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Olusegun Obasanjo

1937 - Today

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Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo ( ; Yoruba: Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ [olúʃɛ́ɡũ ɔbásanɟɔ] ; born c. 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olusegun Obasanjo has received more than 2,856,657 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Olusegun Obasanjo is the 7,297th most popular politician (up from 7,670th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Nigeria and the 3rd most popular Nigerian Politician.

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  • 62.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 7,297 out of 19,576. Before him are Shulamit Aloni, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Song Jiaoren, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz. After him are Suha Arafat, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Ilterish Qaghan, Nayef Hawatmeh, Henry III, Duke of Brabant, and Philip I, Count of Boulogne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 122. Before him are Billy Meier, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Joseph Kobzon, Hibari Misora, Nikolai Kapustin, and Daniel McFadden. After him are Ratan Tata, Sami Frey, Andrés Gimeno, Félix Miélli Venerando, Carlo Mazzone, and Jovan Divjak.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 11 out of 309. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960), Sade (1959), Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), and Bola Tinubu (1952). After him are Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Francis Arinze (1932), and Goodluck Jonathan (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 3. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), and Bola Tinubu (1952). After him are Sani Abacha (1943), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), and Murtala Mohammed (1938).

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