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Johan Huizinga

1872 - 1945

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Johan Huizinga (Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦœyzɪŋɣaː]; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Huizinga is the 28th most popular historian (down from 26th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Historian.

Johan Huizinga is most famous for his book Homo Ludens, which is about the importance of play in human culture.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Johan Huizinga ranks 28 out of 561. Before him are Leopold von Ranke, Arrian, Fernand Braudel, Joannes Zonaras, Arnold J. Toynbee, and Bede. After him are Ibn Kathir, Edward Gibbon, Jacob Burckhardt, Saxo Grammaticus, Eric Hobsbawm, and Marc Bloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Johan Huizinga ranks 10. Before him are Bertrand Russell, Alexandra Feodorovna, Richard Willstätter, Alexandra Kollontai, Calvin Coolidge, and Charles Greeley Abbot. After him are Edith Wilson, Emil Hácha, Léon Blum, Paul Langevin, Anton Denikin, and Marcel Mauss. Among people deceased in 1945, Johan Huizinga ranks 29. Before him are Ernst Cassirer, Pietro Mascagni, Heinrich Müller, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Paul Valéry, and Pierre Laval. After him are Hans Fischer, David Lloyd George, August von Mackensen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emil Hácha.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johan Huizinga ranks 43 out of 1,646. Before him are William I of the Netherlands (1772), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Guus Hiddink (1946), Rutger Hauer (1944), Marco van Basten (1964), and Simon van der Meer (1925). After him are Rinus Michels (1928), Jan Tinbergen (1903), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Jan Steen (1626), and Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920).

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Among HISTORIANS In Netherlands

Among historians born in Netherlands, Johan Huizinga ranks 1. After him are Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798), Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Johannes Meursius (1579), and Martin van Creveld (1946).

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