The Most Famous
ENGINEERS from Cameroon
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cameroonian Engineers of all time. This list of famous Cameroonian Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781)
With an HPI of 64.57, Abram Petrovich Gannibal is the most famous Cameroonian Engineer. His biography has been translated into 38 different languages on wikipedia.
Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov (Russian: Абра́м Петро́вич Ганниба́л; c. 1696 – 14 May 1781), was a Russian Chief Military Engineer, General-in-Chief, and nobleman of African origin. Kidnapped and enslaved as a child by Ottomans, Gannibal was smuggled to Russia and presented as a gift to Peter the Great, where he was freed, adopted and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson. Gannibal eventually rose to become a prominent member of the imperial court in the reign of Peter's daughter Elizabeth. He had 11 children, most of whom became members of the Russian nobility. One of his great-grandsons was the author and poet Alexander Pushkin.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Cameroonian engineers born between 1696 and 1696. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Cameroonian engineers include Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
