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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

1933 - 2011

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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and political figure who served as President of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. As the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra, Ojukwu led the Biafran forces during the Nigerian Civil War against the Nigerian government forces. Born in Zungeru, British Nigeria to Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, a wealthy Igbo businessman, Ojukwu was educated at King's College, Lagos and Epsom College in Surrey, England. He proceeded to Lincoln College, Oxford University where he obtained a master's degree in Modern History in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. Odumegwu Ojukwu is the 3,373rd most popular politician (up from 13,179th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 3,373 out of 19,576. Before him are Elisiv of Kiev, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Armah, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, and George Papandreou. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Henry II, Duke of Austria, Saloninus, Mike Johnson, Andreas Papandreou, and Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 61. Before him are Jerzy Grotowski, Jayne Mansfield, Ali Shariati, Stanley Milgram, Sylva Koscina, and Richard Rogers. After him are Jerzy Kosiński, Abolhassan Banisadr, Than Shwe, Ahmad al-Khatib, Philip Zimbardo, and William Luther Pierce. Among people deceased in 2011, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 45. Before him are Willard Boyle, Baruj Benacerraf, John Barry, Amy Winehouse, Lynn Margulis, and Zdeněk Miler. After him are Dev Anand, Betty Ford, Tom Gehrels, Ernesto Sabato, Linda Christian, and Ante Marković.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 3 out of 309. Before him are Sade (1959), and Wole Soyinka (1934). After him are Dr. Alban (1957), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Chinua Achebe (1930), Francis Arinze (1932), Hugo Weaving (1960), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Fela Kuti (1938), and Usman dan Fodio (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu ranks 1. After him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Moshood Abiola (1937), Yakubu Gowon (1934), Shehu Shagari (1925), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), and Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904).

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