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Uganda ranks 114th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dominican Republic, Jordan, and Sri Lanka. Memorable people born in present day Uganda include Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and Milton Obote. Memorable people who died in Uganda include Yonatan Netanyahu, Tito Okello, and Charles Lwanga. Uganda has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes and the death place of many politicians and military personnels.

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but generally modified equatorial climate. As of 2023, it has a population of around 49.6 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city of Kampala. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1860 and 2000, present day Uganda was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and Milton Obote. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Uganda including Yonatan Netanyahu, Tito Okello, and Charles Lwanga.

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Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Uganda, including Yoweri Museveni, Milton Obote, and Mutesa II of Buganda. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Uganda, including Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and Milton Obote.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in present day Uganda since 1700.