Dakar - Notable Natives and Residents

Notable Natives and Residents

  • Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, footballer, Hull City
  • Abdoulaye Salam Fall, Founder Seneweb.com
  • Akon, R&B singer, Real name - Alioune Thiam
  • Assane Ndiaye, Singer and songwriter, cousin of Thione Seck
  • Baaba Maal, singer and guitarist
  • Boris Diaw, basketball player, San Antonio Spurs
  • Bouna Coundoul, American footballer, New York Red Bulls
  • Cheikh Samb, basketball player, former Los Angeles Clippers
  • Dame Ndoye, football player FCK Denmark
  • DeSagana Diop, basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
  • Ibrahim Ba, former footballer
  • Ismaël Lô, singer-songwriter
  • Issa, R&B singer
  • Kalidou Kasse, visual artist, President of the International Association of Visual Artists of Senegal
  • Luke Lattanzi-Silveus, former footballer
  • Macoumba Kandji, footballer, Colorado Rapids
  • Mamadou Barry, CEO/Founder, World Sun Technology, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  • Mamadou Seck, basketball player,
  • Mame Biram Diouf, footballer, Hannover 96
  • Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team
  • Mbaye Diagne, United Nations military observer and hero during the Rwandan genocide
  • Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, foreign correspondent for NPR News
  • Orchestra Baobab
  • Ousmane Barro, basketball player, Marquette University
  • Papa Bouba Diop, footballer, West Ham United
  • Patrice Evra, footballer, Manchester United
  • Patrick Vieira, footballer, Manchester City
  • Ségolène Royal, French politician born in Dakar
  • Thione Seck, Singer and songwriter
  • Youssou N'Dour, singer and percussionist
  • Ousseynou Diop, Basketball player Bellevue University
  • Hamady Ndiaye, Basketball player Washington Wizards
  • Aziz N'diaye, Basketball player University of Washington
  • Mamadou N'Diaye, former basketball player for Auburn University and the Toronto Raptors
  • Papiss Cisse, footballer, Newcastle United
  • Thierno "Bobo" Niang, guard for the Milwaukee Panthers

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