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Louis Botha

1862 - 1919

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Louis Botha (locally BOOR-tə, Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlu.i ˈbuəta]; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War, Botha eventually fought to have South Africa become a British Dominion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Botha is the 9,017th most popular politician (down from 8,674th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 41st in 2019) and the 26th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Botha ranks 9,017 out of 19,576. Before him are Archelaus of Sparta, Rotrude, Crin Antonescu, Paul Ramadier, Gusu of Baekje, and François Certain de Canrobert. After him are Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Qahhor Mahkamov, Emperor Cheng of Jin, Elisabeth of Bohemia, and Kuzma Minin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Louis Botha ranks 66. Before him are Nitobe Inazō, Robert Reid, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, William Wallace Campbell, Friedrich Meinecke, and Vilhelm Bjerknes. After him are Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Henri Le Sidaner, Okakura Kakuzō, and Carl Charlier. Among people deceased in 1919, Louis Botha ranks 71. Before him are Evelyn De Morgan, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, and Aaron Kosminski. After him are Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Alexander Izvolsky, Mark Sykes, Itagaki Taisuke, Laurence Doherty, and Michel Théato.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 59 out of 454. Before him are Sid Atkinson (1901), Chris Hani (1942), Kevin Carter (1960), Rory Byrne (1944), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Marais Viljoen (1915). After him are Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Piet Cronjé (1836), Manfred Mann (1940), and Goodwill Zwelithini (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Louis Botha ranks 26. Before him are Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), Chris Hani (1942), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Marais Viljoen (1915). After him are Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), and Oliver Tambo (1917).

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