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Shaka

1787 - 1828

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Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu (Zulu pronunciation: [ˈʃaːɠa]) and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force. King Shaka was born in the lunar month of uNtulikazi (July) in 1787, in Mthonjaneni, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The son of the Zulu King Senzangakhona kaJama, he was spurned as an illegitimate son. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shaka is the 1,660th most popular politician (down from 1,405th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Politician.

Shaka is most famous for being the hand signal for "hang loose" or "peace."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shaka ranks 1,659 out of 19,576. Before him are Pontiac, Alexios V Doukas, Maria II of Portugal, Cuauhtémoc, and Dick Cheney. After him are Richard von Weizsäcker, George of Poděbrady, Ferdinand III of Castile, Alexander I of Serbia, Mentor, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, and Constantine VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Shaka ranks 5. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Rasmus Rask, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are François Guizot, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. Among people deceased in 1828, Shaka ranks 4. Before him are Franz Schubert, Francisco Goya, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. After him are James Edward Smith, Carl Peter Thunberg, Victor of Aveyron, Maria Feodorovna, Kobayashi Issa, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, and William Hyde Wollaston.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Shaka ranks 11 out of 454. Before him are J. M. Coetzee (1940), Nadine Gordimer (1923), Sarah Baartman (1788), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Desmond Tutu (1931), and Miriam Makeba (1932). After him are Christiaan Barnard (1922), Michael Levitt (1947), John Vorster (1915), D. F. Malan (1874), Max Theiler (1899), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Shaka ranks 2. Before him are F. W. de Klerk (1936). After him are John Vorster (1915), D. F. Malan (1874), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Thabo Mbeki (1942), C. R. Swart (1894), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jacob Zuma (1942), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Paul Kruger (1825).

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