1903 - 1978
Nicolaas Johannes "Nico" Diederichs, DMS (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 116,558 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nico Diederichs is the 11,571st most popular politician (down from 11,054th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from South Africa and the 25th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Nico Diederichs ranks 11,571 out of 15,577. Before him are Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois, Eudokia Baïana, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Nabil Elaraby, Ishme-Dagan, and Ordelafo Faliero. After him are Jan Olszewski, Indravarman I, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Eva Joly, Smbat II of Armenia, and Nie Rongzhen.
1143 - 1183
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 11,565
900 - 901
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 11,566
1868 - 1932
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,567
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,568
2000 BC - 1935 BC
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,569
1100 - 1117
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,570
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,571
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,572
900 - 890
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,573
1536 - 1624
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,574
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,575
901 - 989
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11,576
1899 - 1992
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 11,577
Among people born in 1903, Nico Diederichs ranks 177. Before him are Issa Pliyev, Hans Hedtoft, Fernando Paternoster, John Williams, Misuzu Kaneko, and Ary Barroso. After him are Kathleen Lonsdale, Leo Huberman, Charles Rigoulot, Georgy Beriev, Anne Revere, and Big Bill Broonzy. Among people deceased in 1978, Nico Diederichs ranks 125. Before him are John D. Rockefeller III, Carlos Riolfo, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Blair, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and Juan Evaristo. After him are Zenta Mauriņa, Josef Frings, Kathleen Kenyon, Lennie Tristano, Mark Robson, and Nicolau dos Reis Lobato.
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 171
1903 - 1955
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 172
1903 - 1967
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 173
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 174
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 175
1903 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 176
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 177
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 178
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 179
1903 - 1962
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 180
1903 - 1979
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 181
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 182
1903 - 1958
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 183
1906 - 1978
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 119
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 120
1943 - 1978
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 121
1911 - 1978
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 122
1919 - 1978
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 123
1902 - 1978
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 124
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 125
1897 - 1978
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 126
1887 - 1978
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 127
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 128
1919 - 1978
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 129
1913 - 1978
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 130
1946 - 1978
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 131
Among people born in South Africa, Nico Diederichs ranks 71 out of 374. Before him are Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Navi Pillay (1941), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Laurence Oliphant (1829), and Steve Nash (1974). After him are Ronald Harwood (1934), Piet Retief (1780), Laurens van der Post (1906), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Evelyn Mase (1922), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868).
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 66
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 67
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 68
1829 - 1888
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 69
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 71
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 72
1780 - 1838
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 73
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 74
1890 - 1973
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 75
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 76
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 77
Among politicians born in South Africa, Nico Diederichs ranks 25. Before him are Christiaan de Wet (1854), C. R. Swart (1894), Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), and J. G. Strijdom (1893). After him are Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), Chris Hani (1942), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798).
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 19
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 20
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 21
1866 - 1942
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 22
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 23
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 24
1903 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 25
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 26
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 28
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 29
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 30
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 31