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Obafemi Awolowo

1909 - 1987

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Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo ( 6 May 1909 – 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and politician who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement (1957–1960). Awolowo founded the Yoruba nationalist group Egbe Omo Oduduwa, and was the first Leader of Government Business and Minister of Local Government and Finance, and first Premier of the Western Region under Nigeria's parliamentary system, from 1952 to 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Obafemi Awolowo has received more than 1,177,134 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Obafemi Awolowo is the 17,640th most popular politician (down from 16,584th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 80th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Obafemi Awolowo ranks 17,640 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Larry Craig, Nicholas Gilman, Erwin Sellering, and Cynthia Lummis. After him are Roger Wicker, Otis Bowen, William Ellery, Anu Tali, Paul Kaba Thieba, and Jean-François Lamour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Obafemi Awolowo ranks 412. Before him are Willi Horn, Ruby Keeler, John Wright, William Penney, Baron Penney, Louis Hayward, and Montgomery Wilson. After him are Marion Martin, Madge Evans, Miguel White, Leela Chitnis, Irene Hervey, and Jeffrey Lynn. Among people deceased in 1987, Obafemi Awolowo ranks 253. Before him are Alexander Wood, Errol Barrow, Antony Tudor, Madge Kennedy, Jimmy Mullen, and Wim Lagendaal. After him are Esmond Knight, Aileen Meagher, Jackie Fields, Walter Abel, Joseph Parecattil, and Gus Johnson.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo ranks 89 out of 309. Before him are Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), Kalu Uche (1982), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), John Utaka (1982), and Samuel Chukwueze (1999). After him are Peter Okpaleke (1963), Uche Okafor (1967), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), Haruna Babangida (1982), Yakubu (1982), and Moshood Abiola (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo ranks 20. Before him are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), and Atiku Abubakar (1946). After him are Moshood Abiola (1937), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), Muhammadu Maccido (1928), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Namadi Sambo (1954), and Peter Obi (1961).

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