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Ota Benga

1883 - 1916

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Ota Benga (c. 1883 – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been purchased from native African slave traders by the explorer Samuel Phillips Verner, a businessman searching for African people for the exhibition, who took him to the United States. While at the Bronx Zoo, Benga was allowed to walk the grounds before and after he was exhibited in the zoo's Monkey House. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ota Benga is the 85th most popular celebrity (down from 73rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Ota Benga ranks 85 out of 265. Before him are Denise Perrier, Barbara Hutton, Evelyn McHale, Walther Kadow, Brandon Teena, and John Rogan. After him are Manuel Uribe, Lindow Man, Hana Brady, Genie, Marita Lindahl, and Barbara Karinska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Ota Benga ranks 149. Before him are Mihály Babits, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Ramón Fonst, Eleazar López Contreras, and Naoya Shiga. After him are D. S. Senanayake, Vladimir Kappel, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Imogen Cunningham, Paul Bader, and Huang Fu. Among people deceased in 1916, Ota Benga ranks 96. Before him are Eugen Dücker, Lily Braun, William Foulke, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Roger Casement, and Émile Faguet. After him are Georges Lacombe, Janis Rozentāls, Fergus Suter, Ishi, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, and Friedrich Gernsheim.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ota Benga ranks 18 out of 107. Before him are Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Papa Wemba (1949), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), and Kembo Uba Kembo (1947). After him are Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Marie Myriam (1957), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), and Joseph Iléo (1921).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among celebrities born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ota Benga ranks 1. 

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