Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 1,281st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Celle, Kashiwa, and Grozny. The most famous people from Bobo-Dioulasso are Gaston Kaboré, Cheikh Lô, and Wilfried Sanou. Bobo-Dioulasso has been the birth place of many soccer players, and film directors. Bobo-Dioulasso is located in Burkina Faso.
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula". Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1951 and 2002, Bobo-Dioulasso was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Gaston Kaboré, Cheikh Lô, and Wilfried Sanou.
People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
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Gaston Kaboré
FILM DIRECTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1
Cheikh Lô
SINGER
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 2
Wilfried Sanou
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3
Bertrand Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 4
Paul Kaba Thieba
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 5
Charles Kaboré
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 6
Alain Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 7
Lassina Traoré
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8
Adama Guira
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9
Issa Kaboré
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 10
Abdoul Tapsoba
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 11
Wilfried Balima
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bobo-Dioulasso
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SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.79
Rank: 12
Germain Sanou
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.39
Rank: 15
Nasser Djiga
SOCCER PLAYER
2002 - Present
HPI: 26.49
Rank: 16
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bobo-Dioulasso were soccer players (12), film directors (1), singers (1), politicians (1), and athletes (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 Bobo-Dioulasso, including Wilfried Sanou, Bertrand Traoré, and Charles Kaboré. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bobo-Dioulasso, including Wilfried Sanou, Bertrand Traoré, and Charles Kaboré.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Bobo-Dioulasso since 1700.
