MILITARY PERSONNEL
Piet Cronjé
1836 - 1911

Piet Cronjé
Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piet Cronjé is the 1,147th most popular military personnel (up from 1,152nd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 47th in 2019) and the most popular South African Military Personnel.
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS
Among military personnels, Piet Cronjé ranks 1,147 out of 2,058. Before him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Dmitry Utkin, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Wilhelm Brückner, Yitzhak Hofi, and Nicolas Luckner. After him are Hans Cramer, Ludwig Kübler, Günther Lützow, Tōdō Takatora, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, and Alexander von Linsingen.
Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsKonstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann
1818 - 1882
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,141
Dmitry Utkin
1970 - 2023
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,142
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
1775 - 1860
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,143
Wilhelm Brückner
1884 - 1954
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,144
Yitzhak Hofi
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 1,145
Nicolas Luckner
1722 - 1794
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 1,146
Piet Cronjé
1836 - 1911
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 1,147
Hans Cramer
1896 - 1968
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 1,148
Ludwig Kübler
1889 - 1947
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 1,149
Günther Lützow
1912 - 1945
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 1,150
Tōdō Takatora
1556 - 1630
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 1,151
Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
1798 - 1854
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 1,152
Alexander von Linsingen
1850 - 1935
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 1,153
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1836, Piet Cronjé ranks 38. Before him are Jan Gotlib Bloch, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Matsudaira Katamori, and Winslow Homer. After him are Juliette Adam, Daniel Peter, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Inoue Kaoru, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Princess Anna of Saxony, and Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville. Among people deceased in 1911, Piet Cronjé ranks 44. Before him are Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Félix Ziem, Georg Hilmar, Christian Bohr, Sam Loyd, and Édouard André. After him are Vasily Klyuchevsky, Konrad Duden, John Hughlings Jackson, Felix Mottl, Alexandros Papadiamantis, and Ivan Grohar.
Others Born in 1836
Go to all RankingsJan Gotlib Bloch
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1836 - 1902
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 34
Antônio Carlos Gomes
COMPOSER
1836 - 1896
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 35
Matsudaira Katamori
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1893
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 36
Winslow Homer
PAINTER
1836 - 1910
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 37
Piet Cronjé
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1836 - 1911
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 38
Juliette Adam
WRITER
1836 - 1936
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 39
Daniel Peter
BUSINESSPERSON
1836 - 1919
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 40
John Atkinson Grimshaw
PAINTER
1836 - 1893
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 41
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1836 - 1923
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 42
Inoue Kaoru
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1915
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 43
Cato Maximilian Guldberg
MATHEMATICIAN
1836 - 1902
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 44
Princess Anna of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1859
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 45
Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
PAINTER
1836 - 1885
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 46
Others Deceased in 1911
Go to all RankingsGeorg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1911
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 38
Félix Ziem
PAINTER
1821 - 1911
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 39
Georg Hilmar
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1911
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 40
Christian Bohr
PHYSICIAN
1855 - 1911
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 41
Sam Loyd
MATHEMATICIAN
1841 - 1911
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 42
Édouard André
ARCHITECT
1840 - 1911
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 43
Piet Cronjé
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1836 - 1911
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 44
Vasily Klyuchevsky
HISTORIAN
1841 - 1911
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 45
Konrad Duden
LINGUIST
1829 - 1911
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 46
John Hughlings Jackson
BIOLOGIST
1835 - 1911
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 47
Felix Mottl
CONDUCTOR
1856 - 1911
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 48
Alexandros Papadiamantis
WRITER
1851 - 1911
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 49
Ivan Grohar
PAINTER
1867 - 1911
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 50
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Piet Cronjé ranks 63 out of 454. Before him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868). After him are Manfred Mann (1940), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Dave Matthews (1967), and Zindzi Mandela (1960).
Others born in South Africa
Go to all RankingsJan de Klerk
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1979
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 57
Marais Viljoen
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2007
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 58
Louis Botha
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1919
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 59
Esther Brand
ATHLETE
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 60
Andries Pretorius
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1853
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 61
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1913
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 62
Piet Cronjé
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1836 - 1911
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 63
Manfred Mann
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 64
Goodwill Zwelithini
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2021
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 65
Laurence Oliphant
WRITER
1829 - 1888
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 66
Eugène Terre'Blanche
EXTREMIST
1941 - 2010
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 67
Dave Matthews
SINGER
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 68
Zindzi Mandela
POLITICIAN
1960 - 2020
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 69
Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In South Africa
Among military personnels born in South Africa, Piet Cronjé ranks 1. After him are Koos de la Rey (1847), and Constand Viljoen (1933).
Piet Cronjé
1836 - 1911
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 1
Koos de la Rey
1847 - 1914
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 2
Constand Viljoen
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 3