POLITICIAN

Pieter Both

1568 - 1615

Photo of Pieter Both

Icon of person Pieter Both

Pieter Both (1568 – 6 March 1615) was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Not much is known of his early years. In 1599, Both was already an admiral in the New, or Brabant Company. In that year, he traveled to the East Indies with four ships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Both is the 9,425th most popular politician (up from 9,622nd in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 427th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Dutch Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Pieter Both by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pieter Both ranks 9,425 out of 19,576. Before him are John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Thoros III, King of Armenia, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Boris Kidrič, and Amursana. After him are Shams Pahlavi, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Beopheung of Silla, Dan I of Wallachia, Béla Imrédy, and Alexander Mach.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Pieter Both ranks 14. Before him are Giuseppe Cesari, Marino Ghetaldi, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Virginia de' Medici, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, and Anna Vasa of Sweden. After him are Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Sophie of Brandenburg, Sō Yoshitoshi, Michael Maier, Leonora Dori, and Juan Martínez Montañés. Among people deceased in 1615, Pieter Both ranks 13. Before him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Heo Jun, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Dom Justo Takayama, and Virginia de' Medici. After him are Adriaan van Roomen, Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Lady Arbella Stuart, and Melchior Vulpius.

Others Born in 1568

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1615

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 384 out of 1,646. Before him are Danny Blind (1961), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Huub Stevens (1953), Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), Cristina Deutekom (1931), and Paulus Moreelse (1571). After him are Cornelis Cort (1533), Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Piet Schrijvers (1946), Jacob Cats (1577), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903).

Others born in Netherlands

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 65. Before him are William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Dirk Stikker (1897), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), and Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657). After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Frans Timmermans (1961), Anna van Egmont (1533), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), and Dirk Jan de Geer (1870).

Dutch born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous