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Nico Diederichs

1903 - 1978

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Nicolaas Johannes "Nico" Diederichs, (17 November 1903 – 21 August 1978) served as the third state president of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nico Diederichs has received more than 135,076 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nico Diederichs is the 12,778th most popular politician (down from 11,537th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 71st in 2019) and the 28th most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 57.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nico Diederichs ranks 12,778 out of 19,576. Before him are Walthère Frère-Orban, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Ali Benflis, Luis Guillermo Solís, Aryeh Deri, and Rustem Umerov. After him are Mutara III Rudahigwa, Ino Anastasia, Duatentopet, Vladimir Semichastny, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, and William Wain Prior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Nico Diederichs ranks 196. Before him are Albrecht Haushofer, Ivan Galamian, Germán Busch, Rafael Paasio, Dean Jagger, and Ferdinand Adams. After him are Josefina Pla, Alejandro Casona, Theo Lingen, Mary Norton, Domingo Tarasconi, and Morgan Taylor. Among people deceased in 1978, Nico Diederichs ranks 147. Before him are Costante Girardengo, Lennie Tristano, Mark Robson, Joseph Colombo, Mária Mednyánszky, and James B. Conant. After him are Luo Ruiqing, Theo Lingen, Kathleen Kenyon, Zenta Mauriņa, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Alfred Müller-Armack.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Nico Diederichs ranks 82 out of 454. Before him are Evelyn Mase (1922), Alice Krige (1954), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), and Laurens van der Post (1906). After him are Koos de la Rey (1847), Louis Raymond (1895), Piet Retief (1780), Jamie Uys (1921), Helen Suzman (1917), and J. G. Strijdom (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Nico Diederichs ranks 28. Before him are J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Oliver Tambo (1917), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868). After him are Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Eben Dönges (1898), Chris Hani (1942), Ted Moore (1914), and Jan de Klerk (1903).

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