Kenneth Dike

Kenneth Onwuka Dike was a Nigerian educationist, historian and the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the nation's premier college, the University of Ibadan.

17 December 1917

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alan Voorhees • Anthony Wood (antiquary) • Bernard Hill • Bob Stinson • Chase Utley • Chris Matthews • Claire Forlani • Craig Reid (footballer, born 1985) • Dave Dee • Erico Verissimo • Ernie Hudson • Gerald Finnerman • Jaroslav Pelikan • John Kennedy Toole • Lore Berger • Loren Murchison • Manny Pacquiao • Pat Hill • Paul Dobson (footballer) • Simon Bates • Stephen Lewis (actor) • Takeo Spikes • Tim Wiese

Born in the same month (December 1917): Arthur C. Clarke • Buddy Boudreaux • Cahit Külebi • David Bohm • Dean Hess • Ellis Clarke • Elyse Knox • Evelyn Knight (singer) • Heinrich Böll • Irv Robbins • James Rainwater • Ken Downing • Marty Marion • Nabi Bakhsh Baloch • Seymour Melman • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee • T. Nadaraja • Tom Bradley (mayor) • Wilfrid Noyce