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Marais Viljoen

1915 - 2007

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Marais Viljoen, (2 December 1915 – 4 January 2007) was the last ceremonial State President of South Africa from 4 June 1979 until 3 September 1984. Viljoen became the last of the ceremonial presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in 1984 by Prime Minister P. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marais Viljoen has received more than 435,133 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Marais Viljoen is the 9,391st most popular politician (down from 9,049th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marais Viljoens by language

Over the past year Marais Viljoen has had the most page views in the with 55,088 views, followed by Spanish (4,926), and Russian (4,893). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (77.11%), French (19.10%), and Indonesian (10.62%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marais Viljoen ranks 9,391 out of 19,576. Before him are Théophraste Renaudot, Hàm Nghi, Artur London, Ōmura Sumitada, Arechis II of Benevento, and Sabina of Bavaria. After him are José Félix Estigarribia, Ine of Wessex, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Seán MacBride, and Adolf Hühnlein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Marais Viljoen ranks 104. Before him are J. C. R. Licklider, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, John Vorster, Richard Hamming, Tim, and Artur London. After him are Evgeny Lifshitz, Alberto Burri, Paul Castellano, John Profumo, Herma Bauma, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Among people deceased in 2007, Marais Viljoen ranks 135. Before him are Dabbs Greer, Andranik Margaryan, Barbara West, Maria Gripe, Malietoa Tanumafili II, and Katsuko Saruhashi. After him are Bauer, Ichiji Otani, Alfonso López Michelsen, Fons Rademakers, Antonio Puerta, and Andrej Kvašňák.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Marais Viljoen ranks 44 out of 454. Before him are Kevin Carter (1960), Andries Pretorius (1798), Rory Byrne (1944), Louis Botha (1862), C. R. Swart (1894), and John Vorster (1915). After him are Esther Brand (1922), Manfred Mann (1940), Piet Cronjé (1836), Angelique Rockas (1951), Ronald Harwood (1934), and Christiaan de Wet (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Marais Viljoen ranks 18. Before him are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), Louis Botha (1862), C. R. Swart (1894), and John Vorster (1915). After him are Christiaan de Wet (1854), Piet Joubert (1834), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), and Oliver Tambo (1917).

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