1942 - 1993
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 1,175,720 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Chris Hani is the 12,890th most popular politician (down from 12,326th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 98th in 2019) and the 29th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Chris Hani ranks 12,890 out of 15,577. Before him are Ila-kabkabu, Yasmah-Adad, Cecília Meireles, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Artūras Paulauskas, and Hrvoje Horvat. After him are Klaus von Dohnanyi, Miro, Count of Barcelona, Juan Carlos Varela, Charles Duclerc, Takako Doi, and Sviatoslav III of Kiev.
1850 BC - 1815 BC
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 12,884
1800 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 12,885
1901 - 1964
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 12,886
1930 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 12,887
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 12,888
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 12,889
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 12,890
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,891
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,892
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,893
1812 - 1888
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,894
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,895
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 12,896
Among people born in 1942, Chris Hani ranks 400. Before him are Brandon deWilde, Rubén Salazar Gómez, Marcia Wallace, Deirdre McCloskey, Paco Peña, and Roger McGuinn. After him are Danièle Thompson, Guo Boxiong, Michael Mann, Vladimir Yermoshin, Kenneth Welsh, and Michael Gwisdek. Among people deceased in 1993, Chris Hani ranks 166. Before him are Mirza Ibrahimov, Pino Puglisi, Ian Stuart Donaldson, André Pilette, Mario Genta, and Eugen Suchoň. After him are Cesar Chavez, J. R. D. Tata, John Frost, Norman Vincent Peale, Mohammad Natsir, and Héctor De Bourgoing.
1942 - 1972
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 394
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 395
1942 - 2013
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 396
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 397
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 398
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 399
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 400
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 401
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 402
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 403
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 404
1942 - 2022
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 405
1942 - 2020
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 406
1911 - 1993
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 160
1937 - 1993
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 161
1957 - 1993
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 162
1918 - 1993
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 163
1912 - 1993
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 164
1908 - 1993
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 165
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 166
1927 - 1993
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 167
1904 - 1993
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 168
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 169
1898 - 1993
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 170
1908 - 1993
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 171
1934 - 1993
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 172
Among people born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 84 out of 374. Before him are Deon Meyer (1958), Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), Alan Paton (1903), Gary Player (1935), and Claude Chevalley (1909). After him are Max Gluckman (1911), Frances Ames (1920), Jan de Klerk (1903), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), and Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981).
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 78
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 79
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 80
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 81
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 83
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 84
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 85
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 86
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 87
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 88
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 89
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 90
Among politicians born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 29. Before him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Nico Diederichs (1903), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Oliver Tambo (1917), and Walter Sisulu (1912). After him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Helen Suzman (1917), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Jim Fouché (1898), and Pik Botha (1932).
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
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 28
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 29
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 30
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 31
1917 - 2009
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 32
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 33
1898 - 1980
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 34
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 35