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Tom Naudé

1889 - 1969

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Jozua François "Tom" Naudé (15 April 1889, Middelburg, Cape Colony – 31 May 1969, Cape Town) served as acting state president of South Africa from 1967 to 1968.A National Party politician for many years, he served as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs from 1950 to 1954, as Minister of Health from 1954 to 1958, and as Minister of Finance from 1958 to 1961. He was then appointed President of the Senate of South Africa, and in terms of the South African Constitution of 1961 he would be required ex officio under a dormant commission to act as State President of South Africa whenever that office was vacant. He was unexpectedly called upon to do this when Dr Eben Dönges, who was elected to succeed C.R. Swart as State President in 1967, suffered a stroke and fell into a coma before he could be inaugurated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Naudé has received more than 74,655 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tom Naudé is the 15,010th most popular politician (down from 14,275th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 119th in 2019) and the 40th most popular South African Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Naudé by language

Over the past year Tom Naudé has had the most page views in the with 14,286 views, followed by French (1,437), and Italian (1,408). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (114.05%), Hindi (31.65%), and Swedish (20.47%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Naudé ranks 15,010 out of 19,576. Before him are Tarō Kōno, Pedro Diniz, Ahmad Zia Massoud, Tihomir Orešković, Liang Guanglie, and Masrour Barzani. After him are Leo Falcam, William Deane, Ioannis Malokinis, Venkaiah Naidu, Mahboob Ali Khan, and Osman Hussein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Tom Naudé ranks 240. Before him are Menen Asfaw, Suzanne Duchamp, Charles Reidpath, Robert A. Taft, Miguel Mariano Gómez, and Alberto Ohaco. After him are Hans Beyer, Emma Asson, Charles Darrow, Teresa de la Parra, Thomas Hart Benton, and Nezihe Muhiddin. Among people deceased in 1969, Tom Naudé ranks 185. Before him are Jim Bellamy, Paul Scherrer, Josef Hassmann, Oswald Holmberg, Julius Saaristo, and Giuseppe Viani. After him are Moisés Solana, Károly Fogl, Ardeshir Irani, Ramdas Gandhi, Hans Deppe, and Marcel Riesz.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tom Naudé ranks 120 out of 454. Before him are Sharlto Copley (1973), Denis Goldberg (1933), Pik Botha (1932), Louisa Bolus (1877), Francois Pienaar (1967), and Devdas Gandhi (1900). After him are Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Kevin Curren (1958), and Mark Shuttleworth (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Tom Naudé ranks 40. Before him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), Julius Malema (1981), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), and Pik Botha (1932). After him are Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Grace Mugabe (1965), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), and Robert Sobukwe (1924).

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