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Louis Botha

1862 - 1919

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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

Among politicians, Louis Botha ranks 8,152 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Louis Botha ranks 61Before 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 68Before 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.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 40 out of 374Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 15Before 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).