Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 1,361st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gold Coast, Queensland, Ramat Gan, and Tsu, Mie. Memorable people born in Bobo-Dioulasso include Gaston Kaboré, Paul Kaba Thieba, and Bertrand Traoré. 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
Between 1951 and 2001, Bobo-Dioulasso was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Gaston Kaboré, Paul Kaba Thieba, and Bertrand Traoré.
People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
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Gaston Kaboré
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1
Paul Kaba Thieba
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 2
Bertrand Traoré
1995 - Present
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 3
Wilfried Sanou
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 4
Charles Kaboré
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 5
Lassina Traoré
2001 - Present
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 6
Alain Traoré
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 7
Adama Guira
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 8
Hervé Koffi
1996 - Present
HPI: 27.74
Rank: 9
Issa Kaboré
2001 - Present
HPI: 22.63
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
Go to all RankingsGaston Kaboré
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1
Lassina Traoré
2001 - Present
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 6
Hervé Koffi
1996 - Present
HPI: 27.74
Rank: 9
Issa Kaboré
2001 - Present
HPI: 22.63
Rank: 10
Most individuals born in present day Bobo-Dioulasso were soccer players (8), film directors (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
