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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koos de la Rey has received more than 398,862 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Koos de la Rey is the 1,275th most popular military personnel (down from 1,184th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular South African Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Koos de la Rey ranks 1,275 out of 1,468. Before him are Karl Decker, Xie Lingyun, Erich Bey, Katō Yoshiaki, August Kork, and Otto Deßloch. After him are Braxton Bragg, Horatio Gates, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Caupolicán, Mikhail Diterikhs, and Alfons Rebane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Koos de la Rey ranks 58. Before him are Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Oku Yasukata, Pavel Yablochkov, Hiệp Hòa, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Joseph Achille Le Bel. After him are Charles Renard, Émile Faguet, Ellen Terry, Domenico Ferrata, Chiquinha Gonzaga, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Among people deceased in 1914, Koos de la Rey ranks 69. Before him are Delmira Agustini, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Roque Sáenz Peña, Pyotr Nesterov, Mehmed Said Pasha, and Simon Bolivar Buckner. After him are Shibli Nomani, Paul Déroulède, Ellen Axson Wilson, Paul Mauser, Félix Bracquemond, and Edward Robert Hughes.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 60 out of 374. Before him are C. R. Swart (1894), Esther Brand (1922), Cyril Cusack (1910), Trevor Jones (1949), Piet Joubert (1834), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866). After him are David Cooper (1931), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Reggie Walker (1889), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), and Navi Pillay (1941).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In South Africa

Among military personnels born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 1. After him are Constand Viljoen (1933).

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