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D. F. Malan

1874 - 1959

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Daniël François Malan (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈdɑːni.əl franˈswɑː mɑːˈlan]; 22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959) was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. F. Malan has received more than 331,642 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). D. F. Malan is the 5,421st most popular politician (down from 5,170th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 29th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of D. F. Malans by language

Over the past year D. F. Malan has had the most page views in the with 78,024 views, followed by Italian (15,337), and Portuguese (11,943). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (58.69%), German (55.67%), and Ukrainian (51.09%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, D. F. Malan ranks 5,421 out of 19,576. Before him are Simon Thassi, Kijūrō Shidehara, Bocchus I, Emperor Jingzong of Tang, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, and Chris Patten. After him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Emperor Montoku, Emperor Heizei, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, and Burt Munro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, D. F. Malan ranks 49. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Charles Ives, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Otto Mueller, and Prince Jean, Duke of Guise. After him are Henri Farman, Elsa Beskow, Albin Lermusiaux, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Thomas J. Watson. Among people deceased in 1959, D. F. Malan ranks 39. Before him are Rudolf Caracciola, Sidney Bechet, Ethel Barrymore, Olga Knipper, Edmond Debeaumarché, and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. After him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Barthélemy Boganda, Cecil B. DeMille, Sisavang Vong, Ernest Bloch, and Zhang Jinghui.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, D. F. Malan ranks 27 out of 454. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), Sydney Brenner (1927), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Steve Biko (1946), Glynis Johns (1923), and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936). After him are Basil Rathbone (1892), Seymour Papert (1928), Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), and Michael Levitt (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, D. F. Malan ranks 9. Before him are Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936). After him are Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Louis Botha (1862).

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