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Thomas François Burgers

1834 - 1881

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Thomas François Burgers (15 April 1834 – 9 December 1881) was a South African politician and minister who served as the 4th president of the South African Republic from 1872 to 1877. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas François Burgers has received more than 65,822 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas François Burgers is the 17,491st most popular politician (down from 16,161st in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 197th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thomas François Burgers by language

Over the past year Thomas François Burgers has had the most page views in the with 11,293 views, followed by Dutch (1,024), and Afrikaans (979). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (38.10%), Egyptian Arabic (20.24%), and English (19.95%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas François Burgers ranks 17,491 out of 19,576. Before him are John Hickenlooper, Corinne Lepage, Marino Riccardi, Mário Centeno, Paul Boffa, and Arun Shourie. After him are Gao Zhisheng, Knut Holmann, Temir Sariyev, John J. Crittenden, Hamza Abdi Barre, and Selwyn Lloyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Thomas François Burgers ranks 94. Before him are Emil Stang, José Eugenio Ellauri, Charles Augustus Young, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, Kapiʻolani, and Sabine Baring-Gould. After him are James Gibbons, Frederick DuCane Godman, and John G. Carlisle. Among people deceased in 1881, Thomas François Burgers ranks 87. Before him are Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, John C. Pemberton, Isaac Israel Hayes, William Burges, and Franz von Dingelstedt. After him is Sidney Lanier.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Thomas François Burgers ranks 225 out of 454. Before him are Bram Fischer (1908), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Mike Melvill (1940), Austin Stevens (1950), Bruce Johnstone (1937), and William Ferguson (1940). After him are Louis Hayward (1909), Brenda Fassie (1964), Musetta Vander (1963), Bessie Head (1937), Linda Mvusi (1955), and Mark González (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Thomas François Burgers ranks 53. Before him are Zindzi Mandela (1960), Mzilikazi (1790), Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), and Sol Plaatje (1876). After him are Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937), Naledi Pandor (1953), Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), Chris Heunis (1927), Patricia de Lille (1951), and Tony Leon (1956).

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