1953 - 2018
Geoffrey Oryema (16 April 1953 – 22 June 2018) was a Ugandan musician. In 1977 after the murder of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister in the government of Idi Amin, he began his life in exile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Oryema has received more than 512,045 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Oryema is the 1,693rd most popular singer (down from 1,568th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Singer.
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Among singers, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 1,693 out of 3,528. Before him are Bizarre, MØ, Latifa, Assala Nasri, Marc Lavoine, and Eivør Pálsdóttir. After him are Jimmy Carl Black, Patrick Fiori, Kang Seul-gi, Errol Brown, Bebe Rexha, and Jørn Lande.
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 1,687
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 1,688
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 1,689
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 1,690
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 1,691
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 1,692
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 1,693
1938 - 2008
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,694
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,695
1994 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,696
1948 - 2015
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,697
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 1,698
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 1,699
Among people born in 1953, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 404. Before him are Albert Rust, Valery Korzun, Gary Johnson, David Thornton, Hiroyuki Usui, and Ken Burns. After him are Aldo Maldera, Pat Symonds, Miguel Ángel Guerra, Ellen S. Baker, Dina Rubina, and Ricky Steamboat. Among people deceased in 2018, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 400. Before him are Geoff Murphy, Gary Kurtz, Bassano Staffieri, Yvonne Blake, Peter Hill-Wood, and Maurane. After him are Momoko Sakura, Soslan Andiyev, Juris Silovs, István Géczi, Frank Ramsey, and Viktor Matviyenko.
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 398
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 399
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 400
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 401
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 402
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 403
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 404
1953 - 2012
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 405
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 406
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 407
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 408
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 409
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 410
1938 - 2018
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 394
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 395
1931 - 2018
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 396
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 397
1936 - 2018
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 398
1960 - 2018
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 399
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 400
1965 - 2018
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 401
1952 - 2018
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 402
1950 - 2018
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 403
1944 - 2018
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 404
1931 - 2018
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 405
1948 - 2018
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 406
Among people born in Uganda, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 15 out of 44. Before him are Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), John Akii-Bua (1949), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Danny Faure (1962), and Ruhakana Rugunda (1947). After him are Paulo Muwanga (1924), Scott Hicks (1953), Emmanuel Wamala (1926), Florence Kasumba (1976), Phill Lewis (1968), and John Mugabi (1960).
1920 - 2010
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 9
1929 - 1990
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 10
1949 - 1997
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 11
1940 - 2019
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 12
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 13
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 14
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 15
1924 - 1991
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 17
1926 - Present
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 18
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 19
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 20
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 21
Among singers born in Uganda, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 1.