Benin City
Benin City ranks 1,277th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stepney, Colombes, and Culver City, California. Memorable people born in Benin City include Victor Ikpeba, Yakubu, and Julius Aghahowa. Memorable people who died in Benin City include Stephen Keshi. Benin City has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many soccer players. Benin City is located in Nigeria.
Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1968 and 2000, Benin City was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Victor Ikpeba, Yakubu, and Julius Aghahowa. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Benin City including Stephen Keshi.
People Born in Benin City
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Victor Ikpeba
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1
Yakubu
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 2
Julius Aghahowa
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 3
Thompson Oliha
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2013
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 4
Rema
SINGER
2000 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 5
Elderson Echiéjilé
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 6
Isaac Success
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.40
Rank: 7
Agnes Osazuwa
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 8
Festus Ezeli
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.22
Rank: 9
Mikel Agu
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 24.24
Rank: 10
Frank Onyeka
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 23.14
Rank: 11
Bright Enobakhare
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 10.40
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Benin City
Go to all RankingsThompson Oliha
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2013
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 4
Rema
SINGER
2000 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 5
Bright Enobakhare
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 10.40
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Benin City
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Benin City were soccer players (9), singers (1), athletes (1), and basketball players (1), while most who died were soccer players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Benin City, including Victor Ikpeba, Yakubu, and Julius Aghahowa. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Benin City, including Victor Ikpeba, Yakubu, and Julius Aghahowa.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Benin City since 1700.
