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Cetshwayo kaMpande

1826 - 1884

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Cetshwayo kaMpande (; Zulu pronunciation: [ᵏǀétʃwajo kámpande]; c. 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been transliterated as Cetawayo, Cetewayo, Cetywajo and Ketchwayo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cetshwayo kaMpande has received more than 491,350 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Cetshwayo kaMpande is the 7,784th most popular politician (down from 7,684th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 38th in 2019) and the 13th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 7,784 out of 19,576. Before him are Danishmend Gazi, Antonio Grimani, Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Annia Faustina, Hitoshi Ashida, and Edgar Faure. After him are Ivan Susanin, Hōjō Yoshitoki, Antonio Possevino, Stefan Branković, Aslan Abashidze, and Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 23. Before him are George B. McClellan, Karl von Piloty, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Henri Mouhot, and George Johnstone Stoney. After him are Walter Bagehot, Stephen Foster, Giuseppe Zanardelli, Gustave Moynier, William Waddington, and Giovanni Battista Donati. Among people deceased in 1884, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 24. Before him are Alexander, Prince of Orange, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Paul Abadie, Hermann Schlegel, and Eduard Rüppell. After him are George Bentham, William, Duke of Brunswick, Eduard Totleben, Leopold Fitzinger, Juan Bautista Alberdi, and François Mignet.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 37 out of 454. Before him are Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Michael Levitt (1947), Peter Abrahams (1919), Arnold Vosloo (1962), and André Brink (1935). After him are Kevin Carter (1960), Andries Pretorius (1798), Rory Byrne (1944), Louis Botha (1862), C. R. Swart (1894), and John Vorster (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 13. Before him are P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), and Kgalema Motlanthe (1949). After him are Andries Pretorius (1798), Louis Botha (1862), C. R. Swart (1894), John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), and Christiaan de Wet (1854).

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