Kenya

Kenya

Kenya ranks 81st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cameroon, Philippines, and Albania. Memorable people born in present day Kenya include Wangari Maathai, Richard Dawkins, and Barack Obama Sr.. Memorable people who died in Kenya include Wangari Maathai, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Jim Corbett. Kenya has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many athletes, and politicians.

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. The second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Read more on Wikipedia