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×
Through the Decades

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 basket12.7× the global rate.

Grand Dakar under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football265
  2. Basket104
  3. Politician53
  4. Singer22
  5. Actor19
  6. Film16
  7. Writer13
  8. Athletic13
  1. Basket10412.7×
  2. Football2653.7×
  3. Film162.0×
  4. Athletic131.8×
  5. Singer221.6×
  1. Actor190.6×
  2. Writer130.6×
  3. Politician530.7×

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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651 notable people

0301 GUITAR

Jimi Mbaye

Born 1957

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0302 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Coly

Born 1984

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0303 ARTIST

Henri Sagna

Born 1973

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0304 FOOTBALL

Cheikh Sidy Ba

Born 1968

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0305 FOOTBALL

Abdou Sall

Born 1980

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0306 ATHLETIC

Sokhna Galle

Born 1994

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0307 ACTOR

Oumar Diaw

Born 1981

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0308 FILM

Fabienne Vonier

1947 - 2013

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0309 BUSINESS

Mariéme Jamme

Born 1974

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0310 WRITER

Abibatou Traoré

Born 1973

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0311 BASKET

Cheikh Amadou Fall

1946 - 2008

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0312 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Mbodj

Born 1993

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0313 HISTORIAN

Hervé Drévillon

Born 1963

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0314 ACTOR

Éric Dietrich

Born 1971

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0315 FOOTBALL

Oumar Sylla

1988 - 2015

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0316 FOOTBALL

Sidy Sagna

Born 1990

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0317 ACADEMIC

Véronique Margron

Born 1957

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0318 SWIMMER

Binta Zahra Diop

Born 1990

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0319 FOOTBALL

Remond Mendy

Born 1985

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0320 FOOTBALL

Samba N'Diaye

Born 1972

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0321 FOOTBALL

Ousmane Diop

Born 1975

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0322 FOOTBALL

Khassimirou Diop

Born 1986

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0323 FOOTBALL

Ousseynou Cavin Diagne

Born 1999

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0324 FOOTBALL

Adama François Sene

Born 1989

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0325 ATHLETIC

Abdoulaye Wagne

Born 1981

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0326 FOOTBALL

Christophe Sagna

1954 - 2016

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0327 POLITICIAN

Serigne Lamine Diop

1935 - 2008

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0328 FILM

Momar Thiam

1929 - 2014

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0329 MAGISTRAT

Jean Volff

Born 1938

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0330 FOOTBALL

Mamadou N'Diaye (footballer, born 1996)

Born 1996

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0331 MATHEMATICIAN

Sophie Dabo

Born 1973

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0332 PLAYER

Alessio Galasso

Born 1974

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0333 BASKET

Mariame Dia

Born 1978

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0334 FILM

Ababacar Samb Makharam

1934 - 1987

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0335 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Diouf (footballer)

Born 1990

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0336 FOOTBALL

Momo Coly

Born 1985

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0337 BASKET

Khady Yacine Ngom

Born 1979

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0338 FILM

As Thiam

Died 2018

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0339 NOVELIST

Marouba Fall

Born 1950

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0340 WRITER

Insa Sané

Born 1974

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0341 MODEL

Marie Fuema

Born 1987

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0342 BASKET

Bangaly Kaba

Born 1959

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0343 BASKET

Fatou N'Diaye (basketball)

Born 1962

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0344 FOOTBALL

Souleymane Keita (Senegalese footballer)

Born 1987

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0345 BASKET

Khady Diop

Born 1971

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0346 FOOTBALL

Alioune Badará

Born 1989

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0347 POLITICIAN

Abdou Latif Guèye

1956 - 2008

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0348 ATHLETIC

Pierre William

Born 1928

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0349 FOOTBALL

Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1988)

Born 1988

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0350 FILM

Mama Keïta

Born 1956

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0351 FOOTBALL

Welle N'Diaye

Born 1990

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0352 POLITICIAN

Papa Abdoulaye Seck

Born 1955

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0353 FOOTBALL

Cherif Ndiaye

Born 1996

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0354 FOOTBALL

Seyni N'Diaye

Born 1973

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0355 BASKET

Vincent Mendy (basketball)

