POLITICIAN

Daniel arap Moi

1924 - 2020

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Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( MOH-ee; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He is the country's longest-serving president to date. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel arap Moi has received more than 1,597,660 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Daniel arap Moi is the 6,857th most popular politician (up from 6,907th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Politician.

Daniel arap moi is most famous for being the president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.

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  • 63.07

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  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel arap Moi ranks 6,857 out of 19,576. Before him are Rani Durgavati, Shigechiyo Izumi, Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Catalina de Erauso, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Curtis LeMay. After him are Bogdan I of Moldavia, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, Kaliman I of Bulgaria, and Wilhelm Ohnesorge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Daniel arap Moi ranks 105. Before him are Richard Bull, Claude Sautet, Fess Parker, Torsten Wiesel, Danielle Mitterrand, and Edward Cassidy. After him are Jean Girault, Katy Jurado, Stanley Donen, Rudolf Vrba, Rikidōzan, and Dinah Washington. Among people deceased in 2020, Daniel arap Moi ranks 118. Before him are Mory Kanté, John Horton Conway, David Prowse, Bill Withers, Jack Charlton, and Benjamin Mkapa. After him are George Floyd, Ilija Petković, Wilford Brimley, James Randi, Alejandro Sabella, and Harry Gregg.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 7 out of 150. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Roger Whittaker (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), and Louis Leakey (1903). After him are Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), Kipchoge Keino (1940), and Eliud Kipchoge (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 3. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), and Jomo Kenyatta (1893). After him are Mwai Kibaki (1931), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), William Ruto (1966), Raila Odinga (1945), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), Tom Mboya (1930), Peres Jepchirchir (1993), and Amina Mohamed (1961).

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