POLITICIAN

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

1819 - 1901

Photo of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Icon of person Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek or ZAR; also referred to as Transvaal), was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.He was born in Cape Colony, then accompanied his father, the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius in the migration to the interior. After the death of his father in 1853, he was appointed to succeed him as Commandant-General of the Boer settlers around the city of Potchefstroom and moved from his farm, Kalkheuwel, near Broederstroom, to Potchefstroom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius has received more than 189,106 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Marthinus Wessel Pretorius is the 11,942nd most popular politician (down from 11,394th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 67th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marthinus Wessel Pretoriuses by language

Over the past year Marthinus Wessel Pretorius has had the most page views in the with 30,402 views, followed by Russian (2,508), and Polish (2,100). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (68.27%), Egyptian Arabic (65.94%), and Armenian (58.94%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 11,942 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh IV of Cyprus, Winfried Kretschmann, Publius Cornelius Cethegus, Shashanka, Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine, and Louis de Buade de Frontenac. After him are Kurszán, Charles Konan Banny, Orontes I, Ramesuan, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, and Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 70. Before him are Cyrus West Field, Lucile Grahn, Abe Masahiro, Nicolae Bălcescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, and Martin Johnson Heade. After him are Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Henri Harpignies, Constant Fornerod, and Jean-Augustin Barral. Among people deceased in 1901, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 54. Before him are Jules Barbier, Wojciech Gerson, Ghevont Alishan, Alexander Kovalevsky, Herman Grimm, and Arvid Posse. After him are Peter Benoit, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Václav Brožík, Alfred Tysoe, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, and Charlotte Mary Yonge.

Others Born in 1819

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1901

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 66 out of 454. Before him are Dave Matthews (1967), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Marlene Dumas (1953), Laurence Oliphant (1829), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866). After him are Ian Scheckter (1947), Eric Sturgess (1920), John Cranko (1927), Gordon Murray (1946), Oscar Pistorius (1986), and Oliver Tambo (1917).

Others born in South Africa

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 23. Before him are John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Piet Joubert (1834), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866). After him are Oliver Tambo (1917), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Helen Suzman (1917).

South African born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous