14.7321° N, 17.4573° W
GRAND DAKAR
Most Famous People Born in Grand Dakar, Senegal
- Notable people
- 651
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1976
- Most distinctive
- Basket 12.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Grand Dakar during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Grand Dakar Is Known For
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Football is Grand Dakar's biggest profession — 41% of all notables (265).
Grand Dakar over-indexes on basket — 12.7× the global rate.
Grand Dakar under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Grand Dakar's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Patrick Vieira
Born 1976
Youssou N'Dour
Born 1959
Patrice Evra
Born 1981
MC Solaar
Born 1969
Papiss Cissé
Born 1985
Aïssa Maïga
Born 1975
Idrissa Gueye
Born 1989
Mariama Bâ
1929 - 1981
Mame Biram Diouf
Born 1987
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Born 1989
Souleymane Diawara
Born 1978
Rama Yade
Born 1976
Birago Diop
1906 - 1989
Nicolas Vanier
Born 1962
Henri Camara
Born 1977
Clémentine Célarié
Born 1957
Henri Saivet
Born 1990
Mouss Diouf
1964 - 2012
Fallou Diagne
Born 1989
Papa Gueye
Born 1984
Ibrahim Ba
Born 1973
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Born 1921
Baba Diawara
Born 1988
Djibril Diop Mambéty
1945 - 1998
Pape Diakhaté
Born 1984
Abdoulaye Faye
Born 1978
Ibrahima Baldé
Born 1989
Johnny Sekka
1934 - 2006
Saliou Ciss
Born 1989
Babacar Gueye
Born 1986
Badou Ndiaye
Born 1990
Doudou N'Diaye Rose
1930 - 2015
Marc Dugain
Born 1957
Didier Raoult
Born 1952
Zargo Touré
Born 1989
Lamine Diatta
Born 1975
Omar Daf
Born 1977
Ousmane Sow
1935 - 2016
Sébastien Siani
Born 1986
Ibrahima Touré
Born 1985
Mouhamadou Dabo
Born 1986
Khalilou Fadiga
Born 1974
Lamine Diack
Born 1933
Souleymane Camara
Born 1982
Marc Lièvremont
Born 1968
Amdy Faye
Born 1977
Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1975)
Born 1975
Cathy Guetta
Born 1967
Boubacar Boris Diop
Born 1946
Souleyman Sané
Born 1961
Tété
Born 1975
Ferdinand Coly
Born 1973
Pape Cheikh Diop
Born 1997
Fary Faye
Born 1974
Safi Faye
Born 1943
Pape Sow
Born 1981
Bouna Coundoul
Born 1982
Mahamadou N'Diaye
Born 1990
Boniface N'Dong
Born 1977
Qasem Burhan
Born 1985
Pape Paté Diouf
Born 1986
Pape Sarr
Born 1977
Boubacar Dialiba
Born 1988
Jean-Pierre Adams
Born 1948
Makhtar N'Diaye (basketball)
Born 1973
Astou Ndour
Born 1994
Hamady N'Diaye
Born 1987
Mohamed Sarr
Born 1983
Khady Sylla
1963 - 2013
Assane Dioussé
Born 1997
Issa Ba
Born 1981
Aminata Touré
Born 1962
Abdoul Ba
Born 1994
Marc Le Fur
Born 1956
Khalifa Sankaré
Born 1984
Papa Alioune Diouf
Born 1989
DeSagana Diop
Born 1982
Frédéric Mendy
Born 1981
Souleymane Cissokho
Born 1991
Mouhammad Faye
Born 1985
Moustapha Bayal Sall
Born 1985
Tom Frager
Born 1977
Nafissatou Dia Diouf
Born 1973
Malick Badiane
Born 1984
Cheick N'Diaye
Born 1985
Demba Touré
