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David Adjaye

1966 - Today

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Sir David Frank Adjaye (born 22 September 1966) is a Ghanaian-British architect who has designed many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.. Adjaye was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture. He received the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, making him the first African recipient and one of the youngest recipients. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Adjaye has received more than 669,045 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Adjaye is the 517th most popular architect (down from 468th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Tanzanian Architect.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, David Adjaye ranks 517 out of 518. Before him are Charles Holden, Billy Casper, Lesley Lokko, Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, Elizabeth Diller, and Sunay Erdem. After him are Alexander Zelenko, Hana Elhebshi, Alexis Sablone, and Henry Hutchinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, David Adjaye ranks 811. Before him are Peter Vermes, Alfonso Menéndez, Ben Folds, Capitão, White Town, and Cristina Elena Grigoraș. After him are Li Lingjuan, Quin Snyder, Darren E. Burrows, Michihisa Date, Aqeela Asifi, and Sándor Hódosi.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, David Adjaye ranks 35 out of 39. Before him are Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Vicky Ntetema (1959), Mbwana Samatta (1992), Hasheem Thabeet (1987), and Christine Prinsloo (1952). After him are Alan Johnston (1962), Elizabeth Mrema (1957), Ida Ljungqvist (1981), Chipo Chung (1977), Alphonce Simbu (1992), and Gergely Salim (null).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Tanzania

Among architects born in Tanzania, David Adjaye ranks 1. 

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