List of Senegalese

This is a list of famous Senegalese people:

Athletes

• Louis Phal
• Papa Bouba Diop
• DeSagana Diop
• El Hadji Diouf
• Battling Siki
• Moussa Mbaye

Authors

• Mariama Bâ
• Alioune Diop
• Fatou Diome
• Sheikh Hamidou Kane
• Ousmane Sembène
• Léopold Senghor

Film

• Safi Faye
• Ousmane Sembène

Historians

• Cheikh Anta Diop
• Paulin Vieyra

Musicians

• Akon
• Baaba Maal
• Babacar Dieng & Diengoz
• Youssou N'Dour
• Ismail Bajo

Politicians

• Amath Dansokho
• Mamadou Dia
• Blaise Diagne
• Abdou Diouf
• Lamine Guèye
• Ségolène Royal
• Idrissa Seck
• Léopold Sédar Senghor
• Umar Tal
• Abdoulaye Wade

Others

• King Mbaye Badiane I of Saloum
• King Babacar Mbodji I of Gandiaye
• Cheikh Sarr
• Sophie Ono Traore

See also

• List of writers from Senegal
• List of people by nationality