1942 - Today
Muhammadu Buhari (; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammadu Buhari has received more than 5,842,541 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Muhammadu Buhari is the 3,024th most popular politician (up from 3,563rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Politician.
Muhammadu Buhari is most famous for being a Nigerian military leader and politician who has served as the President of Nigeria since 2015.
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Among politicians, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 3,024 out of 15,577. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Jacques Santer, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Alfonso I of Asturias, György Dózsa, and David of Trebizond. After him are Robert I, Count of Artois, Go of Balhae, Agis IV, Bülent Ecevit, Bronisław Komorowski, and Tomislav Nikolić.
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 3,018
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,019
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,020
693 - 757
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,021
1470 - 1514
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,022
1408 - 1463
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,023
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,024
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,025
601 - 719
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,026
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,027
1925 - 2006
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,028
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 3,029
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 3,030
Among people born in 1942, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 80. Before him are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Jean-Claude Trichet, Daniel Dennett, Caetano Veloso, George Vella, and Vladimír Mečiar. After him are Gilberto Gil, Junichiro Koizumi, Daniela Bianchi, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sandro Mazzola, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri.
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 74
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 75
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 76
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 78
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 79
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 80
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 81
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 82
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 83
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 84
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 85
1942 - 2022
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 86
Among people born in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 3 out of 236. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960) and Wole Soyinka (1934). After him are Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), Sade (1959), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Jay-Jay Okocha (1973).
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 1
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 4
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 7
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 8
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 1. After him are Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Sani Abacha (1943), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Murtala Mohammed (1938).
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 2
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3
1951 - 2010
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 5
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 6
1936 - 2022
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 7
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 8
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 11
1938 - 1976
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 12