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Guinea

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Guinea ranks 117th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, and Turkmenistan. Memorable people born in present day Guinea include Robert Sarah, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Alpha Condé. Memorable people who died in Guinea include Amílcar Cabral, Lansana Conté, and Stokely Carmichael. Guinea has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and social activists.

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, present day Guinea was the birth place of 50 globally memorable people, including Robert Sarah, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Alpha Condé. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Guinea including Amílcar Cabral, Lansana Conté, and Stokely Carmichael.

People Born in Present Day Guinea

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People Deceased in Present Day Guinea

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Guinea were soccer players (24), politicians (18), writers (2), religious figures (1), and singers (1),  while most who died were politicians (4), social activists (2), singers (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Guinea, including Naby Keïta, Florentin Pogba, and Mathias Pogba. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guinea, including Naby Keïta, Florentin Pogba, and Mathias Pogba.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in present day Guinea since 1700.