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Ruth First

1925 - 1982

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Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth First has received more than 468,999 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ruth First is the 15,695th most popular politician (down from 15,074th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 140th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

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  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruth First ranks 15,695 out of 19,576. Before her are Stefanie Clausen, Richard Olney, Bernhard Vogel, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Chang Sang, and Ahn Cheol-soo. After her are Fergus Mór, William Bradford, Ariobarzanes II of Cius, Bart De Wever, Ashur-shaduni, and Bharrat Jagdeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ruth First ranks 427. Before her are Margaretha Krook, June Lockhart, Martha Vickers, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Fulvio Nesti, and Antonio José González Zumárraga. After her are Stepas Butautas, Marty Robbins, Yuriy Lituyev, Miiko Taka, Aleksei Paramonov, and Bruno Pesaola. Among people deceased in 1982, Ruth First ranks 237. Before her are Reta Shaw, Arturo Rodríguez, Lamberto Dalla Costa, William Primrose, Ben Nicholson, and Phyllis Covell. After her are Boris Chirkov, Marty Robbins, James Broderick, Marco Cimatti, Satchel Paige, and Hermanni Pihlajamäki.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 141 out of 454. Before her are Janet Suzman (1939), Marjorie Clark (1909), John Kani (1943), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Solomon Linda (1909), and Johan Kriek (1958). After her are Glynis Barber (1955), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Tosca Musk (1974), Harold Kitson (1874), and George F. R. Ellis (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 42. Before her are Jim Fouché (1898), Julius Malema (1981), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Pik Botha (1932), Tom Naudé (1889), and Goodwill Zwelithini (1948). After her are Helen Zille (1951), Grace Mugabe (1965), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Robert Sobukwe (1924), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Mzilikazi (1790).

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