1924 - 2020
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. Moi previously served as the third vice president of Kenya from 1967 to 1978 under President Jomo Kenyatta, becoming the president following the latter's death.Born into the Tugen sub-group of the Kalenjin people in the Kenyan Rift Valley, Moi studied as a boy at the Africa Inland Mission school before training as a teacher at the Tambach teachers training college, working in that profession until 1955. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel arap Moi has received more than 1,501,397 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel arap Moi is the 6,925th most popular politician (down from 3,980th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 5th 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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Among politicians, Daniel arap Moi ranks 6,925 out of 15,577. Before him are Michael I Apafi, Edward the Exile, Friedrich Kellner, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Kais Saied, and Stefan Radoslav. After him are Devlet Bahçeli, Alyattes of Lydia, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Rajaraja I, and Jo Gwang-jo.
1632 - 1690
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 6,919
1016 - 1057
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 6,920
1885 - 1970
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,921
1226 - 1250
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,922
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,923
1192 - 1234
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,924
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,925
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,926
640 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,927
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,928
1804 - 1885
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,929
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,930
1482 - 1520
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,931
Among people born in 1924, Daniel arap Moi ranks 112. Before him are Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Charlie Munger, Bud Powell, and Danielle Mitterrand. After him are Walter Gotell, Rik Van Steenbergen, Marina Berti, Richard Bull, Paisios of Mount Athos, and Dawda Jawara. Among people deceased in 2020, Daniel arap Moi ranks 122. Before him are Miloš Jakeš, Alejandro Sabella, Wim Suurbier, Bill Gates Sr., Jean Kennedy Smith, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After him are Shin Kyuk-ho, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Gene Deitch, Mory Kanté, Dana Zátopková, and Otto Barić.
1924 - 1987
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 106
1924 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 107
1924 - 1993
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 108
1924 - 2023
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 109
1924 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 110
1924 - 2011
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 111
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 112
1924 - 1997
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 113
1924 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 114
1924 - 2002
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 115
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 116
1924 - 1994
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 117
1924 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 118
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 116
1954 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 117
1945 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 118
1925 - 2020
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 119
1928 - 2020
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 120
1938 - 2020
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 121
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 122
1921 - 2020
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 123
1954 - 2020
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 124
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 125
1950 - 2020
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 126
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 127
1933 - 2020
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 128
Among people born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 9 out of 140. Before him are Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Louis Leakey (1903), Richard Leakey (1944), Roger Whittaker (1936), and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938). After him are Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Philippa Gregory (1954), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 3
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1903 - 1972
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 5
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 7
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 8
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 10
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 11
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 14
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 15
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), Raila Odinga (1945), Tom Mboya (1930), Amina Mohamed (1961), and Peres Jepchirchir (1993).
1940 - 2011
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 1
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 2
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 3
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 6
1930 - 1969
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 28.60
Rank: 8
1993 - Present
HPI: 23.06
Rank: 9