Born 1984
Ilimane Diop
Born 1995
Lamine Guèye (skier)
Born 1960
Dominique Badji
Born 1992
Sitapha Savané
Born 1978
Mamadou Diallo
Born 1971
Pape Habib Sow
Born 1985
Alassane N'Dour
Born 1981
Oumar Dieng
Born 1972
Mame Niang
Born 1984
Pape Maly Diamanka
Born 1990
Didier Awadi
Born 1969
Khady Hane
Born 1962
Victor Mendy
Born 1981
Pape Thiaw
Born 1981
Wasis Diop
Born 1950
Amadou Dia Ba
Born 1958
Macoumba Kandji
Born 1985
Racine Coly
Born 1995
Nafissatou Niang Diallo
1941 - 1982
Makhtar N'Diaye
Born 1981
Thione Seck
Born 1955
René Clermont
1921 - 1994
Ousmane N'Diaye
Born 1991
Mahama Johnson Traoré
1942 - 2010
Anna Diop
Born 1988
Omar Diallo
Born 1972
Salif Keita (Senegalese footballer)
Born 1975
Mustapha Diallo
Born 1986
Mor Thiam
Born 1941
Moussa Sene Absa
Born 1958
Mamadou Doucouré
Born 1998
Cheikh Samb
Born 1984
Jean-Marie Colombani
Born 1948
Leyti N'Diaye
Born 1985
Deme N'Diaye
Born 1985
Elimane Coulibaly
Born 1980
Pape Abdou Camara
Born 1991
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Born 1990
Pierre Sané
Born 1949
Christian Delacampagne
1949 - 2007
Amara Simba
Born 1961
Idrissa Mandiang
Born 1984
Ladji Keita
Born 1983
Seydou Sy
Born 1995
Ibrahima Niasse
Born 1988
Issa Samb
1945 - 2017
Tacko Fall
Born 1995
Ali Dia
Born 1965
Birama Ndoye
Born 1994
Pascal Mendy
Born 1979
Mariama Signaté
Born 1985
Rose Dieng-Kuntz
1956 - 2008
Elhadji Pape Diaw
Born 1994
Kalidou Cissokho
Born 1978
Karim Ouellet
Born 1984
Maria de Barros
Born 1961
André Senghor
Born 1986
Pape Seydou N'Diaye
Born 1993
Abdulla Koni
Born 1979
Amath Ndiaye Diedhiou
Born 1996
Mamadou Diabang
Born 1979
Simon Diedhiou
Born 1991
Lamine Traoré (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Maleye N'Doye
Born 1980
Mansour Gueye
Born 1985
Bertrand Amoussou-Guenou
Born 1966
Cheikh Mbodj
Born 1987
Karine Silla
Born 1965
Yves Baraye
Born 1992
Badara Sène
Born 1984
Moussa Touré
Born 1958
Mohamed Saqr
Born 1981
Babacar Diallo
Born 1989
Mola Sylla
Born 1956
Aya Traoré
Born 1983
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Born 1949
Roger Mendy
Born 1960
Yoro Lamine Ly
Born 1988
Ycare
Born 1983
Madiou Konate
Born 1982
Mansour Sora Wade
Born 1952
Pape Sané
Born 1990
Mamadou Ba
Born 1985
Djibril Diawara
Born 1975
Youssou Ndoye
Born 1991
Pierre Sagna (footballer)
Born 1990
Rahmane Barry
Born 1986
Geneviève Kervine
1931 - 1989
Paul Keita
Born 1992
Awa Marie Coll-Seck
Born 1951
Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye
1843 - 1909
Mamadou Diop (politician)
1936 - 2018
Babacar Sarr
Born 1991
Dino Djiba
Born 1985
Khaly Thiam
Born 1994
Louis Gomis (footballer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Ibrahima Wade
Born 1968
Lamine Ndao
Born 1994
Pape Mamadou Diouf
Born 1982
Cheikh Touré
Born 1970
Soriba Kouyaté
1963 - 2010
Cherif Younousse
Born 1995
Oumar Sène
Born 1959
Julia Sarr
Born 1970
Sibeth Ndiaye
Born 1979
Ibrahima Mame N'Diaye
Born 1994
