1967 - Today
Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francois Pienaar has received more than 1,136,102 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Francois Pienaar is the 3rd most popular rugby player (down from 2nd in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 121st in 2019) and the most popular South African Rugby Player.
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Among rugby players, Francois Pienaar ranks 3 out of 13. Before her are Jonah Lomu and Auguste Giroux. After her are Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter, Sergio Parisse, Richie McCaw, Sonny Bill Williams, and Joost van der Westhuizen.
1975 - 2015
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 1
1874 - 1953
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 4
1882 - 1955
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 5
1878 - 1962
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 7
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.43
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Rank: 11
1971 - 2017
HPI: 31.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1967, Francois Pienaar ranks 311. Before her are Kevin Moore, Jordan Chan, Jonas Thern, Kristen Pfaff, Richey Edwards, and Pablo Laso. After her are Masami Ihara, Steffi Lemke, Pavel Badea, Uche Okechukwu, Icíar Bollaín, and Jin Xing.
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 305
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 306
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 307
1967 - 1994
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 308
1967 - 2008
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 309
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 310
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 311
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 312
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 313
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 314
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 315
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 316
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 317
Among people born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 148 out of 374. Before her are Gavin Hood (1963), Peter de Klerk (1935), Lucky Dube (1910), Helen Zille (1951), Constand Viljoen (1933), and Mzilikazi (1790). After her are Sid James (1913), Yolandi Visser (1984), Candice Swanepoel (1988), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Eddie Keizan (1944), and Richard Borcherds (1959).
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 142
1935 - 2015
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 143
1910 - 1964
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 144
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 145
1933 - 2020
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 146
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 147
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 148
1913 - 1976
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 149
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 150
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 151
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 152
1944 - 2016
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 153
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 154
Among rugby players born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 1. After her are Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Bryan Habana (1983), and Schalk Burger (1983).
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 1
1971 - 2017
HPI: 31.68
Rank: 2
1983 - Present
HPI: 29.83
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 24.47
Rank: 4