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John Akii-Bua

1949 - 1997

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John Akii-Bua (3 December 1949 – 20 June 1997) was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country Uganda and Africa at large. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Akii-Bua has received more than 116,225 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Akii-Bua is the 330th most popular athlete (up from 344th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.74

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Akii-Bua ranks 330 out of 3,059. Before him are Walter Tewksbury, Miklós Németh, Jean Bouin, Arthur Blake, Franjo Mihalić, and Karl Hein. After him are Tatyana Kazankina, Ben Adams, Rafer Johnson, Forrest Smithson, Erik Abrahamsson, and Elmer Niklander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Akii-Bua ranks 326. Before him are Chang Wanquan, Paulo César Carpegiani, Rick Springfield, Israel Finkelstein, Bob Ezrin, and Wayne Wang. After him are Jean-Michel Aulas, Zé Mário, Jessica Harper, Arjun Appadurai, Sam Rainsy, and Philippe de Villiers. Among people deceased in 1997, John Akii-Bua ranks 185. Before him are Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Bozorg Alavi, Josef Posipal, Richard Jaeckel, Billy Bremner, and Baltazar. After him are Georges Guétary, Chris Farley, Sotiria Bellou, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Julian Jaynes, and Fritz Schär.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, John Akii-Bua ranks 11 out of 44. Before him are Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), Charles Lwanga (1860), Joseph Kony (1961), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), and Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929). After him are Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Danny Faure (1962), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), Geoffrey Oryema (1953), Paulo Muwanga (1924), and Scott Hicks (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Uganda

Among athletes born in Uganda, John Akii-Bua ranks 1. After him are Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Joshua Cheptegei (1996), Davis Kamoga (1968), Jacob Kiplimo (2000), Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (1984), Halimah Nakaayi (1994), Solomon Mutai (1992), Peruth Chemutai (1999), and Dorcus Inzikuru (1982).

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