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Jan Smuts

1870 - 1950

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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948. Smuts was born to Afrikaner parents in the British Cape Colony. He was educated at Victoria College, Stellenbosch before reading law at Christ's College, Cambridge on a scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Smuts is the 5,799th most popular politician (down from 5,522nd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 30th in 2019) and the 17th most popular South African Politician.

Jan Smuts was a South African statesman and military leader. He was the only person to sign both the peace treaty ending the First World War and the charter of the United Nations.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Smuts ranks 5,799 out of 19,576. Before him are Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Jānis Čakste, Jim Fouché, Kersti Kaljulaid, and Alice Weidel. After him are Hakor, Matthias Gallas, Sālote Tupou III, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Apama, and Robert II, Duke of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Jan Smuts ranks 42. Before him are E. M. Antoniadi, Louis Vierne, Helge von Koch, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, and Nariman Narimanov. After him are Bernard Baruch, Alexander Berkman, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Gustav Landauer, Marianne Weber, and Lord Alfred Douglas. Among people deceased in 1950, Jan Smuts ranks 47. Before him are Constantin Carathéodory, Eliel Saarinen, Milada Horáková, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Vasil Kolarov, and Charles Koechlin. After him are Fevzi Çakmak, Francesco Cilea, Frederick Keeping, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Charles Bennett.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 39 out of 454. Before him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Angelique Rockas (1951), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Peter Abrahams (1919), Seymour Papert (1928), and Jim Fouché (1898). After him are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Glynis Johns (1923), Abba Eban (1915), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Reggie Walker (1889), and André Brink (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan Smuts ranks 17. Before him are Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), and Jim Fouché (1898). After him are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Abba Eban (1915), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), and Chris Hani (1942).

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