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Abram Petrovich Gannibal

1696 - 1781

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Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov (Russian: Абра́м Петро́вич Ганниба́л; c. 1696 – 14 May 1781), was a Russian Chief Military Engineer, General-in-Chief, and nobleman of African origin. As a child, Gannibal was captured by Ottomans and brought to Russia as a gift for Peter the Great. He was then raised in the emperor's court, with the emperor becoming his godfather at his baptism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abram Petrovich Gannibal is the 43rd most popular engineer (down from 27th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Cameroon and the most popular Cameroonian Engineer.

Abram Petrovich Gannibal was a black man who was taken from his homeland of Africa to Russia as a slave. He was then freed and became an advisor to Peter the Great. He is most famous for being the first African in Russia.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal ranks 43 out of 389. Before him are Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, Loránd Eötvös, Ildefons Cerdà, and Hugo Junkers. After him are Villard de Honnecourt, Howard H. Aiken, Sergey Ilyushin, Felix Wankel, Pavel Sukhoi, and Viktor Bryukhanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Abram Petrovich Gannibal ranks 8. Before him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Augustus III of Poland, Alphonsus Liguori, Maurice de Saxe, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Shah Jahan II. After him are James Oglethorpe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Johann Melchior Molter, and Marco Foscarini. Among people deceased in 1781, Abram Petrovich Gannibal ranks 6. Before him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Túpac Amaru II, Mariana Victoria of Spain, and Josef Mysliveček. After him are Ablai Khan, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Faustina Bordoni, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, and John Needham.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Abram Petrovich Gannibal ranks 3 out of 156. Before him are Paul Biya (1933), and Roger Milla (1952). After him are Samuel Eto'o (1981), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Manu Dibango (1933), Philémon Yang (1947), Thomas N'Kono (1956), André Onana (1996), Patrick M'Boma (1970), and Marc-Vivien Foé (1975).

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Among ENGINEERS In Cameroon

Among engineers born in Cameroon, Abram Petrovich Gannibal ranks 1. 

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