Garoua ranks 3,088th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dar es Salaam, Kelowna, and Santa Clara County, California. Memorable people born in Garoua include Ahmadou Ahidjo, Issa Hayatou, and Jacques Zoua. Garoua has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians. Garoua is located in Cameroon.
Garoua is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabitants in 2020, mostly Fulbe/Fulani people. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1924 and 1992, Garoua was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Ahmadou Ahidjo, Issa Hayatou, and Jacques Zoua.
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 2
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.41
Rank: 3
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.99
Rank: 4
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.24
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Garoua were soccer players (3) and politicians (2), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Garoua since 1700.