# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-enwonwu
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:51:16.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-enwonwu"
name: "Ben Enwonwu"
slug: "ben-enwonwu"
description: "Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE, better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art. He was one of the first African artists to win critical acclaim, having exhibited in august exhibition spaces in Europe and the United States and listed in international directories of contemporary art. Since 1950, Enwonwu was celebrated as \"Africa's Greatest Artist\" by the international media and his fame was used to enlist support for Black Nationalists movement all over the world. The Enwonwu crater on the planet Mercury is named in his honour."
tagline: "Nigerian artist (1921-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Enonwu_working_on_a_sculpture_of_Ann_Gerrard_(1957)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1921-07-14"
deathDate: "1994-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             2.205882352941177
  historical:           11.032796
  currentAttention:     12.25490196078431
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "بين انونو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Envonvu"
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    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
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    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu"
    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu"
    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu"
    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu"
    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
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    title: "Բեն Էնվոնվու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu"
    title: "Ben Enwonwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%83%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82"
    title: "Энвонву, Бенедикт"
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    title: "بین این وونوو"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump