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Andries Pretorius

1798 - 1853

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Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andries Pretorius has received more than 336,184 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Andries Pretorius is the 7,708th most popular politician (up from 7,754th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from South Africa and the 14th most popular South African Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andries Pretorius ranks 7,708 out of 15,577. Before him are Abd al-Rahman V, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Yanis Varoufakis, He Dan Jia, Cetshwayo kaMpande, and Philippe, Duke of Vendôme. After him are Ilija Garašanin, Zu Yi, Emperor Ai of Jin, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yusof Ishak, and Sultan bin Salman Al Saud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Andries Pretorius ranks 18. Before him are František Palacký, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Alexander Gorchakov, Thomas Hodgkin, Josiah Warren, and Franz Ernst Neumann. After him are Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Dionysios Solomos, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Jules Armand Dufaure, and Massimo d'Azeglio. Among people deceased in 1853, Andries Pretorius ranks 20. Before him are Juan Donoso Cortés, Christian Leopold von Buch, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Julius Jacob von Haynau. After him are Frédéric Ozanam, George Onslow, Auguste Laurent, Anastasio Bustamante, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, and Lionel Kieseritzky.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Andries Pretorius ranks 39 out of 374. Before him are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Kevin Carter (1960), André Brink (1935), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826). After him are Louis Botha (1862), John Vorster (1915), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Manfred Mann (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Andries Pretorius ranks 14. Before him are Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826). After him are Louis Botha (1862), John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Christiaan de Wet (1854), and C. R. Swart (1894).

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