Category
page 1People from Dakar
Ségolène Royal
French politician (born 1953)
Khaby Lame
Senegalese-Italian social media personality (born 2000)
Safi Faye
Senegalese ethnologist and film director (1943–2023)
Abdoul Mbaye
Senegalese prime minister
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow
Senegalese politician (1921–2024)
Rama Yade
Senegalese and French politician and the author
Birago Diop
Senegalese poet, storyteller and diplomat (1906–1989)
Khady Sylla
Senegalese writer (1963–2013)
Habib Thiam
Senegalese politician (1933-2017)
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Senegalese writer
Boubacar Boris Diop
Sengalese writer
Didier Raoult
French physician and microbiologist
Blaise Diagne
Senegalese politician (1872-1934)
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
Prime Minister of Senegal, 2007-2009
Germaine Acogny
French-Senegalese choreographer
Mouss Diouf
French actor, comedian and humorist (1964–2012)
Awa Marie Coll-Seck
Senegalese politician and medical doctor
Grace d'Almeida
Beninese lawyer, feminist and human rights activist (1951–2005)
Mansour Sora Wade
Senegalese film director and screenwriter
Mahama Johnson Traoré
Senegalese film director (1942–2010)
Angèle Diabang Brener
Senegalese screenwriter, director and film producer
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Senegalese film actress
Aissa Wade
Senegalese mathematician
Sibeth Ndiaye
French politician and communication adviser
Johnny Sekka
Gambian-English actor (1934–2006)
Jacques F. Acar
French doctor (1931-2020)
Jean-Baptiste Belley
former slave from the French West Indies who became a member of the National Convention and the Council of Five Hundred of France
Omar Victor Diop
Senegalese photographer (born 1980)
Aïcha Mama Kane
senegal politician and nurse
Mariama Sylla Faye
Senegalese film director
Fatou Kande Senghor
Senegalese artist, filmmaker and photographer
Ghassan Salhab
Lebanese film director (born 1958)
Moussa Sene Absa
Senegalese film director
Lobé Ndiaye
Senegalese writer
Awa Sène Sarr
Senegalese actress
René Clermont
French actor, playwright, and theatre director (1921–1994)
Irène Assiba d'Almeida
Beninese poet, translator and literary scholar
N'Goné Fall
Senegalese architect and curator
Fatoumata Bâ
Tech Entrepreneur & VC Investor
Oumy Ndour
journalist and filmmaker
Marie-Angélique Savané
Senegalese politician
Aïssatou Cissé
writer from Senegal
Zeinixx
Dieynaba Sidibé (born July 2, 1990), popularly known as Zeinixx, is a Senegalese slam poet, graffiti artist and activist.
Clarence Thomas Delgado
Senegalese film director
José Brito
Cape Verdean politician
Maïmouna Ndoye Seck
Senegalese mathematician
Victoria Albis
slave trader
Fatou Kiné Camara
Senegalese jurist and feminist
Stephane Christophe Bride
French-Moldavian economist
Fatou Sow
Senegalese sociologist
Moustapha Ndoye
Senegalese film director and photographer (1968-2009)
Bouna Medoune Seye
Senegalese filmmaker, photographer and artist (1956-2017)
Mama Keïta
Guinean film director
Geneviève Kervine
French actress
Mamadou Diop
is a Senegalese performing artist, now living in the United States.
Anta Mbow
Senegalse who founded l'empire des enfants
Makhourédia Guèye
Senegalese film and theatre actor
Clémence Aïssa Baré
Nigerien physician
Pape Diop
Senegalese politician
Bouaré Fily Sissoko
Malian politician