POLITICIAN

C. R. Swart

1894 - 1982

Photo of C. R. Swart

Icon of person C. R. Swart

Charles Robberts Swart (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed "Blackie", was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. R. Swart has received more than 142,578 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). C. R. Swart is the 9,013th most popular politician (up from 10,836th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 54th in 2019) and the 16th most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. R. Swart ranks 9,013 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean Castex, Yahya Khan, Ben-Hadad I, Levi P. Morton, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and Zail Singh. After him are Mwai Kibaki, Mangas Coloradas, Tevfik Esenç, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Isaac Komnenos, and Lais of Hyccara.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, C. R. Swart ranks 102. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue, Trygve Gulbranssen, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Semyon Bogdanov, Maria Restituta Kafka, and Friedrich Pollock. After him are Ángel Romano, Jerzy Neyman, Tivadar Soros, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, and Marietta Blau. Among people deceased in 1982, C. R. Swart ranks 97. Before him are Ahmad al-Khatib, Art Pepper, Vic Morrow, Giovanni Benelli, Randy Rhoads, and Bauyrzhan Momyshuly. After him are Elio Petri, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Taisen Deshimaru, Marcel Camus, David Frankfurter, and Abba P. Lerner.

Others Born in 1894

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1982

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, C. R. Swart ranks 42 out of 454. Before him are André Brink (1935), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Kevin Carter (1960), Andries Pretorius (1798), Rory Byrne (1944), and Louis Botha (1862). After him are John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Esther Brand (1922), Manfred Mann (1940), Piet Cronjé (1836), and Angelique Rockas (1951).

Others born in South Africa

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, C. R. Swart ranks 16. Before him are Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Louis Botha (1862). After him are John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Piet Joubert (1834), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866).

South African born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous