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Murtala Mohammed

1938 - 1976

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Murtala Ramat Muhammed ((); 8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian general who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War and thereafter ruled over Nigeria from 29 July 1975 until his assassination on 13 February 1976. This period in Nigerian history, from the Northern counter-coup victory to Murtala's death, is commonly associated with the institutionalization of the military in politics. Born in Kano, into a ruling-class religious family, Murtala served in the Nigerian Army as a cadet in the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murtala Mohammed has received more than 690,835 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Murtala Mohammed is the 13,210th most popular politician (down from 12,827th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 30th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Nigerian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Murtala Mohammeds by language

Over the past year Murtala Mohammed has had the most page views in the with 28,431 views, followed by Hausa (9,510), and French (8,783). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tajik (372.38%), Catalan (56.64%), and Russian (17.58%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Murtala Mohammed ranks 13,210 out of 19,576. Before him are Loki Schmidt, Aegidius Tschudi, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Pete Rose, and Carlos Soublette. After him are Dobri Bozhilov, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Arcesilaus I of Cyrene, Philippe de Villiers, Simone Segouin, and Dimitrios Rallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Murtala Mohammed ranks 328. Before him are Gordon Lightfoot, Andrey Lukanov, Rafael Osuna, Sergio Martino, Jay Garner, and Maurizio Costanzo. After him are James Farentino, Klaus Hänsch, Sonny Barger, Dennis Oppenheim, Rika Zaraï, and Valentin Mankin. Among people deceased in 1976, Murtala Mohammed ranks 156. Before him are Julius Döpfner, Percy Faith, Otto Tief, Ivo Van Damme, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and Yakov Zak. After him are Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Anna Hübler, Hamit Kaplan, Manuel Olivares, Wilhelmina von Bremen, and Ernst Albrecht.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Murtala Mohammed ranks 32 out of 309. Before him are Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Yakubu Gowon (1934), Tony Allen (1940), and C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933). After him are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Taribo West (1974), Aliko Dangote (1957), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), and Ibrahim Zakzaky (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Murtala Mohammed ranks 12. Before him are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Yakubu Gowon (1934), and C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933). After him are Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), and Mohammed Yusuf (1970).

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