1893 - 1958
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 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 164,790 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). J. G. Strijdom is the 11,467th most popular politician (down from 10,572nd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, J. G. Strijdom ranks 11,467 out of 15,577. Before him are Thomas I Komnenos Doukas, Anna Morandi Manzolini, Abel Pacheco, Kim Yong-chun, Laureano Gómez, and Ishi. After him are Orgetorix, Kaarel Eenpalu, Hanna Suchocka, Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Ivo Lapenna.
1285 - 1318
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 11,461
1714 - 1774
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,462
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,463
1936 - 2018
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,464
1889 - 1965
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,465
1860 - 1916
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,466
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11,467
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,468
1888 - 1942
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,469
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,470
1145 - 1187
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,471
1943 - 2020
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,472
1909 - 1987
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 11,473
Among people born in 1893, J. G. Strijdom ranks 149. Before him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Gyula Breyer, Lucien Tesnière, Edna Parker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam. After him are Roland Jacobi, Ernst Grünfeld, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Aleksandr Gauk, Fay Bainter, and I. A. Richards. Among people deceased in 1958, J. G. Strijdom ranks 91. Before him are Max Jakob Friedländer, Evgeny Schwartz, Cândido Rondon, Nereu Ramos, Otto Witte, and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria. After him are Armas Järnefelt, Bart van der Leck, W. C. Handy, Francisco Olazar, Goro Yamada, and Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini.
1893 - 1975
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 143
1893 - 1921
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 144
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 145
1893 - 2008
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 146
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 147
1893 - 1976
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 148
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 149
1893 - 1951
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 150
1893 - 1962
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 151
1893 - 1975
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 152
1893 - 1963
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 153
1893 - 1968
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 154
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 155
1867 - 1958
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 85
1896 - 1958
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 86
1865 - 1958
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 87
1888 - 1958
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 88
1872 - 1958
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 89
1884 - 1958
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 90
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 91
1869 - 1958
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 92
1876 - 1958
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 93
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 94
1885 - 1958
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 95
1894 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 96
1876 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 97
Among people born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 68 out of 374. Before him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Reggie Walker (1889), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Navi Pillay (1941), and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819). After him are Laurence Oliphant (1829), Steve Nash (1974), Nico Diederichs (1903), Ronald Harwood (1934), Piet Retief (1780), and Laurens van der Post (1906).
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 62
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 63
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 64
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 66
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 67
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 68
1829 - 1888
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 69
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 71
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 72
1780 - 1838
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 73
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 74
Among politicians born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 24. Before him are Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Christiaan de Wet (1854), C. R. Swart (1894), Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819). After him are Nico Diederichs (1903), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), Chris Hani (1942), and Jan de Klerk (1903).
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 18
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 19
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 20
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 21
1866 - 1942
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 22
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 23
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 24
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 25
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 26
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 28
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 29
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 30