1790 - 1868
Mzilikazi Moselekatse, Khumalo (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Mthwakazi Kingdom now known as Matebeleland, in 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 363,232 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mzilikazi is the 15,686th most popular politician (down from 13,766th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 139th in 2019) and the 44th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Mzilikazi ranks 15,686 out of 15,577. Before him are Albert Pahimi Padacké, Charles Colson, Nikolai Stepulov, Raymond Basset, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and Marco Rubio. After him are Afonso Dhlakama, Andrea Chiesa, Juliet Mitchell, Zoran Živković, Peter G. Peterson, and Dunja Mijatović.
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,680
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,681
1913 - 1968
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,682
1883 - 2000
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,683
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,684
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 15,685
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,686
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,687
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 15,688
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 15,689
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 15,690
1926 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 15,691
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 15,692
Among people born in 1790, Mzilikazi ranks 50. Before him are John Ross, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Johann Jakob Heckel, Tommaso Grossi, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, and Abel P. Upshur. After him is John Eaton. Among people deceased in 1868, Mzilikazi ranks 62. Before him are Júlia Szendrey, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Joaquín Suárez, Carl Mayet, Laura Secord, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon. After him is Howell Cobb.
1790 - 1866
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 44
1790 - 1860
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 45
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 46
1790 - 1853
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 47
1790 - 1871
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 48
1790 - 1844
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 49
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 50
1790 - 1856
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 51
1828 - 1868
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 56
1799 - 1868
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 57
1781 - 1868
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 58
1810 - 1868
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 59
1775 - 1868
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 60
1795 - 1868
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 61
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 62
1815 - 1868
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 63
Among people born in South Africa, Mzilikazi ranks 147 out of 374. Before him are Ruth First (1925), Gavin Hood (1963), Peter de Klerk (1935), Lucky Dube (1910), Helen Zille (1951), and Constand Viljoen (1933). After him are Francois Pienaar (1967), Sid James (1913), Yolandi Visser (1984), Candice Swanepoel (1988), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Eddie Keizan (1944).
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 141
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 142
1935 - 2015
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 143
1910 - 1964
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 144
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 145
1933 - 2020
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 146
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 147
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 148
1913 - 1976
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 149
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 150
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 151
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 152
1944 - 2016
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 153
Among politicians born in South Africa, Mzilikazi ranks 44. Before him are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Ted Moore (1914), Tom Naudé (1889), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Ruth First (1925), and Helen Zille (1951). After him are Zindzi Mandela (1960), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Sol Plaatje (1876), Grace Mugabe (1965), Govan Mbeki (1910), and Thomas François Burgers (1834).
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 38
1914 - 1987
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 39
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 40
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 41
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 42
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 43
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 44
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 45
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 46
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 47
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 48
1910 - 2001
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 49
1834 - 1881
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 50