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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 211,876 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Schwarz is the 16,055th most popular politician, the 5,000th most popular biography from Germany and the 1,227th most popular German Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Schwarz ranks 16,055 out of 15,577. Before him are Stéphane Le Foll, Talat Xhaferi, Dennis Hastert, Panos Kammenos, Gilles Duceppe, and Edward Seaga. After him are Avdullah Hoti, Mike Enzi, Emmanuel Nadingar, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Roger Wicker, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Harry Schwarz ranks 429. Before him are Bob Kurland, Georges Dransart, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Russell Johnson, William H. Gass, and Frank Havens. After him are Margaret Whiting, Ken Armstrong, Joseph Campanella, Charlie Callas, Mary Ellen Rudin, and Evelyn Boyd Granville. Among people deceased in 2010, Harry Schwarz ranks 393. Before him are Vladislav Galkin, Peter Christopherson, Jim Fuchs, Kate McGarrigle, Bobby Smith, and Wilma Mankiller. After him are Krystyna Bochenek, Anna Samokhina, Shoya Tomizawa, Malcolm Allison, Isabella Abbott, and Dorothy Janis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Harry Schwarz ranks 5,000 out of 6,142. Before him are Michael Preetz (1967), Gregor Braun (1955), Gerhard Thiele (1953), Oliver Reck (1965), Alexander Hacke (1965), and David Odonkor (1984). After him are Werner von Moltke (1936), Ronald Worm (1953), Jacky Terrasson (1965), Sebastian Rudy (1990), Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978), and Lutz Heilmann (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Harry Schwarz ranks 1,227. Before him are Peter Tschentscher (1966), Roland Koch (1958), Robert F. Wagner (1877), Svenja Schulze (1968), Bernd Riexinger (1955), and Ska Keller (1981). After him are Lutz Heilmann (1966), Jens Weidmann (1968), Julia Klöckner (1972), Björn Höcke (1972), Thomas Kemmerich (1965), and Josefa Idem (1964).

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