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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kenyan writer

1938 - 2025

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His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2024). Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is the 1,400th most popular writer (up from 2,175th in 2024), the 6th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Kenyan Writer.

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#6 / 256

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks #6 among 256 people in Pantheon born in Kenya, inside the top 3% of that group.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o climbed 8,240 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #25,461 to #17,234.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's biography appears in 67 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 94% of all Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks 1,400 out of 7,707. Before him are Semonides of Amorgos, Wilhelm Weitling, P. D. James, E. L. James, Mavro Orbini, and Bulat Okudzhava. After him are Elsa Triolet, Ko Un, Rosika Schwimmer, James Baldwin, Cees Nooteboom, and Roland Topor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks 108. Before him are Manuel Santana, Connie Francis, Nabih Berri, Juliet Anderson, Ben E. King, and Ann Jones. After him are Ed Lauter, Roland Topor, Nino Benvenuti, Phil Knight, Ian Stewart, and Milan Galić. Among people deceased in 2025, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks 103. Before him are Stanley Fischer, Björn Andrésen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Hossein Salami, Zurab Tsereteli, and Felix Baumgartner. After him are Nino Benvenuti, Khaleda Zia, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mohammad Bagheri, Souleymane Cissé, and Vlastimil Hort.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks 6 out of 256. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), and Louis Leakey (1903). After him are Daniel arap Moi (1924), Roger Whittaker (1936), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), John Njue (1944), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

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Among Writers In Kenya

Among writers born in Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ranks 1. After him are Philippa Gregory (1954), Grace Ogot (1930), Binyavanga Wainaina (1971), and Warsan Shire (1988).

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