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Eugène Terre'Blanche

1941 - 2010

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Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche ([ɪə̯ˈʒɛn ˈnɛj tərˈblɑ̃ːʃ], 31 January 1941 – 3 April 2010) was a South African Afrikaner nationalist and White supremacist who founded and led the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB; 'Afrikaner Resistance Movement'). Prior to founding the AWB, he served as a South African Police officer, was a farmer, and was a Herstigte Nasionale Party ('Reconstituted National Party') candidate for local office in the Transvaal. He was a major figure in the right-wing backlash against the collapse of apartheid. His beliefs and philosophy have continued to be influential amongst white supremacists in South Africa and across the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Terre'Blanche is the 168th most popular extremist, the 67th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular South African Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Eugène Terre'Blanche ranks 168 out of 283. Before him are Luciano Moggi, Andrew Cunanan, Richard Chase, Nancy Spungen, Cleveland Torso Murderer, and Mary Bell. After him are Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ross Ulbricht, Baby Face Nelson, and Ziad Jarrah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Eugène Terre'Blanche ranks 255. Before him are Chubby Checker, Mario Corso, Leonid Kizim, Angelo Domenghini, Percy Sledge, and Patricio Guzmán. After him are Alfred Aho, Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, Sonny Landham, Chucho Valdés, and Dennis Sullivan. Among people deceased in 2010, Eugène Terre'Blanche ranks 158. Before him are Bruno S., Shmuel Eisenstadt, Tony Judt, Simon MacCorkindale, Leonid Kizim, and Roberto Rosato. After him are David Warren, Per Oscarsson, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Oswaldo López Arellano, Florencio Campomanes, and Rue McClanahan.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Eugène Terre'Blanche ranks 67 out of 454. Before him are Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Piet Cronjé (1836), Manfred Mann (1940), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), and Laurence Oliphant (1829). After him are Dave Matthews (1967), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Louisa Bolus (1877), and Breyten Breytenbach (1939).

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Among EXTREMISTS In South Africa

Among extremists born in South Africa, Eugène Terre'Blanche ranks 1. After him are Moses Sithole (1964).

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