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Stella Obasanjo

1945 - 2005

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Stella Obasanjo (née Abebe; 14 November 1945 – 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, although she was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head of state. She died while undergoing elective liposuction abroad. She was a political activist in her own right, supporting causes such as women's liberation, youth as leaders of tomorrow, and the rehabilitation of a war-torn Nigeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Stella Obasanjo is the 740th most popular social activist (down from 721st in 2024). (down from 4,877th in 2019)

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Among social activists, Stella Obasanjo ranks 740 out of 840. Before her are Bill Ayers, Ruthie Tompson, Vida Goldstein, María Galindo, David Kato, and Death of Carlo Giuliani. After her are Lidia Yusupova, Rameshwari Nehru, Dick Gregory, Mazen al-Hamada, Asmaa Mahfouz, and Edith Windsor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Stella Obasanjo ranks 676. Before her are Elkie Brooks, David Dukes, Madhavrao Scindia, John Garamendi, Sandy Berger, and Liam O'Flynn. After her are Sheila Sherwood, Catherine Burns, Bob Ludwig, Jim Doyle, Allan Stone, and Anne Waldman. Among people deceased in 2005, Stella Obasanjo ranks 371. Before her are Kâzım Koyuncu, Lakshman Kadirgamar, David Di Tommaso, Nadia Anjuman, Little Milton, and Frances Langford. After her are Domino Harvey, Luis Caballero, Yvonne Vera, Hamilton Camp, Howard Morris, and Ralph Edwards.

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