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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 202,104 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Milton Margai is the 15,041st most popular politician (down from 13,974th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 7th most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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  • 200k

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  • 42.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milton Margai ranks 15,041 out of 15,577. Before him are Pablo Arosemena, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Denzil Douglas, Bob Avakian, Yohannes I, and Man Mohan Adhikari. After him are Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, Hugh Gaitskell, Antonina Ryzhova, Inger Støjberg, Harold Nicolson, and Reiner Haseloff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Milton Margai ranks 241. Before him are Earl Thomson, Ove Arup, Alice Lake, Florence Vidor, Evripidis Bakirtzis, and John Ainsworth-Davis. After him are Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Morris Kirksey, Alexander Aitken, Alberta Hunter, Edward Brophy, and István Barta. Among people deceased in 1964, Milton Margai ranks 178. Before him are Paul Weinstein, Frederick Grace, C. J. Hambro, Kate Gillou, Carlos Hevia, and Jack Teagarden. After him are José María Belauste, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Meade Lux Lewis, Lucky Dube, Montgomery Wilson, and C. I. Lewis.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Milton Margai ranks 7 out of 19. Before him are Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932), Nabih Berri (1938), Foday Sankoh (1937), Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), and Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937). After him are Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Valentine Strasser (1967), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Roda Antar (1980), and Nathaniel Chalobah (1994).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Milton Margai ranks 7. Before him are Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932), Nabih Berri (1938), 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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