Cameroon
Cameroon ranks 4,428th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vyshny Volochyok, Nakhichevan-on-Don, and Jaú. Memorable people born in Cameroon include Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Ephraïm Inoni, and Théophile Abega. Cameroon has been the birth place of many soccer players, and engineers. Cameroon is located in Cameroon.
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French, or both. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1696 and 1972, Cameroon was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Ephraïm Inoni, and Théophile Abega.
People Born in Cameroon
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Abram Petrovich Gannibal
ENGINEER
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 1
Ephraïm Inoni
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 2
Théophile Abega
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - 2012
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 3
Edwin Ifeanyi
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cameroon were soccer players (2), engineers (1), and politicians (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 Cameroon, including Théophile Abega, and Edwin Ifeanyi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cameroon, including Théophile Abega, and Edwin Ifeanyi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Cameroon since 1700.
