Smuts is an

Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

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Jan Smuts Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as P ...

(1870–1950), a South African statesman, military leader and prime minister of the Union of South Africa. Other notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Smuts (born 1950), American anthropologist * Dave Smuts (David, flor. 1980–2023..), Namibian Supreme Court judge * Dene Smuts (1949–2016), South African politician * JJ Smuts (Jon-Jon Trevor, born 1988), South African cricketer * J. J. L. Smuts (Johannes Joachim Lodewyk, 1785–1869), South African public official * John Christopher Smuts (1910–1979), known as Christopher Smuts, South African-born British politician * Kelly Smuts (born 1990), South African cricketer * Lulama Smuts Ngonyama (born 1952), known as Smuts Ngonyama, South African politician * Neil Smuts (1898–?), South African aviator * Olive Smuts-Kennedy (1925–2013), New Zealand politician * Tobias Smuts (1861–1916), Boer war Boer general

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