Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro ranks 4,306th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Treinta y Tres, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, and Neyagawa, Osaka. Memorable people born in Yamoussoukro include Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Cheick Tioté, and Franck Boli. Yamoussoukro has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Yamoussoukro is located in Côte d'Ivoire.
Yamoussoukro is the capital city of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in the Ivory Coast, with a population of 212,670. Located 240 kilometers (150 mi) north-west of Abidjan, the district of Yamoussoukro covers 2,075 square kilometers (801 sq mi) among rolling hills and plains. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1905 and 2002, Yamoussoukro was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Cheick Tioté, and Franck Boli.
People Born in Yamoussoukro
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1993
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 2
Cheick Tioté
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - 2017
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3
Franck Boli
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 1
Simon Adingra
SOCCER PLAYER
2002 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 5
Idrissa Doumbia
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Born in Yamoussoukro
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Most individuals born in present day Yamoussoukro were soccer players (4), and politicians (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 Yamoussoukro, including Cheick Tioté, Franck Boli, and Simon Adingra. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yamoussoukro, including Cheick Tioté, Franck Boli, and Simon Adingra.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Yamoussoukro since 1700.
