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Present Day

Dakar (sen)

Senegal

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Dakar ranks 158th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oakland, California, Hyōgo Prefecture, and Honolulu. Memorable people born in Dakar include Ségolène Royal, Patrick Vieira, and Youssou N'Dour. Memorable people who died in Dakar include Ahmadou Ahidjo, Hissène Habré, and Ousmane Sembène. Dakar has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Dakar is located in Senegal.

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1908 and 2002, Dakar was the birth place of 74 globally memorable people, including Ségolène Royal, Patrick Vieira, and Youssou N'Dour. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Dakar including Ahmadou Ahidjo, Hissène Habré, and Ousmane Sembène.

People Born in Dakar

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People Deceased in Dakar

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Dakar were soccer players (49), politicians (6), writers (4), basketball players (3), and singers (2),  while most who died were politicians (5), writers (3), film directors (1), explorers (1), and businesspeople (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dakar, including Patrick Vieira, Ali Dia, and Patrice Evra. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dakar, including Patrick Vieira, Ali Dia, and Patrice Evra.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Dakar since 1700.