1921 - 1980
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.Born into an influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in the neighbouring country of South Africa and then in the United Kingdom. While in Britain, he married an Englishwoman named Ruth Williams, a decision opposed by the white-minority government of South Africa and which led to a controversy resulting in the British government making him stay in England in exile so as to not sour U.K.-South African relations. After the end of his exile, Khama led his country's independence movement and transition from British rule into an independent nation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seretse Khama has received more than 2,782,130 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Seretse Khama is the 3,391st most popular politician (down from 2,226th in 2019), the most popular biography from Botswana and the most popular Motswana Politician.
Seretse Khama was the first president of Botswana. He is most famous for being the first president of Botswana.
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Among politicians, Seretse Khama ranks 3,391 out of 15,577. Before him are Herodes Atticus, Dionysius II of Syracuse, Halsten Stenkilsson, Eraric, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. After him are Choummaly Sayasone, Norodom Ranariddh, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, and Servilia.
101 - 177
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,385
397 BC - 343 BC
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,386
1050 - 1081
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,387
450 - 541
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,388
229 BC - 174 BC
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,389
1930 - 2010
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,390
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,391
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,392
1944 - 2021
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,393
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,394
915 - 967
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,395
1001 - 1027
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,396
104 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,397
Among people born in 1921, Seretse Khama ranks 56. Before him are Paul Schäfer, Alida Valli, Jane Russell, James Jones, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Viktor Kulikov, Gérard Debreu, Harald Quandt, and Zizinho. Among people deceased in 1980, Seretse Khama ranks 44. Before him are William Howard Stein, Mae West, Alejo Carpentier, Marian Rejewski, Fritz Strassmann, and Vinicius de Moraes. After him are Ludwig Guttmann, Lewis Milestone, Kim Jae-gyu, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Gustav Wagner, and Walter Dornberger.
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 50
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 51
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 52
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 53
1921 - 1989
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 54
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 55
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 56
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 57
1921 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 58
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 59
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 60
1921 - 1967
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 61
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 62
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 38
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 40
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 41
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 42
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 43
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 44
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 45
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 46
1926 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 47
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 48
1911 - 1980
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 49
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 50
Among people born in Botswana, Seretse Khama ranks 1 out of 10. After him are Quett Masire (1925), Festus Mogae (1939), Mokgweetsi Masisi (1961), Mpule Kwelagobe (1979), Isaac Makwala (1985), Amantle Montsho (1983), Dipsy Selolwane (1978), Nijel Amos (1994), and Baboloki Thebe (1997).
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1
1925 - 2017
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.24
Rank: 5
1985 - Present
HPI: 27.15
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.66
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.27
Rank: 8
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.54
Rank: 9
1997 - Present
HPI: 15.94
Rank: 10
Among politicians born in Botswana, Seretse Khama ranks 1. After him are Quett Masire (1925), Festus Mogae (1939), and Mokgweetsi Masisi (1961).
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1
1925 - 2017
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4