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Sarah Baartman

1788 - 1815

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Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈsɑːrki]), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman similarly exhibited. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Baartman has received more than 5,052,394 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sarah Baartman is the 358th most popular religious figure (down from 292nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular South African Religious Figure.

Sarah Baartman was a South African woman who was taken from her home by European explorers and exhibited in freak shows in Europe. She was later brought back to Europe and died there.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sarah Baartman ranks 358 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Benedict IX, Pope Silverius, Pope Innocent IV, Caiaphas, Belshazzar, and Umm Salama. After her are Photios I of Constantinople, Philip Neri, Pope Leo VII, Sathya Sai Baba, Saint Spyridon, and Al-Mansur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sarah Baartman ranks 3. Before her are Lord Byron, and Arthur Schopenhauer. After her are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Étienne Cabet. Among people deceased in 1815, Sarah Baartman ranks 3. Before her are Joachim Murat, and Michel Ney. After her are Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Franz Mesmer, Jan Potocki, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Carsten Niebuhr, Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, and 9th Dalai Lama.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sarah Baartman ranks 5 out of 454. Before her are Nelson Mandela (1918), J. R. R. Tolkien (1892), Elon Musk (1971), and Miriam Makeba (1932). After her are J. M. Coetzee (1940), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Nadine Gordimer (1923), Shaka (1787), Desmond Tutu (1931), Christiaan Barnard (1922), and Cyril Ramaphosa (1952).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In South Africa

Among religious figures born in South Africa, Sarah Baartman ranks 1. After her are Desmond Tutu (1931), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Faf du Plessis (1984), and Daniel Stahl (null).

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