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Lobengula

1845 - 1894

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Lobengula Khumalo (c. 1835 – c. 1894) was the second and last official king of the Northern Ndebele people (historically called Matabele in English). Both names in the Ndebele language mean "the men of the long shields", a reference to the Ndebele warriors' use of the Nguni shield. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lobengula is the 15,687th most popular politician (down from 15,514th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 14th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lobengula ranks 15,687 out of 19,576. Before him are Eriba-Adad II, Johannes Hahn, Michel Sapin, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Jean Kambanda, and Ngiratkel Etpison. After him are Juan Antonio Pezet, József Szlávy, Karolina Widerström, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Ján Kubiš, and Lyudmila Pakhomova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Lobengula ranks 99. Before him are Facundo Machaín, George Kennan, Johann Berger, William Christie, Sámuel Teleki, and Henry Sweet. After him are William Healey Dall, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Daniel David Palmer, and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto. Among people deceased in 1894, Lobengula ranks 81. Before him are Emilio Arrieta, José Eugenio Ellauri, Kitamura Tokoku, Victor Duruy, George Romanes, and Svend Foyn. After him are Boston Corbett, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, David Payne, George Inness, George Peter Alexander Healy, and Alexander Wittek.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Lobengula ranks 19 out of 45. Before him are Liz Chase (1950), John Love (1924), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959). After him are Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Mario Frangoulis (1967), Kevin Ullyett (1972), Roy Welensky (1907), Sibusiso Moyo (1960), and Susan Huggett (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Lobengula ranks 10. Before him are Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Joshua Nkomo (1917), and Abel Muzorewa (1925). After him are Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Roy Welensky (1907), and Sibusiso Moyo (1960).

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