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Thomas François Burgers

1834 - 1881

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Thomas François Burgers (15 April 1834 – 9 December 1881) was a South African politician and minister who served as the 4th president of the South African Republic from 1872 to 1877. He was the youngest child of Barend and Elizabeth Burger of the farm Langefontein in the Camdeboo district of Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas François Burgers is the 17,227th most popular politician (up from 17,486th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 227th in 2019) and the 49th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas François Burgers ranks 17,227 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio, Paulias Matane, Eli Cohen, Clement Arrindell, John J. Crittenden, and Georgios Bartzokas. After him are Ho Iat-seng, Hartwig Löger, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Subramanian Swamy, John Adams Dix, and Birgitta Jónsdóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Thomas François Burgers ranks 94. Before him are Édouard Pailleron, Charles Augustus Young, Maurice Raynaud, Rafael Zaldívar, Manuel Pardo, and Emil Stang. After him are Sabine Baring-Gould, Kapiʻolani, and John G. Carlisle. Among people deceased in 1881, Thomas François Burgers ranks 87. Before him are Johann Ludwig Krapf, Alexandru G. Golescu, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, Franz von Dingelstedt, and John C. Pemberton. After him is Sidney Lanier.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Thomas François Burgers ranks 203 out of 454. Before him are Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Francois Pienaar (1967), Dimas (1969), Peter Sarnak (1953), Bruce Johnstone (1937), and Francois Botha (1968). After him are Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Liezel Huber (1976), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Roland Schoeman (1980), and Sol Plaatje (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Thomas François Burgers ranks 49. Before him are Pik Botha (1932), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Ted Moore (1914), Grace Mugabe (1965), Baleka Mbete (1949), and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955). After him are Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Sol Plaatje (1876), Govan Mbeki (1910), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937).

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