1948 - 2021
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was the King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. He became King on the death on of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Prince Israel Mcwayizeni acted as the regent from 1968 to 1971 while the King took refuge in the then Transkai province of South Africa for three years to avoid assassination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Goodwill Zwelithini has received more than 650,943 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Goodwill Zwelithini is the 13,542nd most popular politician, the 98th most popular biography from South Africa and the 33rd most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 13,542 out of 15,577. Before him are Drest I, Eustace Grenier, Ramsewak Shankar, Theophano of Athens, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, and Paul Passy. After him are Jiří Paroubek, Viktor Khristenko, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Arthur Meighen, Chen Chien-jen, and William M. Tweed.
450 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,536
1001 - 1123
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,537
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,538
701 - 801
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,539
1901 - 1988
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,540
1859 - 1940
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,541
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,542
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,543
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,544
1887 - 1952
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 13,545
1874 - 1960
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 13,546
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 13,547
1823 - 1878
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 13,548
Among people born in 1948, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 401. Before him are Glenn Branca, Robert S. Langer, Leo Makkonen, Nana Jorjadze, Christopher Guest, and Rainer Zobel. After him are Anthony Andrews, Yossi Beilin, Eddie Meduza, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Leo Sayer, and Martin Suter. Among people deceased in 2021, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 456. Before him are John Shelby Spong, Mary Wilson, John Polkinghorne, Tatyana Tolstaya, Antón García Abril, and Yevgeny Nesterenko. After him are Rildo da Costa Menezes, Padma Sachdev, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Lubomir Kavalek, Kurt Biedenkopf, and Fausta Morganti.
1948 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 395
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 396
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 397
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 398
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 399
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 400
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 401
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 402
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 403
1948 - 2002
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 404
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 405
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 406
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 407
1931 - 2021
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 450
1944 - 2021
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 451
1930 - 2021
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 452
1951 - 2021
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 453
1933 - 2021
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 454
1938 - 2021
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 455
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 456
1942 - 2021
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 457
1940 - 2021
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 458
1936 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 459
1943 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 460
1930 - 2021
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 461
1944 - 2021
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 462
Among people born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 98 out of 374. Before him are Ingrid Jonker (1933), Trevor Rabin (1954), Sharlto Copley (1973), Helen Suzman (1917), Sid Atkinson (1901), and John McDowell (1942). After him are Rudolph Lewis (1887), Louis Raymond (1895), Jim Fouché (1898), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), Phil Ramone (1934), and Bevil Rudd (1894).
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 92
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 93
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 94
1917 - 2009
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 95
1901 - 1977
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 96
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 97
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 98
1887 - 1933
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 99
1895 - 1962
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 100
1898 - 1980
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 101
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 102
1934 - 2013
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 103
1894 - 1948
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 104
Among politicians born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 33. Before him are Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), Chris Hani (1942), Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), and Helen Suzman (1917). After him are Jim Fouché (1898), Pik Botha (1932), Eben Dönges (1898), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Ted Moore (1914), and Tom Naudé (1889).
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 28
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 29
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 30
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 31
1917 - 2009
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 32
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 33
1898 - 1980
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 34
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 35
1898 - 1968
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 36
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 37
1914 - 1987
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 38
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 39