POLITICIAN

Jomo Kenyatta

1893 - 1978

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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jomo Kenyatta has received more than 2,974,100 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Jomo Kenyatta is the 3,511th most popular politician (down from 2,824th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kenyan Politician.

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist and the first president of Kenya. He was a founding member of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and served as the party's chairman from 1961 to 1978. In 1963, he was elected president of Kenya and was re-elected in 1966, becoming the first president of an independent Kenya.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 3,511 out of 19,576. Before him are Edith Frank, Michael Hainisch, Joannes, Seongjong of Goryeo, Abbas I of Egypt, and Sviatopolk II of Kiev. After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Emperor Kinmei, Emperor Kōgen, Andrew Dickson White, and Lycurgus of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 46. Before him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Lili Boulanger, Mae West, Lillian Gish, Ana Pauker, and Lucien Tesnière. After him are Clemens Krauss, Emmy Göring, Roy O. Disney, Allen Dulles, Ernst Toller, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. Among people deceased in 1978, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 35. Before him are Nazli Sabri, József Bozsik, Herta Oberheuser, Ed Wood, Claude François, and Tamara Karsavina. After him are Étienne Gilson, Norman Rockwell, Musa al-Sadr, Charles Boyer, Giovanni Gronchi, and Roger Caillois.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 5 out of 150. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), and Roger Whittaker (1936). After him are Louis Leakey (1903), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 2. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940). After him are Daniel arap Moi (1924), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), William Ruto (1966), Raila Odinga (1945), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), Tom Mboya (1930), Peres Jepchirchir (1993), and Amina Mohamed (1961).

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