ANTHROPOLOGIST
Cheikh Anta Diop
1923 - 1986
Cheikh Anta Diop
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the theory of Afrocentricity, though he himself never described himself as an Afrocentrist. The questions he posed about cultural bias in scientific research contributed greatly to the postcolonial turn in the study of African civilizations.Diop argued that there was a shared cultural continuity across African people that was more important than the varied development of different ethnic groups shown by differences among languages and cultures over time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheikh Anta Diop has received more than 624,717 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cheikh Anta Diop is the 25th most popular anthropologist (up from 27th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Anthropologist.
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3.15
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS
Among anthropologists, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 25 out of 69. Before him are Victor Turner, Mary Leakey, Richard Leakey, Marvin Harris, Leslie White, and Wilhelm Schmidt. After him are Raymond Dart, Marc Augé, Marshall Sahlins, Jacques de Morgan, Ann Dunham, and Pierre Clastres.
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HPI: 58.05
Rank: 19
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HPI: 57.89
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HPI: 56.96
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Leslie White
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HPI: 55.81
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Wilhelm Schmidt
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Cheikh Anta Diop
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 25
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HPI: 55.43
Rank: 26
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HPI: 55.25
Rank: 27
Marshall Sahlins
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HPI: 55.18
Rank: 28
Jacques de Morgan
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HPI: 55.15
Rank: 29
Ann Dunham
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 30
Pierre Clastres
1934 - 1977
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 31
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1923, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 114. Before him are Uri Avnery, Richard Pipes, Dexter Gordon, Irvin Kershner, Masao Ono, and Vladimir Gelfand. After him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Philly Joe Jones, Charles Durning, Elisabeth Becker, Bert Kaempfert, and Peter Lawford. Among people deceased in 1986, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 84. Before him are Thierry Sabine, Ferdinand Daučík, Aleksandr Akimov, Pierre Fournier, Emilio Fernández, and Nicholas Kaldor. After him are André Leroi-Gourhan, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jorge Alessandri, Hermann Gmeiner, Henri Toivonen, and Mart Stam.
Others Born in 1923
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Uri Avnery
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 108
Richard Pipes
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 109
Dexter Gordon
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 110
Irvin Kershner
1923 - 2010
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 111
Masao Ono
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 112
Vladimir Gelfand
1923 - 1983
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 113
Cheikh Anta Diop
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 114
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
1923 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 115
Philly Joe Jones
1923 - 1985
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 116
Charles Durning
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 117
Elisabeth Becker
1923 - 1946
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 118
Bert Kaempfert
1923 - 1980
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 119
Peter Lawford
1923 - 1984
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 120
Others Deceased in 1986
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Thierry Sabine
1949 - 1986
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 78
Ferdinand Daučík
1910 - 1986
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 79
Aleksandr Akimov
1953 - 1986
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 80
Pierre Fournier
1906 - 1986
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 81
Emilio Fernández
1904 - 1986
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 82
Nicholas Kaldor
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 83
Cheikh Anta Diop
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 84
André Leroi-Gourhan
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 85
Jacques Henri Lartigue
1894 - 1986
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 86
Jorge Alessandri
1896 - 1986
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 87
Hermann Gmeiner
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 88
Henri Toivonen
1956 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 89
Mart Stam
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 90
In Senegal
Among people born in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 11 out of 114. Before him are Ségolène Royal (1953), Lamine Diack (1933), Macky Sall (1961), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Youssou N'Dour (1959), and Patrick Vieira (1976). After him are Patrice Evra (1981), Sadio Mané (1992), Mariama Bâ (1929), Aliou Cissé (1976), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), and Didier Raoult (1952).
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Ségolène Royal
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 5
Lamine Diack
1933 - 2021
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 6
Macky Sall
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 7
Ousmane Sembène
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 8
Youssou N'Dour
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 9
Patrick Vieira
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 10
Cheikh Anta Diop
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 11
Patrice Evra
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 12
Sadio Mané
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 13
Mariama Bâ
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 14
Aliou Cissé
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 15
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
1921 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 16
Didier Raoult
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 17
Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Senegal
Among anthropologists born in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 1.
