Skip to content
226,923 profiles ranked

No free photograph

Samuel Okoye

Nigerian physicist and Writer (1939-2009) · Nigeria · On the map · Scientists · Died at 70

Samuel Ejikeme Okoye was a Nigerian astrophysicist from Amawbia in Anambra State, Nigeria. Okoye was the first Black African to obtain a doctorate degree in radio astronomy.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Samuel Okoye is read about 3.5 times a day, in 3 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Awards

Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science1982

About this person

Country
Nigeria
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2009 · aged 70