MILITARY PERSONNEL

Koos de la Rey

1847 - 1914

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Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (pronounced phonetically as "Ya-qui-bis Hehr-key-lahs de la Ray") (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence. His death at the hands of the South African Police under controversial circumstances had a major role in sparking the Maritz rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Koos de la Rey is the 1,629th most popular military personnel (down from 1,616th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Koos de la Rey ranks 1,629 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexios Branas, Arrhidaeus, Leonhard Kaupisch, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, and Itō Sukeyuki. After him are Nikolaos Trikoupis, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Juan Martín Díez, Yevfimiy Putyatin, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and François de Créquy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Koos de la Rey ranks 75. Before him are Hiệp Hòa, Milovan Glišić, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Anton Reichenow, Cesare Arzelà, and Michel-Joseph Maunoury. After him are Hermann Osthoff, William Edward Ayrton, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Dimitar Grekov, Lipót Schulhof, and Louis Henri Boussenard. Among people deceased in 1914, Koos de la Rey ranks 97. Before him are Georg von Kopp, Hubertine Auclert, Jacob Riis, Jules Lemaître, Antun Gustav Matoš, and Itō Sukeyuki. After him are Wilhelm Lexis, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Józef Chełmoński, Frederick Lorz, Géza Fejérváry, and Peyo Yavorov.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 98 out of 454. Before him are Janet Suzman (1939), Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), Lawrence Stevens (1913), John Cranko (1927), and Piet Retief (1780). After him are Julius Malema (1981), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Renée Schuurman (1939), Jamie Uys (1921), Claude Chevalley (1909), and Hugh Masekela (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In South Africa

Among military personnels born in South Africa, Koos de la Rey ranks 2. Before him are Piet Cronjé (1836). After him are Constand Viljoen (1933).

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