Ziguinchor
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 over 230,000. It is the seventh largest city of Senegal, but largely separated from the north of the country by 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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Ousmane Sembène
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1
Aliou Cissé
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 2
Jules Bocandé
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - 2012
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 3
Alfred Gomis
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 4
Malang Diedhiou
REFEREE
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.03
Rank: 5
Stéphane Badji
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 28.51
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Born in Ziguinchor
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Most individuals born in present day Ziguinchor were soccer players (4), film directors (1), and referees (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 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.
