1915 - 2004
Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (10 May 1915 – 7 September 2004) was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beyers Naudé has received more than 127,006 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Beyers Naudé is the 514th most popular social activist, the 162nd most popular biography from South Africa and the 8th most popular South African Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Beyers Naudé ranks 514 out of 538. Before him are Dorothea Dix, Aed Carabao, Efua Dorkenoo, Jamnalal Bajaj, Bogaletch Gebre, and Dolores Huerta. After him are Iqbal Masih, Frances Willard, James Larkin, Bram Fischer, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, and Yolanda King.
1802 - 1887
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 508
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 509
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 510
1889 - 1942
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 511
1960 - 2019
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 512
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 513
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 514
1983 - 1995
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 515
1839 - 1898
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 516
1876 - 1947
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 517
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 518
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 519
1955 - 2007
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 520
Among people born in 1915, Beyers Naudé ranks 246. Before him are Heinz Körvers, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Helmut Niedermayr, Junior Durkin, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Ralph Bishop. After him are Ewan MacColl, Humphrey Searle, Franz Bartl, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, John Woodruff, and Magda Gabor. Among people deceased in 2004, Beyers Naudé ranks 262. Before him are Robert Bacher, Bill Pickering, Alan King, Kamisese Mara, Sylvi Saimo, and Ol' Dirty Bastard. After him are Fred Ebb, Richard Dembo, Emlyn Hughes, Ugo Ferrante, Arnold Orville Beckman, and Coxsone Dodd.
1915 - 1942
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 240
1915 - 1999
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 241
1915 - 1985
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 242
1915 - 1935
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 243
1915 - 1995
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 244
1915 - 1974
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 245
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 246
1915 - 1989
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 247
1915 - 1982
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 248
1915 - 1941
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 249
1915 - 2011
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 250
1915 - 2007
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 251
1915 - 1997
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 252
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 256
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 257
1927 - 2004
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 258
1920 - 2004
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 259
1914 - 2004
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 260
1968 - 2004
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 261
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 262
1928 - 2004
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 263
1948 - 2004
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 264
1947 - 2004
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 265
1945 - 2004
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 266
1900 - 2004
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 267
1932 - 2004
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 268
Among people born in South Africa, Beyers Naudé ranks 162 out of 374. Before him are Glynis Barber (1955), Ilana Kloss (1956), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Thomas Shardelow (1931), and Ahmed Kathrada (1929). After him are Sol Plaatje (1876), Bram Fischer (1908), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Grace Mugabe (1965), Enoch Sontonga (1873), and Caster Semenya (1991).
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 156
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 157
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 158
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 159
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 160
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 162
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 163
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 164
1904 - 1951
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 166
1873 - 1905
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 167
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 168
Among social activists born in South Africa, Beyers Naudé ranks 8. Before him are Steve Biko (1946), Evelyn Mase (1922), Frances Ames (1920), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Denis Goldberg (1933), and Ted Grant (1913). After him are Bram Fischer (1908), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Nkosi Johnson (1989), and Ayakha Melithafa (2002).
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 2
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 3
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 4
1900 - 1957
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 5
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 6
1913 - 2006
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 7
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 8
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 9
1918 - 2011
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 11
1989 - 2001
HPI: 20.35
Rank: 12
2002 - Present
HPI: 19.20
Rank: 13