1862 - 1919
Louis Botha (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlu.i ˈbuəta]; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa – the forerunner of the modern South African state. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Botha has received more than 709,281 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Louis Botha is the 8,152nd most popular politician (down from 6,878th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 37th in 2019) and the 15th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Louis Botha ranks 8,152 out of 15,577. Before him are Godan Khan, Clotilde, Patrice Talon, Fructuoso Rivera, Pierre Pflimlin, and Fayzulla Khodzhayev. After him are Franz Kutschera, Shuttarna II, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Gertrude of Austria, John I Doukas of Thessaly, and Prince William of Hesse-Kassel.
1206 - 1251
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,146
500 - 531
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,147
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,148
1784 - 1854
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,149
1907 - 2000
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,150
1896 - 1938
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,151
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,152
1904 - 1944
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,153
1350 BC - 1375
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8,154
1704 - 1726
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 8,155
1226 - 1299
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 8,156
1240 - 1289
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 8,157
1787 - 1867
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 8,158
Among people born in 1862, Louis Botha ranks 61. Before him are Edvard Westermarck, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Oswald Külpe, Paul Adam, and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. After him are Sergei Nilus, Léon Boëllmann, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Theodor Boveri, Wil van Gogh, and Okakura Kakuzō. Among people deceased in 1919, Louis Botha ranks 68. Before him are William Osler, Wilfrid Laurier, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Adelina Patti, Mark Sykes, and Hugo Haase. After him are Karl Brugmann, Itagaki Taisuke, Max Heindel, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Michel Théato, and Luigi Illica.
1862 - 1939
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 55
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 56
1862 - 1933
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 57
1862 - 1915
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 58
1862 - 1920
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 59
1862 - 1925
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 60
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 61
1862 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 62
1862 - 1897
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 63
1862 - 1953
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 64
1862 - 1915
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 65
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 66
1862 - 1913
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 67
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 62
1841 - 1919
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 63
1853 - 1919
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 64
1843 - 1919
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 65
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 66
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 67
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 68
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 69
1837 - 1919
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 70
1865 - 1919
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 71
1881 - 1919
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 72
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 73
1857 - 1919
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 74
Among people born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 40 out of 374. Before him are Kevin Carter (1960), André Brink (1935), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), and Andries Pretorius (1798). After him are John Vorster (1915), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Manfred Mann (1940), and Rory Byrne (1944).
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 34
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 35
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 36
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 37
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 38
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 39
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 40
1915 - 1983
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 41
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 42
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 43
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 44
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 46
Among politicians born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 15. Before him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), and Andries Pretorius (1798). After him are John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Christiaan de Wet (1854), C. R. Swart (1894), and Piet Joubert (1834).
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
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 15
1915 - 1983
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 16
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 17
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 18
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 19
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 20
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 21