Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi ranks 5,488th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Weatherford, Texas, Burao, and Siófok. Memorable people born in Ruanda-Urundi include Paul Kagame, Melchior Ndadaye, and Sylvie Kinigi. Ruanda-Urundi has been the birth place of many politicians. Ruanda-Urundi is located in Rwanda.
Ruanda-Urundi, later Rwanda-Burundi, was a geopolitical entity, once part of German East Africa, that was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I and was administered by Belgium under military occupation from 1916 to 1922. It was subsequently awarded to Belgium as a Class-B Mandate under the League of Nations in 1922 and became a Trust Territory of the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II and the dissolution of the League. In 1962 Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1952 and 1957, Ruanda-Urundi was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Paul Kagame, Melchior Ndadaye, and Sylvie Kinigi.
People Born in Ruanda-Urundi
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Paul Kagame
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 2
Melchior Ndadaye
POLITICIAN
1953 - 1993
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1
Sylvie Kinigi
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ruanda-Urundi were politicians (3), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ruanda-Urundi, including Paul Kagame, Melchior Ndadaye, and Sylvie Kinigi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ruanda-Urundi, including Paul Kagame, Melchior Ndadaye, and Sylvie Kinigi.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Ruanda-Urundi since 1700.
