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J. B. M. Hertzog

1866 - 1942

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General James Barry Munnik Hertzog (3 April 1866 – 21 November 1942), better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was determined to prevent Afrikaners from being excessively influenced by British culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. B. M. Hertzog has received more than 477,044 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. J. B. M. Hertzog is the 11,835th most popular politician (down from 11,027th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 59th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular South African Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, J. B. M. Hertzog ranks 11,835 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip II, Marquis of Namur, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, Victoria Kent, Alejandro Maldonado, Simon I of Kartli, and Li Yuanchao. After him are Quintus Servilius Caepio, Roland Dumas, Sames I, Agathocles, Felix Hamrin, and Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, J. B. M. Hertzog ranks 93. Before him are Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Janis Rozentāls, Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, Erik Ivar Fredholm, and James J. Corbett. After him are Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Alexey Troitsky, J. M. E. McTaggart, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Johannes Jørgensen. Among people deceased in 1942, J. B. M. Hertzog ranks 141. Before him are Lev Nussimbaum, Gabriel Terra, Charlie Christian, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Nikola Vaptsarov, and Alberto Franchetti. After him are Francis Younghusband, Alexey Troitsky, Emanuel Feuermann, Xiao Hong, Adolf Mayer, and Zsigmond Móricz.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, J. B. M. Hertzog ranks 65 out of 454. Before him are Cyril Cusack (1910), Dave Matthews (1967), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Marlene Dumas (1953), and Laurence Oliphant (1829). After him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Ian Scheckter (1947), Eric Sturgess (1920), John Cranko (1927), Gordon Murray (1946), and Oscar Pistorius (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, J. B. M. Hertzog ranks 22. Before him are C. R. Swart (1894), John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Piet Joubert (1834), and Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795). After him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Oliver Tambo (1917), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), and Nico Diederichs (1903).

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