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Sol Plaatje

1876 - 1932

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Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 – 19 June 1932) was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. Plaatje was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which became the African National Congress (ANC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sol Plaatje has received more than 328,195 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sol Plaatje is the 17,375th most popular politician (down from 15,485th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sol Plaatje ranks 17,375 out of 19,576. Before him are Gilles Simeoni, Trinidad Jiménez, Cleopa Msuya, Sato Kilman, Juanita M. Kreps, and Guillaume Soro. After him are Taher Abouzeid, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kenny Anthony, Hamed Bakayoko, Linda Haglund, and Shalva Natelashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Sol Plaatje ranks 203. Before him are John August Anderson, John Mulcahy, Susan Glaspell, John T. Dillon, Mary Ritter Beard, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. After him are William Farnum, James Kirkwood Sr., Con Leahy, Sophia Duleep Singh, Victor Moore, and William Donne. Among people deceased in 1932, Sol Plaatje ranks 147. Before him are Charles Le Goffic, Virginie Hériot, Edward Barrett, Dorabji Tata, Adelaide Ames, and Fred Yates. After him are Outram Bangs, Edith Cowan, Major Taylor, and Robert Manson.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sol Plaatje ranks 217 out of 454. Before him are Lucas Radebe (1969), Alfred Swift (1931), Ian Hunter (1900), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), and Troye Sivan (1995). After him are Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Bram Fischer (1908), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Mike Melvill (1940), Austin Stevens (1950), and Bruce Johnstone (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Sol Plaatje ranks 52. Before him are Robert Sobukwe (1924), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Mzilikazi (1790), Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955). After him are Thomas François Burgers (1834), Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937), Naledi Pandor (1953), Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), Chris Heunis (1927), and Patricia de Lille (1951).

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