1959 - Today
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Okri has received more than 505,293 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ben Okri is the 5,795th most popular writer (down from 5,259th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 61st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Nigerian Writer.
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Among writers, Ben Okri ranks 5,795 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert Rodat, Laurell K. Hamilton, Tom Wilson, Helen Gurley Brown, J. G. Farrell, and Cheryl Strayed. After him are Bill Prady, Bob Black, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Joel Osteen, Thomas Heywood, and Pia Tafdrup.
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 5,789
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 5,790
1931 - 1978
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 5,791
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 5,792
1935 - 1979
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 5,793
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 5,794
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 5,795
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 5,796
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 5,797
103 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 5,798
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 5,799
1574 - 1641
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 5,800
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 5,801
Among people born in 1959, Ben Okri ranks 446. Before him are Boman Irani, Dejan Ajdačić, Manuel Negrete Arias, Raimondo Inconis, Richard LaGravenese, and José Leandro Ferreira. After him are Urs Zimmermann, Eren Keskin, Rafael Amador, Steve Bauer, Kirsty MacColl, and Rawil Gaynetdin.
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 440
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 441
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 442
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 443
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 444
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 445
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 446
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 447
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 448
1959 - 2018
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 449
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 450
1959 - 2000
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 451
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 452
Among people born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 62 out of 236. Before him are Victor Moses (1990), Francis Obikwelu (1978), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962), John Onaiyekan (1944), Buchi Emecheta (1944), and Ahmed Musa (1992). After him are Odion Ighalo (1989), Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936), Celestine Babayaro (1978), Hauwa Ibrahim (1968), Michael Obiku (1968), and Kalu Uche (1982).
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 57
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 58
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 59
1944 - 2017
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 60
1992 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 61
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 62
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 63
1936 - Present
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 64
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 65
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 66
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 67
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 68
Among writers born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 8. Before him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Buchi Emecheta (1944). After him are Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 2
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4
1920 - 1997
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 6
1944 - 2017
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 8
1921 - 2007
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 25.85
Rank: 11