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Milton Margai

1895 - 1964

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Sir Milton Augustus Strieby Margai (7 December 1895 – 28 April 1964) was a Sierra Leonean physician and politician who served as the country's head of government from 1954 until his death in 1964. He was titled chief minister from 1954 to 1960, and then prime minister from 1961 onwards. Margai studied medicine in England, and upon returning to his homeland became a prominent public health campaigner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton Margai has received more than 212,782 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Milton Margai is the 16,360th most popular politician (down from 14,988th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 7th most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milton Margai ranks 16,360 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Juan José Ibarretxe, Dmitry Petrov, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Eshaq Jahangiri, and Zoran Živković. After him are Christopher Hornsrud, Christian Poncelet, Nisreen Elsaim, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, George Hearst, and Vano Merabishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Milton Margai ranks 282. Before him are Cecil McMaster, Ken Maynard, Evripidis Bakirtzis, Valentin Loos, Birger Cederin, and Edward Brophy. After him are Erwin Casmir, Malcolm Sargent, Andreo Cseh, Käthe Leichter, R. J. Mitchell, and Virginia Valli. Among people deceased in 1964, Milton Margai ranks 189. Before him are Jack Teagarden, Joe Gaetjens, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, C. J. Hambro, Stuart Davis, and Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek. After him are Lucky Dube, Diana Wynyard, Nella Larsen, Anna J. Cooper, James Chapin, and Edward Van Sloan.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Milton Margai ranks 7 out of 22. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932), Foday Sankoh (1937), Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), and Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937). After him are Mohamed Kallon (1979), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Valentine Strasser (1967), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Roda Antar (1980), and Eunice Barber (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Milton Margai ranks 7. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932), Foday Sankoh (1937), Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), and Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937). After him are Valentine Strasser (1967), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), and Zainab Bangura (1959).

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