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Chris Hani

1942 - 1993

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Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993), born Martin Thembisile Hani , was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Hani has received more than 1,262,060 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Chris Hani is the 13,881st most popular politician (down from 12,845th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 84th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chris Hani ranks 13,881 out of 19,576. Before him are Prosper Poullet, Iccho Itoh, Ranasinghe Premadasa, Bahlul Lodi, Rong Yiren, and Iván Duque Márquez. After him are Nanfadima Magassouba, Ahmose Inhapy, Khosrov III the Small, Sergey Aksyonov, Ali ibn Umar, and Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Chris Hani ranks 423. Before him are Tomasz Stańko, Roger McGuinn, Terenci Moix, Sergey Shakurov, C. J. Cherryh, and Richard O'Brien. After him are Rildo da Costa Menezes, Roshan Seth, Gustavo Peña, Yevhen Stankovych, Gray Davis, and Bas Jan Ader. Among people deceased in 1993, Chris Hani ranks 184. Before him are Andrée Brunet, Szymon Goldberg, Norman Vincent Peale, Heinz Kubsch, Dumitru Stăniloae, and Ranasinghe Premadasa. After him are Alexander Mackendrick, Rudolf Wetzer, Mirza Ibrahimov, James Donald, Štefan Uher, and Anne Shirley.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 94 out of 454. Before him are Basil van Rooyen (1939), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Gary Player (1935), Eben Dönges (1898), Deon Meyer (1958), and Ingrid Jonker (1933). After him are Ted Moore (1914), Peter de Klerk (1935), Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Sid Atkinson (1901), and Jim Fouché (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 32. Before him are Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Nico Diederichs (1903), Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), and Eben Dönges (1898). After him are Ted Moore (1914), Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), Julius Malema (1981), and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949).

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