MILITARY PERSONNEL

Koos de la Rey

1847 - 1914

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Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koos de la Rey has received more than 440,632 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Koos de la Rey is the 1,616th most popular military personnel (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Koos de la Rey ranks 1,616 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans Felber, Werner Teske, Yakov Smushkevich, Polina Gelman, Vladimir Triandafillov, and Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł. After him are José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Andreas Miaoulis, Charlie Wilson, Karl Allmendinger, Otto von Emmich, and Manuel Goded Llopis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Koos de la Rey ranks 73. Before him are Charles Renard, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Heinrich Gelzer, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, and Ellen Terry. After him are Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Milovan Glišić, Ray Lankester, Ida Saxton McKinley, Cesare Arzelà, and Castro Alves. Among people deceased in 1914, Koos de la Rey ranks 98. Before him are Jules Lemaître, Józef Chełmoński, Christopher Cradock, Jean Bouin, Richard Heuberger, and Wilhelm Lexis. After him are Ayub Khan, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Peyo Yavorov, Jacob Riis, Carl Chun, and Benedict Menni.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 83 out of 454. Before him are Alice Krige (1954), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Laurens van der Post (1906), and Nico Diederichs (1903). After him are Louis Raymond (1895), Piet Retief (1780), Jamie Uys (1921), Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), and Claude Chevalley (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In South Africa

Among military personnels born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 2. Before him are Piet Cronjé (1836). After him are Constand Viljoen (1933).

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