The Greatest 20th Century Prime Ministers

Birthdate: October 20, 1893

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Gatundu, Kenya

Died: August 22, 1978

After being held as a prisoner by the British for 9 years, anti-colonial activist Jomo Kenyatta was released shortly before Kenya achieved its independence, and became the country’s first prime minister and then its first president. The Father of the Nation, Kenyatta was also named Mzee, meaning “grand old man.”