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J. G. Strijdom

1893 - 1958

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Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (also spelled Strydom in accordance with Afrikaans spelling; 14 July 1893 – 24 August 1958), also known as Hans Strijdom and nicknamed the Lion of the North or the Lion of Waterberg, was a South African politician and the fifth prime minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to his death on 24 August 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. G. Strijdom has received more than 194,813 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). J. G. Strijdom is the 13,130th most popular politician (down from 11,433rd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 68th in 2019) and the 30th most popular South African Politician.

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  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, J. G. Strijdom ranks 13,130 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierluigi Martini, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Jacob Bruce, Alger Hiss, Albert Meyer, and Federico Franco. After him are Gaius Marcius Rutilus, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, Ed Koch, Walter Momper, Alexander Bezborodko, and Corneliu Vadim Tudor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, J. G. Strijdom ranks 183. Before him are Willy Böckl, Ralph Linton, Charley Chase, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ernst Grünfeld, and Amílcar Barbuy. After him are Hilda Geiringer, Konstantin Muraviev, Enrique Peñaranda, Gyula Breyer, George Hodgson, and Woldemar Hägglund. Among people deceased in 1958, J. G. Strijdom ranks 113. Before him are Harry Cohn, Goro Yamada, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Carl Westergren, and Jens Ferdinand Willumsen. After him are Erwin Bauer, Richard Goldschmidt, Henryk Arctowski, Jesse L. Lasky, Big Bill Broonzy, and Willie Applegarth.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 85 out of 454. Before him are Nico Diederichs (1903), Koos de la Rey (1847), Louis Raymond (1895), Piet Retief (1780), Jamie Uys (1921), and Helen Suzman (1917). After him are Claude Chevalley (1909), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Gary Player (1935), and Eben Dönges (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 30. Before him are Oliver Tambo (1917), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Helen Suzman (1917). After him are Eben Dönges (1898), Chris Hani (1942), Ted Moore (1914), Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), and Jim Fouché (1898).

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