Conakry ranks 564th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Coburg, Guangzhou, and Preston, Lancashire. Memorable people born in Conakry include Naby Keïta, Sékouba Konaté, and Florentin Pogba. Memorable people who died in Conakry include Amílcar Cabral, Lansana Conté, and Mory Kanté. Conakry has been the birth place of many soccer players and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and social activists. Conakry is located in Guinea.
Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1961 and 2003, Conakry was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Naby Keïta, Sékouba Konaté, and Florentin Pogba. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Conakry including Amílcar Cabral, Lansana Conté, and Mory Kanté.
1995 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 1
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 2
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 3
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 35.46
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.12
Rank: 9
2003 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.81
Rank: 11
1997 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 12
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 8
2003 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.04
Rank: 18
1991 - Present
HPI: 24.90
Rank: 19
1995 - Present
HPI: 24.63
Rank: 20
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 1
1934 - 2008
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 2
1950 - 2020
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 3
1923 - 1984
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 4
1922 - 1987
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 5
1941 - 1998
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 6
1937 - 2003
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 7
1938 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 8
Most individuals born in present day Conakry were soccer players (19), military personnels (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were politicians (4), social activists (2), singers (1), and writers (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Conakry, including Naby Keïta, Florentin Pogba, and Mathias Pogba. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Conakry, including Naby Keïta, Florentin Pogba, and Mathias Pogba.