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Albert Lutuli

1898 - 1967

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Albert John Luthuli (c. 1898 – 21 July 1967) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, traditional leader, and politician who served as the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 until his death in 1967. Luthuli was born to a Zulu family in 1898 at a Seventh-day Adventist mission in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1908 he moved to Groutville, where his parents and grandparents had lived, to attend school under the care of his uncle. After graduating from high school with a teaching degree, Luthuli became principal of a small school in Natal where he was the sole teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Lutuli is the 667th most popular politician (up from 9,898th in 2019), the most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among politicians, Albert Lutuli ranks 667 out of 19,576. Before him are Valerius Severus, Hugo Chávez, George II of Great Britain, Constantius Chlorus, Abdulmejid II, and Norodom Sihanouk. After him are Narmer, Rehoboam, Yaśodharā, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Albert Lutuli ranks 15. Before him are Stefania Turkewich, Umm Kulthum, Zhou Enlai, Leo Szilard, William James Sidis, and M. C. Escher. After him are George Gershwin, C. S. Lewis, Herbert Marcuse, Liu Shaoqi, Karl Ziegler, and Trofim Lysenko. Among people deceased in 1967, Albert Lutuli ranks 8. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer, Puyi, Konrad Adenauer, René Magritte, Vivien Leigh, and John Nance Garner. After him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, Spencer Tracy, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Vladimir Komarov, and Edward Hopper.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Albert Lutuli ranks 1 out of 45. After him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), Joshua Nkomo (1917), and Alexander McCall Smith (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Albert Lutuli ranks 1. After him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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