1754 - 1817
Shehu Usman ɗan Fodio (Arabic: عثمان بن فودي, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn Fodio; 15 December 1754 – 20 April 1817) was a Fulani scholar, Islamic religious teacher, revolutionary and a philosopher who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first caliph. After the successful revolution, the "Jama'a" gave him the title Amir al-Mu'minin (commander of the faithful). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Usman dan Fodio has received more than 1,052,642 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Usman dan Fodio is the 544th most popular philosopher (up from 643rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Usman dan Fodio ranks 544 out of 1,081. Before him are Jonathan Edwards, Conrad Celtes, Eugen Fink, Sergei Bulgakov, Nicos Poulantzas, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. After him are Arne Næss, Sivananda Saraswati, Chandrakirti, Ivan Ilyin, Gianni Vattimo, and Eduard Spranger.
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 538
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 539
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 540
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 541
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 542
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 543
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 544
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 545
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 546
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 547
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 548
1936 - 2023
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 549
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 550
Among people born in 1754, Usman dan Fodio ranks 19. Before him are Georg Forster, William Bligh, Louis de Bonald, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, and Salawat Yulayev. After him are Jean-Antoine Marbot, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Vicente Martín y Soler, Joseph Joubert, Pavel Tsitsianov, and Salomon Maimon. Among people deceased in 1817, Usman dan Fodio ranks 18. Before him are Theroigne de Mericourt, William Bligh, Fyodor Ushakov, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Nakşidil Sultan, and Abraham Gottlob Werner. After him are Étienne Méhul, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Jean-André Deluc, and Giacomo Quarenghi.
1754 - 1794
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 13
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 14
1754 - 1840
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 15
1754 - 1836
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 16
1754 - 1818
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 17
1754 - 1800
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 18
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 19
1754 - 1800
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 20
1754 - 1829
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 21
1754 - 1806
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 22
1754 - 1824
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 23
1754 - 1806
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 24
1754 - 1800
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 25
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 12
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 13
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 14
1744 - 1817
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 15
1768 - 1817
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 16
1749 - 1817
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 17
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 18
1763 - 1817
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 19
1756 - 1817
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 20
1797 - 1817
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 21
1755 - 1817
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 22
1727 - 1817
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 23
1744 - 1817
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 24
Among people born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 8 out of 236. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), and Sade (1959). After him are Olaudah Equiano (1745), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), and Tony Allen (1940).
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2
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
Among philosophers born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 1. After him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793).