Full Name
Yakubu Dan-Yumma “Jack” Gowon[1][2][3]
Date of Birth
October 19, 1934[1][2][3]
Place of Birth
Education
- Educated in Zaria (now in Kaduna state)[2]
- Trained in Ghana and in England at Sandhurst[2]
- Earned a Ph.D. at Warwick University in 1983[2]
Spouses Names
Children Names
Unknown
Parents Names
Unknown
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- Head of State of Nigeria, 1966-1975[1][2][3]
- Chief of Staff to Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, 1966[2]
- Professor of Political Science at the University of Jos in the mid-1980s[2]