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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- Field: Basket Clear ×
Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1975)
Born 1975
Pape Sow
Born 1981
Boniface N'Dong
Born 1977
Makhtar N'Diaye (basketball)
Born 1973
Astou Ndour
Born 1994
Hamady N'Diaye
Born 1987
DeSagana Diop
Born 1982
Mouhammad Faye
Born 1985
Malick Badiane
Born 1984
Ilimane Diop
Born 1995
Sitapha Savané
Born 1978
Cheikh Samb
Born 1984
Tacko Fall
Born 1995
Maleye N'Doye
Born 1980
Cheikh Mbodj
Born 1987
Aya Traoré
Born 1983
Youssou Ndoye
Born 1991
Ibrahima Thomas
Born 1987
Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1993)
Born 1993
Thierno Niang
Born 1990
Mame-Marie Sy
Born 1985
Apollo Faye
Born 1951
Djibril Thiam
Born 1986
Babacar Camara
Born 1981
Mohamed Diop
Born 1981
Awa Guèye
Born 1978
Pape Badji
Born 1992
Youssoupha Fall
Born 1995
Oumou Touré
Born 1988
Papa Malick Diop
1944 - 2013
Mame Maty Mbengue
Born 1968
Mathieu Faye
Born 1958
Mame Diodio Diouf
Born 1984
Mamadou Samb
Born 1989
Abdourahmane N'Diaye
Born 1953
Jean-Victor Traoré
Born 1985
Ndèye Ndiaye
Born 1979
Cheikh Amadou Fall
1946 - 2008
Mariame Dia
Born 1978
Khady Yacine Ngom
Born 1979
Bangaly Kaba
Born 1959
Fatou N'Diaye (basketball)
Born 1962
Khady Diop
Born 1971
Vincent Mendy (basketball)
Born 1983
Adama Diakhaté
Born 1970
Ousmane Barro
Born 1984
Oumoul Sarr
Born 1984
Marieme Lo
Born 1972
Aicha Sidibe
Born 1995
Boubacar Traoré (basketball)
Born 1946
Mansour Kasse
Born 1992
Modou Sady Diagne
Born 1954
Ndialou Paye
Born 1974
Alioune Badara Guèye
Born 1949
Modou Tall
Born 1953
Doudas Leydi Camara
Born 1947
Coumba Cissé
Born 1975
Fatime N'Diaye
Born 1976
Claude Sadio
Born 1943
Souleymane Wane
Born 1976
Elhadji Wade
Born 1990
Claude Constantino
1938 - 2019
Moussa Sène
Born 1946
Abdou Badji
Born 1992
Cheikh Ya-Ya Dia
Born 1974
Mansour Diagne
Born 1933
Babacar Dia
Born 1943
Moussa Narou N'Diaye
Born 1934
Abdel Fall
Born 1991
Yacine Diop
Born 1995
Issa Konare
Born 1980
Mamadou Diouf
Born 1977
Pape Beye
Born 1990
Anta Sy
Born 1975
Ndongo N'Diaye
Born 1977
Fatou Balayara
Born 1980
Raymond Carvalho
Born 1969
Samba Niang
Born 1973
Oumou Dia
Born 1980
Mouhamadou Sow
Born 1968
Ndeye Khady Dieng
Born 1994
Kader Fall
Born 1975
Atoumane Diagne
Born 1998
Awa Doumbia
Born 1979
Salimata Diatta
Born 1981
Waly Niang
Born 1996
Elson Mendy
Born 1985
Souleymane Fall
1952 - 2013
Adama Diop
1968 - 1997
Michel Diouf
Born 1990
Nathalie Sagna
Born 1968
Fatou N'Diaye (cestista 1977)
Born 1977
Ramatoulaye Diakhaté
Born 1971
Soukeye Sarr
Born 1972
Mariama Kamaka
Born 1966
Aida Ndong
Born 1967
Bandegne Diop
Born 1979
Demba Mbengue
Born 1975
Ibrahima N'Diaye (handibasket)
Born 1986
Cheikh Ibrahima Koma
Born 1987
Yamar Diene
Born 1981
Cheikh Sane
Born 1992
Bonaventure Carvalho
1928 - 2009
Khadim Sow
Born 1999