Born 1983

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0356 WRITER

Pap Khouma

Born 1957

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0357 POLITICIAN

Grace d'Almeida

1951 - 2005

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0358 BUSINESS

Olivier Piou

Born 1958

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0359 BASKET

Adama Diakhaté

Born 1970

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0360 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Faye

Born 1967

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0361 SINGER

Alune Wade

Born 1978

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0362 BOXER

Youba Sissokho

Born 1991

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0363 SINGER

Seydina Insa Wade

1948 - 2012

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0364 FOOTBALL

Pape Latyr N'Diaye (footballer, born 1985)

Born 1985

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0365 ACTOR

Isseu Niang

1938 - 2000

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0366 ARTIST

Fatou Kande Senghor

Born 1971

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0367 MODEL

Papis Loveday

Born 1977

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0368 WRITER

Claude Chambard

Born 1950

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0369 BASKET

Ousmane Barro

Born 1984

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0370 BASKET

Oumoul Sarr

Born 1984

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0371 BASKET

Marieme Lo

Born 1972

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0372 FOOTBALL

Badara Badji

Born 1994

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0373 ATHLETIC

Mansour Dia

1940 - 1999

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0374 POLITICIAN

Pape Diop

Born 1954

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0375 POLITICIAN

Mamadou Lamine Diallo

Born 1959

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0376 ENSEIGNANT

Seydou Madani Sy

Born 1933

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0377 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean Philippe Piter

Born 1968

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0378 FOOTBALL

Alioune Fall

Born 1994

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0379 FOOTBALL

Abdoulaye M'Baye (footballer)

Born 1973

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0380 DEPUTY

Stéphane Christophe Bridé

Born 1971

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0381 BASKET

Aicha Sidibe

Born 1995

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0382 WRITER

Jacques-Pierre Amée

Born 1953

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0383 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Manga

1978 - 2019

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0384 ATHLETIC

Hamidou M'Baye

Born 1964

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0385 FOOTBALL

Baba Ndaw Seck

Born 1995

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0386 BASKET

Boubacar Traoré (basketball)

Born 1946

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0387 FOOTBALL

Pape Maguette Kebe

Born 1979

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0388 FOOTBALL

Mamadou N'Diaye (footballer, born 1984)

Born 1984

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0389 BASKET

Mansour Kasse

Born 1992

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0390 FOOTBALL

Mouhamed Soly

Born 1989

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0391 BASKET

Modou Sady Diagne

Born 1954

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0392 BASKET

Ndialou Paye

Born 1974

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0393 BASKET

Alioune Badara Guèye

Born 1949

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0394 SWIMMER

Zeïna Sahelí

Born 1983

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0395 BASKET

Modou Tall

Born 1953

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0396 POLITICIAN

Makhtar Diop

Born 1960

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0397 BASKET

Doudas Leydi Camara

Born 1947

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0398 BASKET

Coumba Cissé

Born 1975

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0399 FOOTBALL

Ameth Fall

Born 1991

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0400 LOGICIAN

Pierre Lescanne

Born 1947

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0401 ACTOR

Sidy Diop

Born 1975

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0402 FOOTBALL

Khadim Faye

Born 1970

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0403 FOOTBALL

Mbaye Diop

Born 1984

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0404 BASKET

Fatime N'Diaye

Born 1976

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0405 POLITICIAN

Amadou Thiam

1923 - 2009

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0406 POLITICIAN

Amadou Ba

Born 1961

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0407 FOOTBALL

Daouda Ly

Born 1972

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0408 CANOE

Khathia Bâ

Born 1990

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0409 FOOTBALL

Alain Mendy

Born 1989

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0410 BASKET

Claude Sadio

Born 1943

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0411 BASKET

Souleymane Wane

Born 1976

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0412 PAINTER

Amadou Seck

Born 1950

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0413 BASKET

Elhadji Wade

Born 1990

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0414 BASKET

Claude Constantino

1938 - 2019

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0415 ACTOR

Sabrina Ascacibar

Born 1964

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0416 ARTIST

Olivier Rebufa

Born 1958

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0417 POLITICIAN

Abbas Gueye

1913 - 1999

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0418 FOOTBALL

Sadio Sow

Born 1976

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0419 PAINTER

Mor Faye

1946 - 1984

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0420 BUSINESS

Fatima Beyina-Moussa

Born 2011

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0421 BASKET

Moussa Sène

Born 1946

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0422 MATHEMATICIAN

Sakhir Thiam

Born 1939

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0423 ATHLETIC

Papa Gallo Thiam

1930 - 2001

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0424 SOCIOLOGIST

Isabelle Grellier

Born 1954

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0425 FOOTBALL

Sidy N'Diaye

Born 1987

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0426 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Diongue

