Nouméa
Nouméa ranks 3,920th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bacup, Grimsby, and Guédiawaye. Memorable people born in Nouméa include Antoine Kombouaré, Francis Carco, and Colin Higgins. Nouméa has been the birth place of many soccer players, and swimmers. Nouméa is located in New Caledonia.
Nouméa is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest Francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian, Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks who work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1886 and 1999, Nouméa was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Antoine Kombouaré, Francis Carco, and Colin Higgins.
People Born in Nouméa
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Antoine Kombouaré
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2
Francis Carco
WRITER
1886 - 1958
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 4
Colin Higgins
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 1988
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 5
Frédéric Piquionne
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 1
Bassa Mawem
ATHLETE
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 6
Maxime Grousset
SWIMMER
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7
Lara Grangeon
SWIMMER
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.07
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Nouméa were soccer players (2), swimmers (2), writers (1), film directors (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 Nouméa, including Antoine Kombouaré, and Frédéric Piquionne. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nouméa, including Antoine Kombouaré, and Frédéric Piquionne.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Nouméa since 1700.
