Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ranks 923rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cyrene, Libya, Maceió, and Columbia, Missouri. Memorable people born in Ouagadougou include Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Michel Kafando, and Jacky Ido. 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 politicians 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
Between 1942 and 1999, Ouagadougou was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Michel Kafando, and Jacky Ido. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Ouagadougou including Thomas Sankara, Maurice Yaméogo, and Sangoulé Lamizana.
People Born in Ouagadougou
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1
Michel Kafando
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 2
Jacky Ido
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 3
Jonathan Pitroipa
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 4
Moumouni Dagano
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 5
Bakary Koné
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 6
Alban Lafont
1999 - Present
HPI: 32.94
Rank: 7
Préjuce Nakoulma
1987 - Present
HPI: 32.93
Rank: 8
Edmond Tapsoba
1999 - Present
HPI: 30.35
Rank: 9
Hugues Fabrice Zango
1993 - Present
HPI: 27.98
Rank: 10
Jonathan Zongo
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.28
Rank: 11
Florent Rouamba
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.84
Rank: 12
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Thomas Sankara
1949 - 1987
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1
Maurice Yaméogo
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2
Sangoulé Lamizana
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 3
Saye Zerbo
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 4
Idrissa Ouédraogo
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Ouagadougou were soccer players (10), politicians (2), actors (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were politicians (4) and film directors (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ouagadougou, including Jonathan Pitroipa, Moumouni Dagano, and Bakary Koné. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ouagadougou, including Jonathan Pitroipa, Moumouni Dagano, and Bakary Koné.
