1883 - 1916
Ota Benga (c. 1883 – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been purchased from native African slave traders by the explorer Samuel Phillips Verner, a businessman searching for African people for the exhibition, who took him to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ota Benga has received more than 2,621,146 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ota Benga is the 63rd most popular celebrity (up from 72nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Celebrity.
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Among celebrities, Ota Benga ranks 63 out of 181. Before him are Barbara Hutton, Lizzie Borden, Paris Hilton, Manuel Uribe, Maria von Trapp, and Madeleine Astor. After him are Wil van Gogh, Bep Voskuijl, Christine Keeler, Natascha Kampusch, Jane Morris, and Afghan Girl.
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 57
1860 - 1927
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 58
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 59
1965 - 2014
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 60
1905 - 1987
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 61
1893 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 62
1883 - 1916
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 63
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 64
1919 - 1983
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 65
1942 - 2017
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 66
1988 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 67
1839 - 1914
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 68
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1883, Ota Benga ranks 103. Before him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Nikolaos Plastiras, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Richard Gerstl, Marie Under, and Jean Metzinger. After him are Johnston McCulley, Ludwig Müller, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Andrei Bubnov, Riccardo Zandonai, and Ahmed Nihad. Among people deceased in 1916, Ota Benga ranks 73. Before him are Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Saki, Marie Bracquemond, James Connolly, Roger Casement, and George Huntington. After him are Patrick Pearse, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Higaonna Kanryō, Artúr Görgei, Oskar Backlund, and Ferdinand Fellner.
1883 - 1941
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 97
1883 - 1953
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 98
1883 - 1963
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 99
1883 - 1908
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 100
1883 - 1980
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 101
1883 - 1956
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 102
1883 - 1916
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 103
1883 - 1958
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 104
1883 - 1945
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 105
1883 - 1940
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 106
1883 - 1938
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 107
1883 - 1944
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 108
1883 - 1954
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 109
1848 - 1916
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 67
1870 - 1916
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 68
1840 - 1916
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 69
1868 - 1916
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 70
1864 - 1916
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 71
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 72
1883 - 1916
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 73
1879 - 1916
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 74
1850 - 1916
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 75
1853 - 1916
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 76
1818 - 1916
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 77
1846 - 1916
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 78
1847 - 1916
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 79
Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ota Benga ranks 10 out of 84. Before him are Moïse Tshombe (1919), Denis Mukwege (1955), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Antoine Gizenga (1925), and Étienne Tshisekedi (1932). After him are Claude Makélélé (1973), Joseph Kabila (1971), Papa Wemba (1949), Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), and Dikembe Mutombo (1966).
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 5
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 7
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 8
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 9
1883 - 1916
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 10
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 12
1949 - 2016
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 13
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 14
1948 - 2019
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 16
Among celebrities born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ota Benga ranks 1.