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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 2,000,773 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

Among politicians, Jan Smuts ranks 4,341 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Jan Smuts ranks 34Before 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 37Before 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.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 26 out of 374Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 8Before 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).