Barney Barnato

Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs) (21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s. Barney Barnato claimed he had the same birthday as Cecil Rhodes. Most biographies give his date of birth as 5 July 1852. However, his birth certificate (supported...

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  • Jul 5, 1852

Date of death:

  • Jun 14, 1897

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