Yaoundé ranks 244th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Riyadh, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Phoenix, Arizona. Memorable people born in Yaoundé include Roger Milla, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Samuel Umtiti. Memorable people who died in Yaoundé include David Dacko, Ferdinand Oyono, and Théophile Abega. Yaoundé has been the birth place of many soccer players and basketball players and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Yaoundé is located in Cameroon.
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1952 and 2004, Yaoundé was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Roger Milla, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Samuel Umtiti. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Yaoundé including David Dacko, Ferdinand Oyono, and Théophile Abega.
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1
1975 - 2003
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 2
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 3
1992 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 4
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 7
1997 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 9
1963 - 2020
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 12
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 19
2004 - Present
HPI: 35.48
Rank: 20
1972 - Present
HPI: 33.63
Rank: 26
1998 - Present
HPI: 26.98
Rank: 35
2002 - Present
HPI: 26.55
Rank: 38
1930 - 2003
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 1
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 2
1954 - 2012
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 3
1963 - 2020
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Yaoundé were soccer players (40), basketball players (2), athletes (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were politicians (2) and soccer players (2).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Yaoundé, including Roger Milla, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Samuel Umtiti. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yaoundé, including Roger Milla, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Samuel Umtiti.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Yaoundé since 1700.