1929), and Thea Beckman (1923). After him are Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Betje Wolff (1738), Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881), Hendrik Marsman (1899), Ian Buruma (1951), and J. Bernlef (1937).

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