Jean Alassane Mendy
Born 1990
Cheikh Ndiaye (cinéaste)
Born 1962
Moustapha Dabo
Born 1986
Laïty Kama
1939 - 2001
Gaston Diamé
Born 1971
Ibrahima Thomas
Born 1987
Penda Mbow
Born 1955
Hamidou Dia
1953 - 2018
Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1993)
Born 1993
Pierre Fayard
Born 1951
Karin Mensah
Born 1965
Ibrahima Nadiya
Born 1985
Papa Massé Fall
Born 1985
Boy Gé Mendes
Born 1952
Omar Wade
Born 1990
Sokhna Benga
Born 1967
El Hadji Diouf (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Gaston Mendy
Born 1985
André Auras
Born 1991
Momar Bangoura
Born 1994
Fatou Kiné Camara
Born 1964
Thierno Niang
Born 1990
Sangoné Sarr
Born 1992
Abdallah Bah
Born 1975
José Brito
Born 1944
Mame-Marie Sy
Born 1985
Apollo Faye
Born 1951
Amsatou Sow Sidibé
Born 1953
Pape Ciré Dia
Born 1980
Moussa Gueye
Born 1989
Ghassan Salhab
Born 1958
Soly Cissé
Born 1969
Djibril Thiam
Born 1986
Moustapha Dimé
1952 - 1998
Angèle Diabang Brener
Born 1979
Issa Sarr
Born 1986
Samba Félix Ndiaye
1945 - 2009
Alioune Sene
Born 1996
Mouhamadou Diaw
Born 1981
Mohamed Aidara
Born 1989
Abdoul Mbaye
Born 1953
Doudou Ndoye
Born 1944
Babacar Camara
Born 1981
Jean François Mbaye
Born 1979
Khalifa Elhadj Ba
Born 1985
Robert Bourgi
Born 1945
Bineta Diedhiou
Born 1986
Pape Hamadou N'Diaye
Born 1977
Christophe Mendy
Born 1971
Pélagie Gbaguidi
Born 1965
Doomams
Born 1985
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
Born 1951
Khadi Fall
Born 1948
Amadou Gakou
Born 1940
Jean-Louis Lafosse
1941 - 1981
Mohamed Diop
Born 1981
Joher Rassoul
Born 1995
Adama Sarr
Born 1991
Bouna Medoune Seye
1956 - 2017
Amath Diedhiou
Born 1989
Awa Guèye
Born 1978
Guy Foissy
Born 1932
Pape Badji
Born 1992
Sarr Boubacar
Born 1951
Didier Tauzin
Born 1950
Marcel Gomis
Born 1987
Élage Diouf
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Youssoupha Fall
Born 1995
Moïse Kandé
Born 1978
Abdoulaye Fall
Born 1989
Mourtada Fall
Born 1987
Ousmane Diarra (French athlete)
Born 1964
Souleymane Tandia
Born 1986
Oumou Touré
Born 1988
Mouhamadou N'Diaye
Born 1988
Pape Seydou Diop
Born 1979
Papa Malick Diop
1944 - 2013
Balla Dièye
Born 1980
Christophe Diandy
Born 1990
Mame Maty Mbengue
Born 1968
Dame Diouf
Born 1978
Malick Fall (swimmer)
Born 1985
Mathieu Faye
Born 1958
Mame Diodio Diouf
Born 1984
El Hadj Sy
Born 1954
N'Goné Fall
Born 1967
Candice Gilg
Born 1972
Abou Diop
Born 1993
Mamadou Samb
Born 1989
Abdourahmane N'Diaye
Born 1953
Florentine Mulsant
Born 1962
Jean-Victor Traoré
Born 1985
Mouhamadou Seye
Born 1988
Madjiguène Cissé
Born 1951
Bertin Nahum
Born 1969
Thierno Youm
Born 1960
Abdoulaye Diallo (football, 1963)
Born 1963
Omar Pene
Born 1956
Kre M'Baye
1949 - 2014
Moustapha Seck
Born 1996
Tidiane Dia
Born 1985
Rudgy Pajany
Born 1990
Babacar Diop
Born 1993
Jean Baptiste Mendy
1963 - 2020
El-Hadji Gana Kane
Born 1995
Théo Mendy
Born 1989
Ndèye Ndiaye
Born 1979
Ibrahima Thiam
Born 1981