1946 - 2012

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0427 POLITICIAN

Mamadou Seck (politician)

Born 1947

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0428 FOOTBALL

Dominique Mendy

Born 1983

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0429 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Sylla (footballer, born 1975)

Born 1975

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0430 POLITICIAN

Safiatou Thiam

Born 1963

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0431 FOOTBALL

Michel N'Gom

1959 - 1984

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0432 FOOTBALL

Franck Kanouté

Born 1998

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0433 POLITICIAN

Boubacar Camara

Born 1958

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0434 BASKET

Abdou Badji

Born 1992

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0435 FOOTBALL

Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye

Born 1983

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0436 FOOTBALL

Sidy Keita

Born 1987

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0437 MODEL

Penda Ly

Born 1991

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0438 BASKET

Cheikh Ya-Ya Dia

Born 1974

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0439 POLITICIAN

Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima

Born 1948

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0440 ARCHITECT

Jean Deroche

Born 1931

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0441 BASKET

Mansour Diagne

Born 1933

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0442 ATHLETIC

Serge Guillen

Born 1960

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0443 BASKET

Babacar Dia

Born 1943

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0444 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Kanouté

Born 1993

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0445 ACTOR

Oumar Seck

1946 - 2010

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0446 BASKET

Moussa Narou N'Diaye

Born 1934

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0447 FOOTBALL

Issa Thiaw

Born 1992

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0448 FOOTBALL

Mor Diouf

Born 1988

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0449 ACTOR

Khady Thiam

1952 - 1999

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0450 FOOTBALL

Miguel Coulibaly

Born 1972

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0451 FOOTBALL

Joel Baraye

Born 1997

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0452 MATHEMATICIAN

Maïmouna Ndoye Seck

Born 1962

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0453 FOOTBALL

Abdoulaye Ndoye

Born 1983

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0454 FOOTBALL

Pape Dia

Born 1993

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0455 POLITICIAN

Marie-Angélique Savané

Born 1947

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0456 OFFICER

Abdoulaye Fall

Born 1952

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0457 SCREENWRITER

Yves Lapalu

1959 - 2001

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0458 FOOTBALL

Ibrahima Sané

Born 1989

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0459 FOOTBALL

Pepe N'Diaye

Born 1975

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0460 FOOTBALL

Kemekho Cissokho

Born 1990

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0461 BASKET

Abdel Fall

Born 1991

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0462 FOOTBALL

Babacar Niasse

Born 1996

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0463 SINGER

Alioune Kassé

-

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0464 ACTOR

Aïssatou Thiam

-

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0465 MATHEMATICIAN

Mary Teuw Niane

Born 1954

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0466 FOOTBALL

Mor Pouye

Born 1994

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0467 FOOTBALL

Alcaly Camara

Born 1980

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0468 CHAMPION

Balla Gaye 2

Born 1986

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0469 POLITICIAN

Sylvie Robineau

Born 1956

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0470 WRESTLER

Matar Sène

Born 1970

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0471 DEPUTY

Oulimata Sarr

Born 1970

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0472 ACTOR

Yves Diagne

1930 - 2013

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0473 FOOTBALL

Youssou N'Diaye

1932 - 2018

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0474 SWIMMER

Khadija Ciss

Born 1983

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0475 FOOTBALL

Omar Tall (soccer)

