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Shaka

1787 - 1828

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Shaka

Shaka, a volte scritto anche Chaka, Tshaka o Tchaka (Melmoth, 1787 circa – Stranger, 22 settembre 1828), è stato il fondatore e primo sovrano dell'Impero Zulu. Sotto la sua guida gli Zulu estesero il loro dominio su una grande parte dell'Africa meridionale compresa fra i fiumi Phongolo e Mzimkhulu. Alcune fonti (fra cui l'Enciclopedia Britannica) descrivono Shaka come un vero e proprio genio militare, una sorta di Napoleone africano; altre fonti sono più caute, ma in generale riconoscono la sua abilità di condottiero e di imperatore, e la sua importanza nella storia dell'Africa meridionale. Agli effetti delle imprese militari di Shaka si riconduce tradizionalmente anche il vasto movimento migratorio avvenuto in Africa sudorientale fra il XVIII e il XIX secolo, e noto col nome di Mfecane. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2024). Shaka is the 1,660th most popular politico (down from 1,404th in 2024), the 11th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Politico.

Shaka is most famous for being the hand signal for "hang loose" or "peace."

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Among Politicos

Among politicos, Shaka ranks 1,660 out of 19,576. Before him are Coloman, King of Hungary, Pontiac, Alexios V Doukas, Maria II of Portugal, Cuauhtémoc, and Dick Cheney. After him are Richard von Weizsäcker, George of Poděbrady, Ferdinand III of Castile, Alexander I of Serbia, Mentor, and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.

Most Popular Politicos in Wikipedia

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Coloman, King of Hungary
1070 - 1116
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 1,655
Pontiac
1714 - 1769
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 1,656
Alexios V Doukas
1140 - 1204
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 1,657
Maria II of Portugal
1819 - 1853
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 1,658
Cuauhtémoc
1495 - 1525
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 1,659
Dick Cheney
1941 - 2025
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 1,660
Shaka
1787 - 1828
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 1,661
Richard von Weizsäcker
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 1,662
George of Poděbrady
1420 - 1471
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 1,663
Ferdinand III of Castile
1199 - 1252
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 1,664
Alexander I of Serbia
1876 - 1903
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 1,665
Mentor
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 1,666
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
1897 - 1918
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 1,667

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Shaka ranks 5. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Rasmus Rask, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are François Guizot, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. Among people deceased in 1828, Shaka ranks 4. Before him are Franz Schubert, Francisco Goya, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. After him are James Edward Smith, Carl Peter Thunberg, Victor of Aveyron, Maria Feodorovna, Kobayashi Issa, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, and William Hyde Wollaston.

Others Born in 1787

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Louis Daguerre
INVENTOR
1787 - 1851
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 1
Rasmus Rask
LINGUIST
1787 - 1832
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 2
Joseph von Fraunhofer
PHYSICIST
1787 - 1826
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 3
Vuk Karadžić
WRITER
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
Shaka
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1828
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 5
François Guizot
HISTORIAN
1787 - 1874
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 6
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
BIOLOGIST
1787 - 1869
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 7
Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1867
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 8
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1816
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 9
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1787 - 1862
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 10
Franz Xaver Gruber
COMPOSER
1787 - 1863
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 11
Guillaume Henri Dufour
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1875
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 12