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Sam Nujoma

1929 - 2025

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Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma ( noo-YOH-mə; 12 May 1929 – 8 February 2025) was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first president of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960. Nujoma became involved in anti-colonial politics during the 1950s. In 1959, he co-founded and served as the first president of the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO), a nationalist organization advocating an independent Namibia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Nujoma has received more than 781,295 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Sam Nujoma is the 1,375th most popular politician (up from 6,275th in 2019), the most popular biography from Namibia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Namibian Politician.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sam Nujoma ranks 1,375 out of 19,576. Before him are Rodolfo Graziani, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Joachim Gauck, William II of England, Dionysius I of Syracuse, and Leo IV the Khazar. After him are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emperor Ninkō, Vlad II Dracul, Amenemhat III, Emperor Kōkaku, and Maria II of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Sam Nujoma ranks 29. Before him are Max von Sydow, Sándor Kocsis, Christopher Plummer, Djalma Santos, Tigran Petrosian, and James Hong. After him are Alejandro Jodorowsky, Isamu Akasaki, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Rudolf Mössbauer, Lata Mangeshkar, and Chet Baker. Among people deceased in 2025, Sam Nujoma ranks 7. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa, David Lynch, Gene Hackman, Boris Spassky, Marianne Faithfull, and Jean-Marie Le Pen. After him are Horst Köhler, George Foreman, Aga Khan IV, Val Kilmer, Richard Chamberlain, and Denis Law.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Sam Nujoma ranks 1 out of 15. After him are Hage Geingob (1941), Nǃxau ǂToma (1944), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938), Frankie Fredericks (1967), Behati Prinsloo (1988), Collin Benjamin (1978), Percy Montgomery (1974), and Michelle McLean (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Namibia

Among politicians born in Namibia, Sam Nujoma ranks 1. After him are Hage Geingob (1941), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), and Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938).

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