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Most Famous People from Samoa
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18 notable people in this slice of the dataset.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Samoa during each.
Notable births in Samoa peaked in the 1980s with 4 people.
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Sports is Samoa's biggest group — 44% of all notables (8).
Samoa over-indexes on sports — 2.1× the global rate.
Each band shows a profession family's share of Samoa's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.