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 1 
Julius Maada Bio
(President of Sierra Leone)
Julius Maada Bio
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tihun

The president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio had previously been a brigadier general with the country’s army. He is one of the 35 children of Sherbro Paramount Chief Charlie Bio II. After multiple military coups, Bio became an SLPP member. His main focus is on healthcare and renewable energy.

 2 
Ernest Bai Koroma
(Entrepreneur, Politician)
Ernest Bai Koroma
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 2, 1953
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Makeni
 3 
Foday Sankoh
(Vice President of Sierra Leone 1999 – 2000)
Foday Sankoh
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 17, 1937
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Masang Mayoso
Died: July 29, 2003
 4 
Valentine Strasser
(Politician)
Valentine Strasser
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 26, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Freetown
 5 
Adetokumboh M'Cormack
(Actor)
Adetokumboh M'Cormack
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 27, 1982
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 6 
Charles MacCarthy
(Former Governor of Sierra Leone)
Charles MacCarthy
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 15, 1764
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cork
Died: January 21, 1824
 7 
Albert Margai
(Politician)
Albert Margai
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 10, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gbangbatok
Died: December 18, 1980
 8 
Madam Yoko
(Politician)
Madam Yoko
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Died: 1906 AD
 9 
Kadi Sesay
(Politician)
Kadi Sesay
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 4, 1949
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rotifunk
 10 
John Randle
(West African doctor who was active in politics in Lagos)
John Randle
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: February 1, 1855
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Regent
Died: February 27, 1928
 11 
Marie Esther Bangura
(Beauty pageant)
Marie Esther Bangura
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 28, 1997
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Port Loko
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 12 
Mariatu Kamara
(Author)
Mariatu Kamara
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 25, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 13 
Davidson Nicol
(Diplomat)
Davidson Nicol
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 14, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: September 20, 1994
 14 
Joseph Cinqué
(Slave)
Joseph Cinqué
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 3, 1814
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Died: May 3, 1879
 15 
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
(Activist)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 26, 1868
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: January 16, 1960
 16 
Solomon Berewa
(Vice-President of Sierra Leone from May 2002 to September 2007)
Solomon Berewa
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 6, 1938
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bo
Died: March 5, 2020
 17 
Asadata Dafora
(Musician)
Asadata Dafora
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 4, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: March 4, 1965
 18 
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
(President of Sierra Leone)
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 16, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pendembu
Died: March 13, 2014
 19 
Henrietta Mbawah
(Sierra Leonean Actress, Filmmaker and Social Activist)
Henrietta Mbawah
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 20 
Gladys Casely-Hayford
(Writer)
Gladys Casely-Hayford
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 11, 1904
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Axim
Died: September 30, 1950
 21 
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
(Politician)
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 7, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Freetown
 22 
Oguntola Sapara
(Doctor known for his campaign against secret societies that were spreading smallpox)
Oguntola Sapara
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 9, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: May 31, 1935
 23 
Patricia Kabbah
(Teacher)
Patricia Kabbah
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gbap
Died: May 8, 1998
 24 
Khadija Gbla
(Sierra Leonean Human Rights Activist)
Khadija Gbla
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 25 
Jeillo Edwards
(Actress)
Jeillo Edwards
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 23, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: July 2, 2004
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 26 
Alpha Bangura
(Basketball player)
Alpha Bangura
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 4, 1980
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Freetown
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 27 
Fatima Maada Bio
(First Lady)
Fatima Maada Bio
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 27, 1980
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Koidu Town
 28 
Ahmed Abdullahi
(Military Administrator of Kwara State, Nigeria between December 1987 and July 1988)
Ahmed Abdullahi
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 22, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Freetown
 29 
Sir Milton Margai
(Doctor)
Sir Milton Margai
3
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 7, 1895
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gbangbatok
Died: April 28, 1964
 30 
Abdulai Conteh
(9th Chief Justice of Belize)
Abdulai Conteh
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 5, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kambia District
 31 
Carolina Rodriguez
(Rhythmic gymnast)
Carolina Rodriguez
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: León
 32 
Eunice Barber
(Olympic athlete)
Eunice Barber
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 17, 1974
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Freetown
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 33 
Syl Cheney-Coker
(Poet)
Syl Cheney-Coker
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 28, 1945
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Freetown
 34 
Priscilla Schwartz
(Lawyer)
Priscilla Schwartz
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: March 18, 1967
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 35 
Ella Koblo Gulama
(Politician)
Ella Koblo Gulama
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moyamba
Died: September 9, 2006
 36 
Zainab Bangura
(Politician)
Zainab Bangura
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: December 18, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yonibana
 37 
Cornelius Macarthy
(British Actor and Singer)
Cornelius Macarthy
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthplace: Croydon
 38 
Isata Jabbie Kabbah
(First Lady of Sierra Leone)
Isata Jabbie Kabbah
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1970 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 39 
Isata Mahoi
(Actress)
Isata Mahoi
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 18, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 40 
Charles Mammie
(Basketball player)
Charles Mammie
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 6, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Freetown
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 41 
Siaka Stevens
(1st President of Sierra Leone)
Siaka Stevens
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 24, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moyamba
Died: May 29, 1988

Siaka Stevens, known for his self-indulgent and corrupt rule, was overthrown by a coup in 1967, shortly after becoming the prime minister of Sierra Leone, but he was called back from exile in Guinea after a second coup a few months later. He was also the country’s first president.

 42 
Jimmy Thoronka
(Sierra Leonean Professional Sprinter)
Jimmy Thoronka
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 43 
Isha Johansen
(Businessperson)
Isha Johansen
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 25, 1964
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Freetown
 44 
Sia Koroma
(Biochemist)
Sia Koroma
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 19, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kono District British Sierra Leone
 45 
Femi Claudius Cole
(Politician)
Femi Claudius Cole
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1962 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 46 
Rachel Thompson
(Sierra Leonean Middle-Distance Runner)
Rachel Thompson
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 24, 1964
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 47 
Hannah Momoh
(First Lady of Sierra Leone From 1985 to 1992)
Hannah Momoh
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 48 
John Carew
(Sierra Leonean Athlete)
John Carew
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 17, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 49 
Kadijatu Kebbay
(Model)
Kadijatu Kebbay
0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: 1986 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
 50 
Thomas Frederick Hope
(Civil engineer)
Thomas Frederick Hope
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 22, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Freetown
Died: May 19, 1996
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