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Ziguinchor (sen)

Senegal

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Ziguinchor ranks 2,694th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Toowoomba, Ajmer, and Campina Grande. Memorable people born in Ziguinchor include Ousmane Sembène, Aliou Cissé, and Jules Bocandé. Ziguinchor has been the birth place of many soccer players, and film directors. Ziguinchor is located in Senegal.

Ziguinchor is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of 214,874. It is the eighth largest city of Senegal, but is nearly separated from the north of the country by the nation of The Gambia. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1923 and 1993, Ziguinchor was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Ousmane Sembène, Aliou Cissé, and Jules Bocandé.

People Born in Ziguinchor

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Ziguinchor were soccer players (4), film directors (1), and referees (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ziguinchor, including Aliou Cissé, Jules Bocandé, and Alfred Gomis. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ziguinchor, including Aliou Cissé, Jules Bocandé, and Alfred Gomis.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ziguinchor since 1700.