1916 - 2006
Pieter Willem Botha, (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈvələm ˈbuəta]; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989. First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was an opponent of black majority rule and international communism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. W. Botha has received more than 1,832,098 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 50 in 2019). P. W. Botha is the 3,403rd most popular politician (down from 2,614th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 17th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Politician.
P. W. Botha was a South African politician who served as the country's prime minister from 1978 to 1989. He is most famous for his role in the apartheid system, which he oversaw as prime minister.
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Among politicians, P. W. Botha ranks 3,403 out of 15,577. Before him are Servilia, Hans Lammers, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maria Pia of Savoy, Muhammad I of Córdoba, and Lê Duẩn. After him are Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Tutush I, Emperor Tenji, Bruno Kreisky, Jill Biden, and Kyösti Kallio.
104 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,397
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,398
1928 - 2011
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,399
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,400
823 - 886
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 3,401
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 3,402
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 3,403
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,404
1066 - 1095
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,405
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,406
1911 - 1990
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,407
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,408
1873 - 1940
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 3,409
Among people born in 1916, P. W. Botha ranks 44. Before him are Raf Vallone, Alexander Prokhorov, Robert F. Furchgott, Paul Keres, Sune Bergström, and Masaki Kobayashi. After him are Dino Risi, Maria Altmann, Michael Gough, Jacque Fresco, Ephraim Katzir, and Peter Finch. Among people deceased in 2006, P. W. Botha ranks 44. Before him are Shelley Winters, Bülent Ecevit, Nam June Paik, Melvin Schwartz, Alida Valli, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Zoia Ceaușescu, Shohei Imamura, Raymond Davis Jr., Mariska Veres, and Romano Mussolini.
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 38
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 41
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 42
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 43
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 44
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 45
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 46
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 47
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 48
1916 - 2009
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 49
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 50
1920 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 38
1925 - 2006
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 39
1932 - 2006
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 40
1932 - 2006
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 41
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 42
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 44
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 45
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 46
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 47
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 48
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 49
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 50
Among people born in South Africa, P. W. Botha ranks 19 out of 374. Before him are Jacob Zuma (1942), Max Theiler (1899), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), and Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924). After him are Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jody Scheckter (1950), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Sydney Brenner (1927), Michael Levitt (1947), and Steve Biko (1946).
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 13
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 15
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 17
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 18
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 19
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 20
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 21
1761 - 1836
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 22
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 24
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 25
Among politicians born in South Africa, P. W. Botha ranks 6. Before him are Shaka (1787), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), and Paul Kruger (1825). After him are Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Abba Eban (1915), and Kgalema Motlanthe (1949).
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1
1936 - 2021
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 4
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 5
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 7
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 8
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 9
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 10
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 12