1745 - 1797
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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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.
1911 - 1979
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,562
1854 - 1905
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,563
1751 - 1792
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,564
1941 - 1990
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,565
1884 - 1942
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,566
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,567
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 1,568
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 1,569
1446 - 1484
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,570
1922 - 1987
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,571
1929 - 2013
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 1,572
1931 - 2007
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 1,573
1854 - 1921
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 1,574
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.
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1745 - 1787
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 15
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 16
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 17
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 18
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 19
1745 - 1821
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 20
1745 - 1792
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 21
1745 - 1802
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 22
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 23
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 24
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 9
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 10
1768 - 1797
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 11
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 12
1728 - 1797
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 13
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 14
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 15
1734 - 1797
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 16
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 17
1727 - 1797
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 18
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 19
1753 - 1797
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 20
1727 - 1797
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 21
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).
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
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 13
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 14
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 15
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).
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 1
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 2
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4
1920 - 1997
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 6
1944 - 2017
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 8
1921 - 2007
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 25.85
Rank: 11