1936 - Today
Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (born 9 May 1936), titled Abese of Egbaland from 1981 (in addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles) is a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who was the interim president of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Shonekan has received more than 233,326 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ernest Shonekan is the 13,756th most popular politician (down from 12,649th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 40th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Nigerian Politician.
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Among politicians, Ernest Shonekan ranks 13,756 out of 15,710. Before him are Ted Sorensen, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Melvin Laird, William Hobson, Florence Devouard, and Brigitte Zypries. After him are Mark Dayton, Roland Burris, Jim Inhofe, Roberto Fiore, Jacques Sylla, and James Oglethorpe.
1928 - 2010
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 13,750
1982 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,751
1922 - 2016
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,752
1792 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,753
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,754
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,755
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 13,756
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 13,757
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 13,758
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 13,759
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 13,760
1946 - 2009
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 13,761
1696 - 1785
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 13,762
Among people born in 1936, Ernest Shonekan ranks 391. Before him are Loren Acton, Roger Miller, Wolfgang Behrendt, M. Scott Peck, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and Elizabeth Dole. After him are Darlene Hard, Yury Osipov, Ismail Merchant, Robert F. Overmyer, James Frawley, and George Voinovich.
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 385
1936 - 1992
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 386
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 387
1936 - 2005
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 388
1936 - 2016
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 389
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 390
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 391
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 392
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 393
1936 - 2005
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 394
1936 - 1996
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 395
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 396
1936 - 2016
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 397
Among people born in Nigeria, Ernest Shonekan ranks 47 out of 200. Before him are Victor Ikpeba (1973), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Odion Ighalo (1989), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996). After him are Abubakar Shekau (1974), Stephen Keshi (1962), Taye Taiwo (1985), Peter Rufai (1963), Vincent Enyeama (1982), and Uche Okechukwu (1967).
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 42
1900 - 1978
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 43
1912 - 1966
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 44
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 45
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 47
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 48
1962 - 2016
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 49
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 50
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 51
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 52
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 53
Among politicians born in Nigeria, Ernest Shonekan ranks 17. Before him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912). After him are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954) and Obafemi Awolowo (1909).
1938 - 1976
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 11
1904 - 1996
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 13
1924 - 1966
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 14
1900 - 1978
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 15
1912 - 1966
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 16
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 17
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 18
1909 - 1987
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 19