Person
Barney Barnato
British Randlord and diamond magnate
Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs; 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to the First World War. He was known as a rival of Cecil Rhodes.