Cayenne
Cayenne ranks 1,016th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Debrecen, Etterbeek, and Norwalk, Connecticut. Memorable people born in Cayenne include Henri Salvador, Florent Malouda, and Félix Éboué. Memorable people who died in Cayenne include Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. Cayenne has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many actors. Cayenne is located in French Guiana.
Cayenne is the prefecture and capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealth". Cayenne is the largest Francophone city of the South American continent. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2002, Cayenne was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including Henri Salvador, Florent Malouda, and Félix Éboué. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Cayenne including Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois.
People Born in Cayenne
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Henri Salvador
SINGER
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1
Florent Malouda
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 16
Félix Éboué
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 3
Christiane Taubira
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 17
Léon Damas
WRITER
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 2
Mike Maignan
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 22
Claude Dambury
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 21
Eric Garcia
ATHLETE
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 9
Jean-Clair Todibo
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 18
Ulrich Robeiri
FENCER
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 20
Enzo Lefort
FENCER
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 14
Kevin Séraphin
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 19
People Deceased in Cayenne
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Newly Added People Deceased in Cayenne
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Most individuals born in present day Cayenne were soccer players (5), athletes (5), politicians (2), fencers (2), and basketball players (2), while most who died were actors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cayenne, including Florent Malouda, Mike Maignan, and Claude Dambury. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cayenne, including Florent Malouda, Mike Maignan, and Claude Dambury.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Cayenne since 1700.
