# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-botha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:46.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-botha"
name: "Louis Botha"
slug: "louis-botha"
description: "Louis Botha was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War, Botha eventually fought to have South Africa become a British Dominion."
tagline: "South African general and politician (1862-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Botha.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1862-09-27"
deathDate: "1919-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.14707066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  211
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump