Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 1,281st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Celle, Kashiwa, and Grozny. Memorable people born in Bobo-Dioulasso include Gaston Kaboré, Wilfried Sanou, and Paul Kaba Thieba. Bobo-Dioulasso has been the birth place of many soccer players, and film directors. Bobo-Dioulasso is located in Burkina Faso.
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula". Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1951 and 2001, Bobo-Dioulasso was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Gaston Kaboré, Wilfried Sanou, and Paul Kaba Thieba.
People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
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Gaston Kaboré
FILM DIRECTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1
Wilfried Sanou
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 2
Paul Kaba Thieba
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 3
Bertrand Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 4
Cheikh Lô
SINGER
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 5
Charles Kaboré
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 6
Alain Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 7
Lassina Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 8
Adama Guira
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.02
Rank: 9
Hervé Koffi
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 28.96
Rank: 10
Issa Kaboré
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 28.69
Rank: 11
Abdoul Tapsoba
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 23.88
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
Go to all RankingsCheikh Lô
SINGER
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 5
Abdoul Tapsoba
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 23.88
Rank: 12
Marthe Koala
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bobo-Dioulasso were soccer players (9), film directors (1), politicians (1), singers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bobo-Dioulasso, including Wilfried Sanou, Bertrand Traoré, and Charles Kaboré. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bobo-Dioulasso, including Wilfried Sanou, Bertrand Traoré, and Charles Kaboré.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Bobo-Dioulasso since 1700.
