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Harry Schwarz

1924 - 2010

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Harry Heinz Schwarz (13 May 1924 – 5 February 2010) was a South African lawyer, statesman, and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa who eventually served as the South African Ambassador to the United States during the country's transition to majority rule. Schwarz rose from the childhood poverty he experienced as a German-Jewish refugee to become a lawyer and a member of the Transvaal Provincial Council, where from 1963 to 1974, he was Leader of the Opposition. In the 1964 Rivonia Trial he was a defence lawyer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Schwarz has received more than 227,970 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Schwarz is the 16,184th most popular politician (down from 15,997th in 2019), the 5,277th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 1,254th most popular German Politician.

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  • 16

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  • 2.80

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Schwarz ranks 16,184 out of 19,576. Before him are Bonfoh Abass, Scotty Bowman, Björn Höcke, Ishenbai Kadyrbekov, Princess Claire of Belgium, and Florin Cîțu. After him are Kinga Göncz, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Bernd Mayländer, Michael Pedersen Friis, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and Marie-Louise Lachapelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Harry Schwarz ranks 427. Before him are Nicholas Colasanto, Carroll O'Connor, Armando Peraza, Mark Lenard, Wally Ris, and Ingrid Sandahl. After him are William H. Webster, César Ruminski, Thomas Berger, Lennart Magnusson, Norman Fell, and William Russell. Among people deceased in 2010, Harry Schwarz ranks 366. Before him are Pyotr Demichev, James MacArthur, Manuel Alexandre, Bill Erwin, George Steinbrenner, and Avi Cohen. After him are Loris Kessel, Pete Quaife, Wilma Mankiller, Jacinto Villalba, Shunpei Uto, and Joaquín Capilla.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Harry Schwarz ranks 5,277 out of 7,253. Before him are Mady Rahl (1915), Michael Rensing (1984), Danna García (1978), Björn Höcke (1972), Hartwig Gauder (1954), and Jean-Jacques Favier (1949). After him are Wolfgang Seguin (1945), Bernd Cullmann (1939), Liselott Linsenhoff (1927), Bernd Mayländer (1971), Wilhelm Genazino (1943), and Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Harry Schwarz ranks 1,254. Before him are Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (1971), Georg Leber (1920), Isabell Werth (1969), Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787), Bärbel Bas (1968), and Björn Höcke (1972). After him are Bernd Mayländer (1971), Erwin Huber (1943), Christian Lindner (1979), Dietmar Bartsch (1958), Matthias Platzeck (1953), and Silke Möller (1964).

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