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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 Dutch-born South African politician, scholar in applied psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa. He 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik Verwoerd has received more than 1,779,974 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hendrik Verwoerd is the 6,488th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 6,488 out of 19,576Before 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 86Before 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 59Before 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 1,646Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Hendrik Verwoerd ranks 43Before 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).