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1
Michaela DePrince
(Sierra Leonean-American Ballet Dancer)
Birthdate: January 6, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kenema, Sierra Leone
Birthdate: May 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tihun, Bonthe District
3
Ernest Bai Koroma
(Entrepreneur, Politician)
Birthdate: October 2, 1953
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Makeni
4
Foday Sankoh
(Vice President of Sierra Leone 1999 – 2000)
Birthdate: October 17, 1937
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Masang Mayoso, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone
Died: July 29, 2003
5
Adetokumboh M'Cormack
(Actor)
Birthdate: February 27, 1982
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
6
Charles MacCarthy
(Former Governor of Sierra Leone)
Birthdate: February 15, 1764
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: January 21, 1824
7
Valentine Strasser
(Politician)
Birthdate: April 26, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Freetown
8
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
(President of Sierra Leone)
Birthdate: February 16, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pendembu, Sierra Leone
Died: March 13, 2014
9
Albert Margai
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 10, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gbangbatok, Sierra Leone
Died: December 18, 1980
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Died: 1906 AD
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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 7, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Birthdate: March 4, 1949
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rotifunk, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone
13
John Randle
(West African doctor who was active in politics in Lagos)
Birthdate: February 1, 1855
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Regent, Sierra Leone
Died: February 27, 1928
14
Marie Esther Bangura
(Beauty pageant)
Birthdate: September 28, 1997
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Port Loko, Sierra Leone
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: May 25, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Birthdate: May 3, 1814
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Died: May 3, 1879
Birthdate: September 14, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died: September 20, 1994
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Adelaide Casely-Hayford
(Activist)
Birthdate: June 26, 1868
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate British Sierra Leone
Died: January 16, 1960
19
Solomon Berewa
(Politician)
Birthdate: August 6, 1938
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bo, Sierra Leone
Birthdate: August 4, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Freetown, British Sierra Leone
Died: March 4, 1965
21
Henrietta Mbawah
(Sierra Leonean Actress, Filmmaker and Social Activist)
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Gladys Casely-Hayford
(Writer)
Birthdate: May 11, 1904
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Axim, Ghana
Died: September 30, 1950
23
Oguntola Sapara
(Doctor known for his campaign against secret societies that were spreading smallpox)
Birthdate: June 9, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died: May 31, 1935
Birthdate: March 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gbap, Sierra Leone
Died: May 8, 1998
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Khadija Gbla
(Sierra Leonean Human Rights Activist)
Birthdate: September 23, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died: July 2, 2004
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
27
Alpha Bangura
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: February 4, 1980
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Fatima Maada Bio
(First Lady)
Birthdate: November 27, 1980
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Koidu Town, Sierra Leone
29
Ahmed Abdullahi
(Military Administrator of Kwara State, Nigeria between December 1987 and July 1988)
Birthdate: August 22, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
30
Sir Milton Margai
(Doctor)
Birthdate: December 7, 1895
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gbangbatok, Sierra Leone
Died: April 28, 1964
31
Abdulai Conteh
(9th Chief Justice of Belize)
Birthdate: August 5, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kambia District, British Sierra Leone
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Carolina Rodriguez
(Rhythmic gymnast)
Birthdate: May 24, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: León, Spain
Birthdate: June 28, 1945
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Eunice Barber
(Olympic athlete)
Birthdate: November 17, 1974
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
35
Priscilla Schwartz
(Lawyer)
Birthdate: March 18, 1967
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
36
Ella Koblo Gulama
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moyamba, Sierra Leone
Died: September 9, 2006
37
Zainab Bangura
(Politician)
Birthdate: December 18, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yonibana, Sierra Leone
38
Cornelius Macarthy
(British Actor and Singer)
Birthplace: Croydon, London, England, United Kingdom
39
Isata Jabbie Kabbah
(First Lady of Sierra Leone)
Birthdate: 1970 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Birthdate: June 18, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
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Charles Mammie
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: November 6, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
42
Jimmy Thoronka
(Sierra Leonean Professional Sprinter)
Birthdate: June 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Birthdate: August 24, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moyamba
Died: May 29, 1988
44
Isha Johansen
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: December 25, 1964
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
45
Femi Claudius Cole
(Politician)
Birthdate: 1962 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Birthdate: March 19, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kono District British Sierra Leone
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Rachel Thompson
(Sierra Leonean Middle-Distance Runner)
Birthdate: March 24, 1964
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
48
Hannah Momoh
(First Lady of Sierra Leone From 1985 to 1992)
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John Carew
(Sierra Leonean Athlete)
Birthdate: September 17, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Birthdate: 1986 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone