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Mzilikazi

1790 - 1868

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Mzilikazi Moselekatse, Khumalo (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Ndebele Kingdom now called Matebeleland which is now part of Zimbabwe. His name means "the great river of blood". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mzilikazi has received more than 468,917 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Mzilikazi is the 16,883rd most popular politician (down from 15,190th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 146th in 2019) and the 48th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mzilikazi ranks 16,883 out of 19,576. Before him are Afzal-ud-Daulah, Leonard Orban, Nello Musumeci, Magnús Guðmundsson, Antonio Giolitti, and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni. After him are Antonina Ryzhova, Gilad Erdan, Renate Künast, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Patricia Scotland, and Jay Inslee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Mzilikazi ranks 56. Before him are Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Tommaso Grossi, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough. After him is John Eaton. Among people deceased in 1868, Mzilikazi ranks 65. Before him are José María de Achá, Benizelos Roufos, Carl Mayet, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Laura Secord, and Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual. After him are Howell Cobb, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Mzilikazi ranks 189 out of 454. Before him are Christian Gitsham (1888), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Roger Michell (1956), Steven Pienaar (1982), Reeva Steenkamp (1983), and Clarence Walker (1898). After him are Athol Fugard (1932), Karel Schoeman (1939), Griselda Pollock (1949), Florence Fuller (1867), Charlbi Dean (1990), and Baleka Mbete (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Mzilikazi ranks 48. Before him are Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Grace Mugabe (1965), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Zindzi Mandela (1960). After him are Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Sol Plaatje (1876), Thomas François Burgers (1834), and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937).

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