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Hendrik Verwoerd

1901 - 1966

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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a South African politician, scholar, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa and is commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid and nicknamed the "father of apartheid". Verwoerd played a significant role in socially engineering apartheid, the country's system of institutionalized racial segregation and white supremacy, and implementing its policies, as Minister of Native Affairs (1950–1958) and then as prime minister (1958–1966). Furthermore, Verwoerd played a vital role in helping the far-right National Party come to power in 1948, serving as their political strategist and propagandist, becoming party leader upon his premiership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik Verwoerd has received more than 1,621,819 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hendrik Verwoerd is the 6,489th most popular politician (up from 6,823rd in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 270th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 57.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Hendrik Verwoerd has had the most page views in the with 227,988 views, followed by Dutch (11,487), and French (10,322). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (809.91%), Irish (211.92%), and Arabic (82.15%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 6,489 out of 19,576. Before him are Hajime Sugiyama, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Sadyr Japarov, Pavel Axelrod, and Apollonius Molon. After him are Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Thomas Gresham, Nikol Pashinyan, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Roberta Metsola, and Pierre Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 86. Before him are Ödön von Horváth, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Souvanna Phouma, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Chen Yi, and Nina Berberova. After him are Barbara Cartland, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Nicola Abbagnano, J. D. Bernal, Maxwell D. Taylor, and Stella Adler. Among people deceased in 1966, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 59. Before him are Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Wäinö Aaltonen, Bai Chongxi, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, and Margaret Sanger. After him are Yasuji Okamura, Gustavo Marzi, Edward Gordon Craig, Homi J. Bhabha, Amédée Ozenfant, and Fritz Wunderlich.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 275 out of 1,646. Before him are Constantijn Huygens (1596), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Erik ten Hag (1970), and Antonie Pannekoek (1873). After him are Joop den Uyl (1919), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Geert Groote (1340), Jan de Bont (1943), Philippa of Guelders (1464), and Pieter van Laer (1599).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 43. Before him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), William, Prince of Orange (1840), and Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940). After him are Joop den Uyl (1919), Philippa of Guelders (1464), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), and Floris V, Count of Holland (1254).

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