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POLITICIAN

Do-Aklin

1550 - 1700

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Do-Aklin or Gangnihessou (Ganye Hessou) or Dogbari is claimed as the founder of the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin and the first person in the royal lineage of the Kings of Dahomey (the Aladaxonou dynasty). In many versions he is considered the first king of Dahomey even though the kingdom was founded after his death. Very little is known about Do-Aklin and most of it is connected to folklore, but it is generally claimed that he settled a large group of Aja people from Allada on the Abomey plateau amongst the local inhabitants in c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Do-Aklin has received more than 39,709 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Do-Aklin is the 5,201st most popular politician (down from 4,370th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Benin (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Beninese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

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  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Do-Aklin ranks 5,201 out of 15,577Before him are Georg Kerschensteiner, Abdullah Khan II, Tuman bay II, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, and Kakuei Tanaka. After him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, Arthur Drewry, Minoru Genda, Wolfram Sievers, Zhu Yousong, and Archduke Wilhelm of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Do-Aklin ranks 14Before him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, John Davis, Karin Månsdotter, Stanislaus Kostka, and Jacobus Gallus. After him are Giorgio Basta, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Orazio Vecchi, and False Dmitry III. Among people deceased in 1700, Do-Aklin ranks 5Before him are Charles II of Spain, Pope Innocent XII, André Le Nôtre, and John Dryden. After him are Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Rajaram I, Silvestro Valier, and Louis Jolliet.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Do-Aklin ranks 3 out of 21Before him are Phillis Wheatley (1753) and Mathieu Kérékou (1933). After him are Djimon Hounsou (1964), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Hubert Maga (1916), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Angélique Kidjo (1960), and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917).

Among POLITICIANS In Benin

Among politicians born in Benin, Do-Aklin ranks 2Before him are Mathieu Kérékou (1933). After him are Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Hubert Maga (1916), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), and Paul-Émile de Souza (1930).