1870 - 1950
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 2,000,773 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Smuts is the 4,341st most popular politician (down from 3,697th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 21st in 2019) and the 8th 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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Among politicians, Jan Smuts ranks 4,341 out of 15,577. Before him are Andreas Palaiologos, Otto Rasch, Ludovico Manin, Edigu, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, and Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu. After him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Émile Lahoud, Leontios, Philipp Bouhler, Dardanus, and Vicente Guerrero.
1453 - 1502
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 4,335
1891 - 1948
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 4,336
1725 - 1802
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 4,337
1352 - 1419
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,338
1801 - 1832
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,339
1433 - 1470
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,340
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,341
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,342
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4,343
660 - 705
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 4,344
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 4,345
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 4,346
1782 - 1831
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 4,347
Among people born in 1870, Jan Smuts ranks 34. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Charlotte Cooper, D. T. Suzuki, Ernst Barlach, Bernard Baruch, and Louis Vierne. After him are Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Nariman Narimanov, Aleksandr Kuprin, Edwin S. Porter, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. Among people deceased in 1950, Jan Smuts ranks 37. Before him are Dinu Lipatti, Petre Dumitrescu, Emmanuel Mounier, Milada Horáková, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Werner Haase. After him are Grigory Kulik, Mao Anying, Constantin Carathéodory, Francesco Cilea, Melitta Bentz, and Liane de Pougy.
1870 - 1891
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 28
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 29
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 30
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 31
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 32
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 33
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 34
1870 - 1949
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 35
1870 - 1925
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 36
1870 - 1938
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 37
1870 - 1941
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 38
1870 - 1931
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 39
1870 - 1902
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 40
1917 - 1950
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 31
1882 - 1950
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 32
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 33
1901 - 1950
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 34
1881 - 1950
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 35
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 36
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 37
1890 - 1950
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 38
1922 - 1950
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 39
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 40
1866 - 1950
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 41
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 42
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 43
Among people born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 26 out of 374. Before him are Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jody Scheckter (1950), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Sydney Brenner (1927), Michael Levitt (1947), and Steve Biko (1946). After him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Seymour Papert (1928), D. F. Malan (1874), Peter Abrahams (1919), Abba Eban (1915), and Basil Rathbone (1892).
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 20
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 21
1761 - 1836
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 22
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 24
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 25
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 26
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 27
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 28
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 29
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 30
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 31
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 32
Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 8. Before him are F. W. de Klerk (1936), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), and Cyril Ramaphosa (1952). After him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), and Andries Pretorius (1798).
1936 - 2021
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 4
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 5
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 7
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 8
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 9
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 10
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 12
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 13
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 14