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Olaudah Equiano

1745 - 1797

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Olaudah Equiano (; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (), was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in modern southern Nigeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaudah Equiano has received more than 2,805,239 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Olaudah Equiano is the 1,568th most popular writer (up from 2,616th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nigerian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olaudah Equiano ranks 1,568 out of 5,755. Before him are Elizabeth Bishop, Alphonse Allais, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Sergei Dovlatov, Alexander Belyaev, and Alice Walker. After him are James Ellroy, Ippolita Maria Sforza, Alistair MacLean, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sri Chinmoy, and Yan Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Olaudah Equiano ranks 18. Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Şahin Giray, Mihrişah Sultan, Casimir Pulaski, and George Atwood. After him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Gregory V of Constantinople, Denis Fonvizin, Jens Juel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Johann Hieronymus Schröter. Among people deceased in 1797, Olaudah Equiano ranks 15. Before him are Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, Joseph Wright of Derby, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Horace Walpole. After him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Molla Panah Vagif, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, and Ivan Shuvalov.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano ranks 9 out of 236. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), Sade (1959), and Usman dan Fodio (1754). After him are Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Tony Allen (1940), and Sani Abacha (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano ranks 3. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934) and Chinua Achebe (1930). After him are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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