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Ruth First

1925 - 1982

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Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where she was working in exile, by a parcel bomb built by South African police. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth First is the 15,174th most popular politician (up from 15,692nd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 138th in 2019) and the 41st most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruth First ranks 15,174 out of 19,576. Before her are George Galloway, Ko Wen-je, Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, Huvishka, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and Eugen Huber. After her are Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Æscwine of Essex, Leo Falcam, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Abdiweli Gaas, and Hans van Mierlo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ruth First ranks 384. Before her are Tony Benn, Toma Caragiu, Alain Peyrefitte, Mal Waldron, John Baptist Wu, and Ron Tauranac. After her are Olga Aroseva, Bert Bolin, Károly Makk, Jean Cau, Rosemary Murphy, and Miiko Taka. Among people deceased in 1982, Ruth First ranks 220. Before her are Francisco Martínez Soria, John Gardner, Marvin Stalder, Frank Séchehaye, Ben Nicholson, and Raghunath Murmu. After her are Reta Shaw, Frederick Terman, László Sternberg, Wiesław Maniak, Václav Mottl, and Hermanni Pihlajamäki.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 125 out of 454. Before her are Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Sharlto Copley (1973), Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Kevin Curren (1958), and Deon Meyer (1958). After her are Eric Sturgess (1920), Ian Scheckter (1947), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), David Carstens (1914), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), and Frew McMillan (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 41. Before her are Walter Sisulu (1912), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Chris Heunis (1927), Julius Malema (1981), Helen Suzman (1917), and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949). After her are Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Pik Botha (1932), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Ted Moore (1914), Grace Mugabe (1965), and Baleka Mbete (1949).

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