Politician

Sam Nujoma

1st President of Namibia

1929 - 2025

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His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Sam Nujoma is the 4,621st most popular politician (down from 1,372nd in 2024), the 2nd most popular biography from Namibia (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Namibian Politician.

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Sam Nujoma's biography appears in 52 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 91% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Sam Nujoma ranks 4,619 out of 20,022. Before him are Tzipi Livni, Callias II, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sabuktigin, Emperor Ingyō, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. After him are George Read, Trisong Detsen, Fasilides, Moša Pijade, Emperor Shōmu, and Antti Aarne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Sam Nujoma ranks 96. Before him are Ralf Dahrendorf, Claes Oldenburg, George Stinney, Len Deighton, John Polanyi, and Gordon Moore. After him are Alasdair MacIntyre, Georgios Roubanis, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Pierre Brice, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Isabel Sarli. Among people deceased in 2025, Sam Nujoma ranks 77. Before him are Hugo Gatti, Rainer Weiss, David Lodge, Jair da Costa, Svetlana Gerasimenko, and Hagen Kleinert. After him are Alasdair MacIntyre, Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, Ferdi Tayfur, Muhammadu Buhari, and Tomiichi Murayama.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Sam Nujoma ranks 2 out of 28. Before him is Nǃxau ǂToma (1944). After him are Hage Geingob (1941), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), Frankie Fredericks (1967), Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938), Behati Prinsloo (1988), Michelle McLean (1972), Collin Benjamin (1978), and Percy Montgomery (1974).

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Among Politicians In Namibia

Among politicians born in Namibia, Sam Nujoma ranks 1. After him are Hage Geingob (1941), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938), and Emma Theofelus (1996).

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