Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal ranks 2,354th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Njeguši, Shuri, Okinawa, and Geelong. Memorable people born in Saint-Louis, Senegal include Mame Madior Boye, Aminata Sow Fall, and Jacques Diouf. Saint-Louis, Senegal has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Saint-Louis, Senegal is located in Senegal.
Saint-Louis or Saint Louis, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar. It had a population of 254,171 in 2023. Saint-Louis was the capital of the French colony of Senegal from 1673 until 1902 and French West Africa from 1895 until 1902, when the capital was moved to Dakar. From 1920 to 1957, it also served as the capital of the neighboring colony of Mauritania. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1938 and 1998, Saint-Louis, Senegal was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Mame Madior Boye, Aminata Sow Fall, and Jacques Diouf.
People Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal
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Mame Madior Boye
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 1
Aminata Sow Fall
WRITER
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 2
Jacques Diouf
DIPLOMAT
1938 - 2019
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3
Amara Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 4
Ismaïla Sarr
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 5
Abdoulaye Ba
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.96
Rank: 6
Famara Diédhiou
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 28.83
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal
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Most individuals born in present day Saint-Louis, Senegal were soccer players (4), politicians (1), writers (1), and diplomats (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 Saint-Louis, Senegal, including Amara Traoré, Ismaïla Sarr, and Abdoulaye Ba. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Saint-Louis, Senegal, including Amara Traoré, Ismaïla Sarr, and Abdoulaye Ba.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Saint-Louis, Senegal since 1700.
