1952 - Today
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the fifth and current president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader, and businessman, 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 6,591,142 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Cyril Ramaphosa is the 3,459th most popular politician (up from 4,573rd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 26th in 2019) and the 7th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 3,459 out of 15,577. Before him are Hyrcanus II, Albert of Saxony, Aimery of Cyprus, Mark Rutte, Emperor Kanmu, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Josef Terboven, Mihály Károlyi, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Theudebert II, and Princess Louise of Prussia.
110 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,453
1828 - 1902
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,454
1172 - 1205
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,455
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,456
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,457
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,458
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,459
1050 - 1113
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,460
1898 - 1945
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,461
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,462
1548 - 1626
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,463
585 - 612
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,464
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,465
Among people born in 1952, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 47. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto, Maria Schneider, David Hasselhoff, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mr. T, and Jimmy Connors. After him are Bert van Marwijk, Lee Hsien Loong, Desireless, Allan Simonsen, Uli Hoeneß, and Paul Stanley.
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 41
1952 - 2011
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 42
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 43
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 45
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 46
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 47
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 48
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 49
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 50
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 51
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 52
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 53
Among people born in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 20 out of 374. Before him are Max Theiler (1899), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), and P. W. Botha (1916). After him are Jody Scheckter (1950), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Sydney Brenner (1927), Michael Levitt (1947), Steve Biko (1946), and Jan Smuts (1870).
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 15
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 17
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 18
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 19
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 20
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 21
1761 - 1836
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 22
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 24
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 25
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 26
Among politicians born in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa ranks 7. Before him are Shaka (1787), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), and P. W. Botha (1916). After him are Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826).
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1
1936 - 2021
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 4
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 5
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 7
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 8
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 9
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 10
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 12
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 13