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Senegal ranks 85th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Montenegro. Memorable people born in present day Senegal include Léopold Sédar Senghor, Jean-Pierre Adams, and Abdoulaye Wade. Memorable people who died in Senegal include Hissène Habré, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Senegal has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1906 and 2002, present day Senegal was the birth place of 114 globally memorable people, including Léopold Sédar Senghor, Jean-Pierre Adams, and Abdoulaye Wade. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Senegal including Hissène Habré, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.
1906 - 2001
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2
1926 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 5
1933 - 2021
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 7
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 10
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 12
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 17
1908 - 1989
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 25
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 32
1930 - 2019
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 37
2000 - Present
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 54
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.06
Rank: 70
1990 - Present
HPI: 31.19
Rank: 75
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.63
Rank: 78
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.34
Rank: 85
2000 - Present
HPI: 29.02
Rank: 87
1995 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 90
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 1
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 2
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 3
1933 - 2021
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 6
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 7
1910 - 2009
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 8
1908 - 1989
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 9
1933 - 2017
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 10
1974 - 2009
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 11
1963 - 2013
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Senegal were soccer players (73), politicians (13), writers (8), singers (3), and basketball players (3), while most who died were politicians (4), writers (2), explorers (1), businesspeople (1), and film directors (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Senegal, including Jean-Pierre Adams, Patrick Vieira, and Patrice Evra. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Senegal, including Jean-Pierre Adams, Patrick Vieira, and Patrice Evra.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in present day Senegal since 1700.