Born 1993

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0476 FOOTBALL

Kader Fall

Born 1986

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0477 ART CRITIC

Ery Camara

Born 1953

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0478 WRITER

Claude Courchay

Born 1933

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0479 WRITER

Eric Lindor Fall

1960 - 1997

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0480 POLITICIAN

Marie-Louise Correa

Born 1943

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0481 FOOTBALL

Sy Ass Mandaw

Born 1989

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0482 POLITICIAN

Modou Dia

Born 1950

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0483 FOOTBALL

El-Hadji Arona Niang

Born 1985

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0484 JOURNALIST

Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach

Born 1962

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0485 FOOTBALL

Souleymane Camara (football, 1944)

Born 1944

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0486 WRESTLER

Malal Ndiaye

Born 1977

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0487 POLITICIAN

Mactar Silla

Born 1956

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0488 FOOTBALL

Aminata Diadhiou

Born 1987

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0489 BASKET

Yacine Diop

Born 1995

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0490 FOOTBALL

Cheikha Sy

Born 1990

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0491 BASKET

Issa Konare

Born 1980

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0492 BASKET

Mamadou Diouf

Born 1977

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0493 FOOTBALL

Lamine Cissé

Born 1971

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0494 POLITICIAN

Papa Babacar Mbaye

1967 - 2004

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0495 ACTOR

James Campbell Badiane

1931 - 2010

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0496 POLITICIAN

Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye

Born 1957

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0497 FOOTBALL

Lamine Tamba

Born 1985

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0498 ENTREPRENEUR

Yérim Habib Sow

Born 1967

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0499 SWIMMER

Mareme Faye

Born 1987

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0500 FOOTBALL

Adama Niang

Born 1975

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0501 PAINTER

Abdoulaye Ndoye

Born 1951

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0502 KICKBOXER

Aurélien Duarte

Born 1970

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0503 FOOTBALL

Lamine Fall

Born 1992

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0504 FOOTBALL

Vito Badiane

Born 1986

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0505 FOOTBALL

Saidou Kébé

Born 1976

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0506 SINGER

Charbel Pinto

Born 1978

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0507 BUSINESS

Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye

Born 1956

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0508 FOOTBALL

Youssou Lo

Born 1992

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0509 SINGER

Mariana Ramos

-

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0510 ÉRUDIT

El Hadj Ibrahima Sakho

1911 - 1994

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0511 PRODUCER

Djibril Gibson Kagni

Born 1977

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0512 POLITICIAN

Jean-Paul Dias

Born 1946

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0513 BASKET

Pape Beye

Born 1990

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0514 FOOTBALL

Moustapha Beye

Born 1995

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0515 FOOTBALL

Aly Male

Born 1970

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0516 BOXER

Leonard Tavarez

1938 - 1991

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0517 FOOTBALL

Mouhamed Mbaye

Born 1997

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0518 FILM

Moustapha Ndoye

1968 - 2009

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0519 BUSINESS

Adnan Houdrouge

Born 1948

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0520 FOOTBALL

Amdy Gueye

Born 1980

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0521 FOOTBALL

Yatma Diop

Born 1943

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0522 FOOTBALL

Fernand Pordié

1924 - 1995

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0523 LAWYER

M'Bam Diatigui Diarra

1946 - 2011

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0524 POLITICIAN

Abdoul Aziz Mbaye

Born 1954

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0525 FOOTBALL

Abdoulaye Sekou Sampil

Born 1984

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0526 POLITICIAN

Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop

Born 1946

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0527 FOOTBALL

Louis Gomis (football, 1945)

Born 1945

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0528 FOOTBALL

Biranna Diop

Born 1982

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0529 FOOTBALL

Eric Traoré (footballer, born 1984)

Born 1984

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0530 MILITANT

Mamadou Gaye

Born 1975

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0531 FOOTBALL

Souleymane Fall

Born 1969

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0532 JUDGE

Isaac Forster

1903 - 1984

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0533 POLITICIAN

Amadou Assane Ndoye

1890 - 1974

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0534 FOOTBALL

Ibrahima Sy

Born 1995

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0535 SCIENTIST

Elisabeth Pate-Cornell

Born 1948

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0536 FOOTBALL

Ibrahima Ba Eusebio

Born 1951

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0537 BASKET

Anta Sy

Born 1975

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0538 PAINTER

Cheikhou Bâ

Born 1971

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0539 MISSING

Aminata Niane

Born 1956

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0540 FOOTBALL

Alhassane Sylla

Born 1995

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0541 POLITICIAN

Djibril Ngom

Born 1952

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0542 FOOTBALL

Falou Samb

Born 1997

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0543 POLITICIAN

Abdou Fall

Born 1952

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0544 PAINTER

Piniang

Born 1976

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0545 PHOTOGRAPHER

Omar Victor Diop

Born 1980

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0546 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Thiaw

