1894 - 1982
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 122,423 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). C. R. Swart is the 10,866th most popular politician (up from 11,208th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 74th in 2019) and the 20th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, C. R. Swart ranks 10,866 out of 15,577. Before him are Jeannette Rankin, Louis-Mathieu Molé, Surendranath Banerjee, Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi. After him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Blanche of Montferrat, Yahya ibn Muhammad, Moses Finley, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and George VII of Georgia.
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,860
1781 - 1855
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,861
1848 - 1925
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,862
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,863
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,864
1838 - 1904
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,865
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,866
100 BC - 14
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10,867
1472 - 1519
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 10,868
829 - 864
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 10,869
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 10,870
1633 - 1708
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 10,871
1366 - 1407
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 10,872
Among people born in 1894, C. R. Swart ranks 137. Before him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Ivan Papanin, Harold Innis, Magda Julin, Olive Thomas, and Tibor Déry. After him are Jean Rostand, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Paul Dessau, David Butler, Kurt Blome, and Mae Marsh. Among people deceased in 1982, C. R. Swart ranks 126. Before him are Khalid al-Islambouli, Art Pepper, Harald Ertl, Leonid Utyosov, Warren Oates, and Patrick Magee. After him are Alberto Cavalcanti, Seraphim Rose, Haskell Curry, Renzo Rossellini, Olle Hellbom, and Fernando Lamas.
1894 - 1959
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 131
1894 - 1986
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 132
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 133
1894 - 1990
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 134
1894 - 1920
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 135
1894 - 1977
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 136
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 137
1894 - 1977
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 138
1894 - 1950
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 139
1894 - 1979
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 140
1894 - 1979
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 141
1894 - 1969
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 142
1894 - 1968
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 143
1955 - 1982
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 120
1925 - 1982
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 121
1948 - 1982
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 122
1895 - 1982
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 123
1928 - 1982
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 124
1922 - 1982
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 125
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 126
1897 - 1982
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 127
1934 - 1982
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 128
1900 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 129
1908 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 130
1925 - 1982
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 131
1916 - 1982
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 132
Among people born in South Africa, C. R. Swart ranks 54 out of 374. Before him are Dave Matthews (1967), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Glynis Johns (1923), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Marlene Dumas (1953), and Alice Krige (1954). After him are Esther Brand (1922), Cyril Cusack (1910), Trevor Jones (1949), Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Koos de la Rey (1847).
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 48
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 49
1923 - 2024
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 50
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 53
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 54
1922 - 2015
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 55
1910 - 1993
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 57
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 58
1866 - 1942
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 59
1847 - 1914
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 60
Among politicians born in South Africa, C. R. Swart ranks 20. Before him are Andries Pretorius (1798), Louis Botha (1862), John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Christiaan de Wet (1854). After him are Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868).
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 14
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 15
1915 - 1983
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 16
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 17
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 18
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 19
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 20
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 21
1866 - 1942
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 22
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 23
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 24
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 25
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 26