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Francois Pienaar

1967 - Today

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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 1,130,206 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

Among rugby players, Francois Pienaar ranks 3 out of 13Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Francois Pienaar ranks 311Before 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.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 148 out of 374Before 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).

Among RUGBY PLAYERS In South Africa

Among rugby players born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 1After her are Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Bryan Habana (1983), and Schalk Burger (1983).