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POLITICIAN

Robert Sobukwe

1924 - 1978

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Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe OMSG (5 December 1924 – 27 February 1978) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization. Sobukwe was regarded as a strong proponent of an Africanist future for South Africa and opposed political collaboration with anyone other than Africans, defining "African" as anyone who lives in and pays allegiance to Africa and who is prepared to subject themselves to African majority rule. In March 1960, Sobukwe organized and launched a non-violent protest campaign against pass laws, for which he was sentenced to three years in prison on grounds of incitement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Sobukwe has received more than 513,686 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert Sobukwe is the 16,473rd most popular politician (down from 14,686th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 186th in 2019) and the 51st most popular South African Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Sobukwe ranks 16,473 out of 15,577. Before him are Mike Beebe, Albert B. Fall, Muriel Bowser, Leon Brittan, Nathalie Loiseau, and Michele Bachmann. After him are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Katja Kipping, Mimi Kodheli, Shirley Williams, Sorin Cîmpeanu, and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Sobukwe ranks 441. Before him are Evelyn Boyd Granville, Frank Lautenberg, Laurie Hughes, Norvel Lee, Juan Ponce Enrile, and A. B. Bardhan. After him are Ken Green, Patricia Roberts Harris, Mal Whitfield, Vincent Canby, Vicki Draves, and Dolores Gray. Among people deceased in 1978, Robert Sobukwe ranks 243. Before him are Lee Garmes, Theresa Weld, Gertrude Mary Cox, Ruth Etting, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and Selwyn Lloyd. After him are Hugh MacDiarmid and Ilka Chase.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Robert Sobukwe ranks 215 out of 374. Before him are Mark González (1984), David Bateson (1960), Amanda Coetzer (1971), Musetta Vander (1963), Wayne Ferreira (1971), and William Ferguson (1940). After him are Tosca Musk (1974), Brenda Fassie (1964), Moira Lister (1923), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Sasha Pieterse (1996), and Zola Budd (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Robert Sobukwe ranks 51. Before him are Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Sol Plaatje (1876), Grace Mugabe (1965), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas François Burgers (1834), and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955). After him are Patricia de Lille (1951), Tony Leon (1956), Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (1963), Julius Malema (1981), and Mmusi Maimane (1980).

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