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Cyril Ramaphosa

1952 - Today

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Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president (leader) of the African National Congress (ANC). Ramaphosa rose to national prominence as secretary general of South Africa's biggest and most powerful trade union, the National Union of Mineworkers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyril Ramaphosa has received more than 7,215,060 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Cyril Ramaphosa is the 2,163rd most popular politician (up from 3,449th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 2,163 out of 19,576. Before him are King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Karl Radek, Mikhail Suslov, Solomon, King of Hungary, Sporus, and Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este. After him are Thaksin Shinawatra, Teia, Gianni Agnelli, Isma'il ibn Ahmad, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Pedro V of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 25. Before him are Jostein Gaarder, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Sammo Hung, Hun Sen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Jeff Goldblum. After him are Oleg Blokhin, Zoran Đinđić, Laura Branigan, Vahid Halilhodžić, Gary Moore, and Douglas Adams.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 12 out of 454. Before him are J. M. Coetzee (1940), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Nadine Gordimer (1923), Shaka (1787), Desmond Tutu (1931), and Christiaan Barnard (1922). After him are Max Theiler (1899), Charlize Theron (1975), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), and Paul Kruger (1825).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 3. Before him are F. W. de Klerk (1936), and Shaka (1787). After him are Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), and Kgalema Motlanthe (1949).

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