# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarel-cilliers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:04:44.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarel-cilliers"
name: "Sarel Cilliers"
slug: "sarel-cilliers"
description: "Charl (Sarel) Arnoldus Cilliers was a Voortrekker leader and a preacher. With Andries Pretorius, he led the Boers to a huge victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. In particular, Cilliers led the Voortrekkers in a vow which promised that if God would protect them and deliver the enemy into their hands, they would build a church and commemorate the day of their victory as if it were an annual Sabbath day, which their descendants would also be instructed to honour."
tagline: "Voortrekker leader and preacher (1801–1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cilliers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1801-09-07"
deathDate: "1871-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.020988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Arnoldus_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Arnoldus Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Sarel Cilliers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726209"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump