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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 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

Among politicians, J. G. Strijdom ranks 11,467 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, J. G. Strijdom ranks 149Before 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 91Before 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.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 68 out of 374Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, J. G. Strijdom ranks 24Before 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).