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Ouagadougou (bfa)

Burkina Faso

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Ouagadougou ranks 833rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Goyang, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and North Korea. Memorable people born in Ouagadougou include Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Michel Kafando, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Memorable people who died in Ouagadougou include Thomas Sankara, Maurice Yaméogo, and Sangoulé Lamizana. Ouagadougou has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and film directors. Ouagadougou is located in Burkina Faso.

Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais. The spelling of the name Ouagadougou is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Ouagadougou was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Michel Kafando, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Ouagadougou including Thomas Sankara, Maurice Yaméogo, and Sangoulé Lamizana.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Ouagadougou were soccer players (12), athletes (4), politicians (2), military personnels (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were politicians (5), and film directors (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ouagadougou, including Moumouni Dagano, Jonathan Pitroipa, and Bakary Koné. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ouagadougou, including Moumouni Dagano, Jonathan Pitroipa, and Bakary Koné.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Ouagadougou since 1700.