1876 - 1932
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 297,893 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sol Plaatje is the 15,542nd most popular politician (down from 14,670th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 184th in 2019) and the 46th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Sol Plaatje ranks 15,542 out of 15,577. Before him are Ben Cardin, Mohammad Reza Aref, Claude Bartolone, Adela Pankhurst, Peter Hultqvist, and Alexey Ulyukaev. After him are Nadia Calviño, Pavlo Klimkin, Volker Beck, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Afzal-ud-Daulah, and Francis James Child.
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 15,536
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 15,537
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 15,538
1885 - 1961
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 15,539
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 15,540
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,541
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,542
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,543
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,544
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,545
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,546
1827 - 1869
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,547
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,548
Among people born in 1876, Sol Plaatje ranks 177. Before him are John T. Dillon, Gaston Peltier, Pietro Speciale, Lionel Tertis, Ernest Esclangon, and James Larkin. After him are Carl Albert Andersen, Gregory Mathews, Mary Ritter Beard, Susan Glaspell, John Mulcahy, and James Scullin. Among people deceased in 1932, Sol Plaatje ranks 127. Before him are Frantz Reichel, Ernest Mangnall, Malcolm Whitman, Väinö Siikaniemi, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, and Peder Kolstad. After him are Charles Wallace Richmond, Howard Valentine, Fred Yates, Outram Bangs, Edward Barrett, and Émile Grumiaux.
1876 - 1937
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 171
1876 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 172
1876 - 1945
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 173
1876 - 1975
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 174
1876 - 1954
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 175
1876 - 1947
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 176
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 177
1876 - 1951
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 178
1876 - 1949
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 179
1876 - 1958
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 180
1876 - 1948
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 181
1876 - 1942
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 182
1876 - 1953
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 183
1871 - 1932
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 121
1866 - 1932
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 122
1877 - 1932
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 123
1887 - 1932
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 124
1878 - 1932
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 125
1878 - 1932
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 126
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 127
1868 - 1932
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 128
1881 - 1932
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 129
1884 - 1932
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 130
1863 - 1932
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 131
1877 - 1932
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 132
1861 - 1932
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 133
Among people born in South Africa, Sol Plaatje ranks 163 out of 374. Before him are Ilana Kloss (1956), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), and Beyers Naudé (1915). After him are Bram Fischer (1908), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Grace Mugabe (1965), Enoch Sontonga (1873), Caster Semenya (1991), and Christian Gitsham (1888).
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 157
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 158
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 159
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 160
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 162
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 163
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 164
1904 - 1951
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 166
1873 - 1905
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 167
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 168
1888 - 1956
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 169
Among politicians born in South Africa, Sol Plaatje ranks 46. Before him are Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Ahmed Kathrada (1929). After him are Grace Mugabe (1965), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Patricia de Lille (1951).
1928 - 2023
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 40
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 41
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 42
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 43
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 44
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 45
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 46
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 47
1910 - 2001
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 48
1834 - 1881
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 49
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 50
1924 - 1978
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 51
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 52