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Rwanda ranks 143rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guadeloupe, Monaco, and The Bahamas. Memorable people born in present day Rwanda include Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, and Félicien Kabuga. Memorable people who died in Rwanda include Dian Fossey, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Grégoire Kayibanda. Rwanda has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and biologists.

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the sobriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. It is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth-most densely populated country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kigali. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, present day Rwanda was the birth place of 35 globally memorable people, including Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, and Félicien Kabuga. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Rwanda including Dian Fossey, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Grégoire Kayibanda.

People Born in Present Day Rwanda

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People Deceased in Present Day Rwanda

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Rwanda were politicians (18), athletes (6), businesspeople (2), military personnels (2), and writers (1),  while most who died were politicians (4), biologists (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Rwanda, including Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, and Grégoire Kayibanda. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rwanda, including Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, and Grégoire Kayibanda.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in present day Rwanda since 1700.