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Navi Pillay
1941 - Today
Navi Pillay
Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, Pillay was the first non-white woman judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Navi Pillay has received more than 260,153 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Navi Pillay is the 46th most popular lawyer, the 66th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 82nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Lawyer.
Memorability Metrics
260k
Page Views (PV)
50.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
4.82
Effective Languages (L*)
3.38
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among LAWYERS
Among lawyers, Navi Pillay ranks 46 out of 68. Before her are William Blackstone, Alberico Gentili, Cino da Pistoia, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Adrian Năstase, and Hisashi Owada. After her are Roy Cohn, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, Leo Frank, René David, Henry de Bracton, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr..
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William Blackstone
1723 - 1780
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 40
Alberico Gentili
1552 - 1608
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 41
Cino da Pistoia
1270 - 1336
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 42
Johann Kaspar Bluntschli
1808 - 1881
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 43
Adrian Năstase
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 44
Hisashi Owada
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 45
Navi Pillay
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 46
Roy Cohn
1927 - 1986
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 47
Lucius Cincius Alimentus
300 BC - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 48
Leo Frank
1884 - 1915
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 49
René David
1906 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 50
Henry de Bracton
1210 - 1268
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 51
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
1841 - 1935
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 52
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1941, Navi Pillay ranks 278. Before her are Tatyana Kuznetsova, David Crystal, Bakili Muluzi, Randall Collins, Gorden Kaye, and Christopher Hogwood. After her are Anne Tyler, Ivanka Khristova, Ed Roberts, Tomaž Šalamun, Mary Alice, and Robert Keohane.
Others Born in 1941
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Tatyana Kuznetsova
1941 - 2018
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 272
David Crystal
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 273
Bakili Muluzi
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 274
Randall Collins
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 275
Gorden Kaye
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 276
Christopher Hogwood
1941 - 2014
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 277
Navi Pillay
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 278
Anne Tyler
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 279
Ivanka Khristova
1941 - 2022
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 280
Ed Roberts
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 281
Tomaž Šalamun
1941 - 2014
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 282
Mary Alice
1941 - 2022
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 283
Robert Keohane
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 284
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Navi Pillay ranks 66 out of 374. Before her are Koos de la Rey (1847), David Cooper (1931), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Reggie Walker (1889), and Breyten Breytenbach (1939). After her are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Steve Nash (1974), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Ronald Harwood (1934).
Others born in South Africa
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Koos de la Rey
1847 - 1914
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 60
David Cooper
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 61
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 62
Abdullah Ibrahim
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 63
Reggie Walker
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 64
Breyten Breytenbach
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 65
Navi Pillay
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 66
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 67
J. G. Strijdom
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 68
Laurence Oliphant
1829 - 1888
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 69
Steve Nash
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
Nico Diederichs
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 71
Ronald Harwood
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 72
Among LAWYERS In South Africa
Among lawyers born in South Africa, Navi Pillay ranks 1.
