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Cetshwayo kaMpande

1826 - 1884

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Cetshwayo kaMpande (; Zulu pronunciation: [ᵏǀétʃwajo kámpande]; c. 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been transliterated as Cetywayo or Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cetshwayo kaMpande is the 2,387th most popular politician (up from 7,783rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 37th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 2,387 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter IV of Aragon, Gülnuş Sultan, Kurt Daluege, Afonso VI of Portugal, Apepi, and Jayavarman VII. After him are Michael IX Palaiologos, Khasekhemwy, Jan Masaryk, Mikhail Suslov, Chilperic II, and Harsha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 6. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Carlo Collodi, Charles XV of Sweden, Eugénie de Montijo, and Gustave Moreau. After him are Wilhelm Liebknecht, Ludwig Minkus, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1884, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 7. Before him are Gregor Mendel, Bedřich Smetana, Maria Anna of Savoy, Elias Lönnrot, Marie Taglioni, and Hermann Kolbe. After him are Paul Morphy, Johann Gustav Droysen, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 17 out of 454. Before him are Shaka (1787), Christiaan Barnard (1922), Michael Levitt (1947), John Vorster (1915), D. F. Malan (1874), and Max Theiler (1899). After him are Thabo Mbeki (1942), C. R. Swart (1894), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Jacob Zuma (1942), and J. G. Strijdom (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Cetshwayo kaMpande ranks 5. Before him are F. W. de Klerk (1936), Shaka (1787), John Vorster (1915), and D. F. Malan (1874). After him are Thabo Mbeki (1942), C. R. Swart (1894), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jacob Zuma (1942), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Paul Kruger (1825).

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