The Most Famous
Philosophers from Nigeria
This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerians Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 2 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 54th most number of Philosophers behind Lithuania and Croatia.
Top 2 Nigerian Philosophers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerians Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Nigerians Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Nana Asmaʼu
1793 - 1864
HPI 66.8827 langsNigerian princess and poet
- #2
Usman dan Fodio
1754 - 1817
HPI 64.8633 langsFirst Sultan of Sokoto
