Senegal
Senegal ranks 1,668th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Granollers, Surabaya, and Dunedin. Memorable people born in Senegal include Mamadou Dia, Fatou Diome, and Nicolas Jackson. Senegal has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Senegal is located in Senegal.
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. It also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1910 and 2001, Senegal was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Mamadou Dia, Fatou Diome, and Nicolas Jackson.
People Born in Senegal
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Mamadou Dia
POLITICIAN
1910 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 1
Fatou Diome
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 2
Nicolas Jackson
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 3
Mame Thiam
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 4
Pape Malick Diop
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 5
Moussa N'Diaye
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 6
Modou Sougou
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 28.00
Rank: 7
Émilie Gomis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 27.74
Rank: 8
Pape Souaré
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 26.37
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Born in Senegal
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SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 3
Mame Thiam
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Senegal were soccer players (6), politicians (1), writers (1), and basketball players (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 Senegal, including Nicolas Jackson, Mame Thiam, and Pape Malick Diop. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Senegal, including Nicolas Jackson, Mame Thiam, and Pape Malick Diop.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Senegal since 1700.
