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PHILOSOPHER

Usman dan Fodio

1754 - 1817

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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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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Usman dan Fodio ranks 544 out of 1,081Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Usman dan Fodio ranks 19Before 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 18Before 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.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 8 out of 236Before 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).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Nigeria

Among philosophers born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 1After him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793).