1934 - Today
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka Hon. FRSL (Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wole Soyinka has received more than 2,400,418 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Wole Soyinka is the 791st most popular writer (up from 979th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Writer.
Wole Soyinka is most famous for his work as a poet, novelist, and playwright. He has written more than 20 books and has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Among writers, Wole Soyinka ranks 791 out of 5,755. Before him are Peter Weiss, Arrigo Boito, Alejo Carpentier, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fyodor Tyutchev, and Ibn Hawqal. After him are Nonnus, Juliette Récamier, Max Jacob, Virginia Satir, Neale Donald Walsch, and Julian Barnes.
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 785
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 786
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 787
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 788
1803 - 1873
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 789
943 - 988
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 790
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 791
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 792
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 793
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 794
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 795
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 796
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 797
Among people born in 1934, Wole Soyinka ranks 48. Before him are John L. Hall, Diana Wynne Jones, Niklaus Wirth, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lansana Conté, and John Surtees. After him are Louise Fletcher, Jonas Savimbi, Jan Švankmajer, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Alfred Schnittke, and Stanislav Shushkevich.
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 42
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 43
1934 - 2024
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 44
1934 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 45
1934 - 2008
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 46
1934 - 2017
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 47
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 48
1934 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 49
1934 - 2002
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 51
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 52
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 53
1934 - 2022
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 54
Among people born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 2 out of 236. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960). After him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), Sade (1959), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Jay-Jay Okocha (1973).
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 1
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
Among writers born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 1. After him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 1
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 2
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4
1920 - 1997
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 6
1944 - 2017
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 8
1921 - 2007
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 25.85
Rank: 11