Born 1995

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0547 PSYCHIATRIST

Moussa Diop

1923 - 1967

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0548 BASKET

Ndongo N'Diaye

Born 1977

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0549 FOOTBALL

Alpha Oumar Sow

Born 1984

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0550 FILM

Ahmadou Diallo

-

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0551 BASKET

Fatou Balayara

Born 1980

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0552 BASKET

Raymond Carvalho

Born 1969

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0553 BASKET

Samba Niang

Born 1973

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0554 POLITICIAN

Maïmouna Kane

1937 - 2019

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0555 BASKET

Oumou Dia

Born 1980

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0556 BASKET

Mouhamadou Sow

Born 1968

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0557 POLITICIAN

Moustapha Mamba Guirassy

Born 1965

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0558 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Diarra

Born 1997

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0559 POLITICIAN

Charles André Nelson

Born 1943

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0560 FOOTBALL

Pape Waly Faye

Born 1992

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0561 BASKET

Ndeye Khady Dieng

Born 1994

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0562 SINGER

Souleymane Faye

Born 1951

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0563 BASKET

Kader Fall

Born 1975

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0564 POLITICIAN

Habib Ouane

Born 1950

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0565 FOOTBALL

Elhadji Badiane Sidibe

Born 1994

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0566 FOOTBALL

Samba Sow (footballer, born 1984)

Born 1984

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0567 FOOTBALL

Welle Ossou

Born 1991

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0568 FOOTBALL

Pape Landing Sambou

Born 1987

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0569 FOOTBALL

Pape Boubacar Gadiaga

Born 1970

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0570 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mamadou Touré Behan

Born 1961

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0571 POLITICIAN

Cheikh Sadibou Fall

1950 - 2020

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0572 FOOTBALL

Moussa Ndiaye (footballer, born 1999)

Born 1999

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0573 FOOTBALL

Abdou Lahat Diakhate

Born 1998

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0574 BUSINESS

Didier Coton

Born 1959

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0575 PAINTER

Ousmane Faye

1940 - 2001

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0576 BASKET

Atoumane Diagne

Born 1998

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0577 FOOTBALL

Moussa Sane

Born 1997

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0578 PLAYER

Cyrille Boulongne-Evtouchenko

Born 1977

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0579 PHYSICIAN

Souleymane Mboup

Born 1951

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0580 DIPLOMAT

Philippe Carré (diplomate)

Born 1954

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0581 FOOTBALL

Tidiane Djiby Ba

Born 1993

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0582 SINGER

Médoune Diallo

1949 - 2018

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0583 PHOTOGRAPHER

Aliou Mbaye

Born 1966

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0584 OFFICIER

Ibrahima Gabar Diop

Born 1947

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0585 MILITAR

Abdel Kader Gueye

Born 1949

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0586 BASKET

Awa Doumbia

Born 1979

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0587 DÉCORATEUR

Ousmane Mbaye

Born 1975

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0588 BASKET

Salimata Diatta

Born 1981

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0589 MOUNTAIN GUIDE

Joël Coqueugniot

Born 1945

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0590 POLITICIAN

Pierre Tavares

Born 1956

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0591 MODEL

Katyana De Campos

Born 1979

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0592 FOOTBALL

Lamine Sagna

Born 1969

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0593 FOOTBALL

Robert Lopez Mendy

Born 1987

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0594 PAINTER

Diatta Seck

Born 1953

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0595 MISSING

Khady Diagne

Born 1956

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0596 POLITICIAN

Anta Sarr

Born 1962

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0597 DANCER

Feral Benga

1906 - 1957

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0598 BASKET

Waly Niang

Born 1996

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0599 SINGER

Manu Zimmer

Born 1970

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0600 BASKET

Elson Mendy

Born 1985

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