1903 - 1979
Johannes "Jan" de Klerk, (22 July 1903 – 24 January 1979) was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk, the last apartheid State President of South Africa. As a member of the National Party, de Klerk served as interim State President for nine days following the retirement of Jacobus Johannes Fouché in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan de Klerk has received more than 88,532 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan de Klerk is the 12,939th most popular politician (down from 12,531st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Jan de Klerk ranks 12,939 out of 15,577. Before her are Emil Boc, Ahmose-Sitamun, Jules Malou, Dimitar Iliev Popov, Alahis, and Arturo Armando Molina. After her are Ntfombi of Eswatini, Juan N. Méndez, Jenő Fock, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Carl Swartz.
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12,933
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12,934
1810 - 1886
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12,935
1927 - 2015
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12,936
700 - 689
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12,937
1927 - 2021
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 12,938
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 12,939
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 12,940
1820 - 1894
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 12,941
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 12,942
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 12,943
1724 - 1808
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 12,944
1858 - 1926
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 12,945
Among people born in 1903, Jan de Klerk ranks 214. Before her are Pierre Brossolette, Curly Howard, Guillermo Saavedra, Germán Busch, René Wellek, and Jaipal Singh Munda. After her are Jean Cavaillès, Dean Jagger, Jean Tardieu, O. E. Hasse, María Teresa León, and Nikolay Zabolotsky. Among people deceased in 1979, Jan de Klerk ranks 167. Before her are Stan Kenton, Paul Meurisse, Heinz Erhardt, Igor Bondarevsky, Paul Paray, and Henri Anspach. After her are Sigrid Fick, Michael Wilding, Tommaso Landolfi, Mohamed Akid, Van McCoy, and Walther Müller.
1903 - 1944
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 208
1903 - 1952
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 209
1903 - 1957
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 210
1903 - 1939
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 211
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 212
1903 - 1970
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 213
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 214
1903 - 1944
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 215
1903 - 1991
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 216
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 217
1903 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 218
1903 - 1988
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 219
1903 - 1958
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 220
1911 - 1979
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 161
1912 - 1979
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 162
1909 - 1979
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 163
1913 - 1979
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 164
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 165
1882 - 1979
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 166
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 167
1887 - 1979
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 168
1912 - 1979
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 169
1908 - 1979
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 170
1949 - 1979
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 171
1940 - 1979
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 172
1905 - 1979
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 173
Among people born in South Africa, Jan de Klerk ranks 87 out of 374. Before her are Alan Paton (1903), Gary Player (1935), Claude Chevalley (1909), Chris Hani (1942), Max Gluckman (1911), and Frances Ames (1920). After her are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Ian Scheckter (1947), Ingrid Jonker (1933), and Trevor Rabin (1954).
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 81
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 83
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 84
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 85
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 86
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 87
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 88
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 89
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 90
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 91
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 92
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 93
Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan de Klerk ranks 30. Before her are J. G. Strijdom (1893), Nico Diederichs (1903), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), and Chris Hani (1942). After her are Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Helen Suzman (1917), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Jim Fouché (1898), Pik Botha (1932), and Eben Dönges (1898).
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
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 31
1917 - 2009
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 32
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 33
1898 - 1980
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 34
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 35
1898 - 1968
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 36