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Jan Smuts

1870 - 1950

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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948. Smuts was born to Afrikaner parents in the British Cape Colony. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Smuts has received more than 2,163,068 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Smuts is the 5,523rd most popular politician (down from 4,330th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 26th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South African Politician.

Jan Smuts was a South African statesman and military leader. He was the only person to sign both the peace treaty ending the First World War and the charter of the United Nations.

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  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Smuts ranks 5,523 out of 19,576. Before him are Sinatruces of Parthia, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Machaon, Ammi-Ditana, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, and Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Samori Ture, Wolfram Sievers, Emperor Wen of Liu Song, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Coloman of Galicia, and Phạm Văn Đồng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Jan Smuts ranks 41. Before him are Nariman Narimanov, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Sigfrid Edström, Aleksandr Kuprin, E. M. Antoniadi, and Princess Henriette of Belgium. After him are François Georges-Picot, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Lord Alfred Douglas, Marianne Weber, Bernard Baruch, and Gustav Landauer. Among people deceased in 1950, Jan Smuts ranks 48. Before him are Emil Abderhalden, Melitta Bentz, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Fevzi Çakmak, and Vasil Kolarov. After him are Charles Koechlin, Salvatore Giuliano, Adam Rainer, Grigory Kulik, Liane de Pougy, and Rafael Sabatini.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 30 out of 454. Before him are Steve Biko (1946), Glynis Johns (1923), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Basil Rathbone (1892), and Seymour Papert (1928). After him are Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Michael Levitt (1947), Peter Abrahams (1919), Arnold Vosloo (1962), and André Brink (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 10. Before him are Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), and D. F. Malan (1874). After him are Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), Louis Botha (1862), and C. R. Swart (1894).

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