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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

1933 - 2011

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Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. He previously served as military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra. Ojukwu was born in Zungeru, Nigeria during British colonial rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. Odumegwu Ojukwu has received more than 823,254 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. C. Odumegwu Ojukwu is the 13,182nd most popular politician (down from 11,884th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 13,182 out of 19,576. Before him are Diego Portales, Edwin Linkomies, Sponsianus, Yaakov Neeman, Domingo Santa María, and Harald Edelstam. After him are Polymestor, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Lev Dovator, Tiridates I of Parthia, Hassan Ali Mansur, and Zuleykha Seyidmammadova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 293. Before him are H. D. Deve Gowda, Haruo Remeliik, Brad Harris, Robert Chartoff, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, and Krsto Papić. After him are José Sasía, Jean Becker, Radivoje Ognjanović, Nicholas Pileggi, Helmuth Rilling, and Mark Forest. Among people deceased in 2011, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 237. Before him are Ulrich Biesinger, Karl Aage Præst, Lilian Jackson Braun, Andrée Chedid, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, and Nilla Pizzi. After him are Radivoje Ognjanović, Dorian Gray, Bob Brookmeyer, Theodore Roszak, Maurice Guigue, and Justinas Marcinkevičius.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 31 out of 309. Before him are Tijani Babangida (1973), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Yakubu Gowon (1934), and Tony Allen (1940). After him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Taribo West (1974), Aliko Dangote (1957), and Emmanuel Amunike (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 11. Before him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), and Yakubu Gowon (1934). After him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Ernest Shonekan (1936), and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900).

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