RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sarah Baartman

1788 - 1815

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Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈsɑːrki]), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman similarly exhibited. The women were exhibited for their steatopygic body type, uncommon in Northwestern Europe that was perceived as a curiosity at that time, and became subject of scientific interest as well as of erotic projection. "Venus" is sometimes used to designate representations of the female body in arts and cultural anthropology, referring to the Roman goddess of love and fertility. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Baartman is the 460th most popular religious figure (down from 358th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular South African Religious Figure.

Sarah Baartman was a South African woman who was taken from her home by European explorers and exhibited in freak shows in Europe. She was later brought back to Europe and died there.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sarah Baartman ranks 460 out of 3,187. Before her are Maximilian Kolbe, Pope Victor I, Saint Sarah, Pope John III, Salome, and James the Less. After her are Pope Hilarius, Al-Mansur, Pope Stephen VIII, Muhammad al-Baqir, Pope Valentine, and Pope Miltiades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sarah Baartman ranks 3. Before her are Arthur Schopenhauer, and Lord Byron. After her are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Ranavalona I, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Étienne Cabet, and Antoine César Becquerel. Among people deceased in 1815, Sarah Baartman ranks 3. Before her are Joachim Murat, and Michel Ney. After her are Franz Mesmer, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jan Potocki, Guillaume Brune, Carsten Niebuhr, Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, and Smithson Tennant.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sarah Baartman ranks 7 out of 454. Before her are J. R. R. Tolkien (1892), Nelson Mandela (1918), Elon Musk (1971), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), J. M. Coetzee (1940), and Nadine Gordimer (1923). After her are F. W. de Klerk (1936), Desmond Tutu (1931), Miriam Makeba (1932), Shaka (1787), Christiaan Barnard (1922), and Michael Levitt (1947).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In South Africa

Among religious figures born in South Africa, Sarah Baartman ranks 1. After her are Desmond Tutu (1931), and Wilfrid Napier (1941).

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