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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Jimi Mbaye
Born 1957
Mohamed Coly
Born 1984
Henri Sagna
Born 1973
Cheikh Sidy Ba
Born 1968
Abdou Sall
Born 1980
Sokhna Galle
Born 1994
Oumar Diaw
Born 1981
Fabienne Vonier
1947 - 2013
Mariéme Jamme
Born 1974
Abibatou Traoré
Born 1973
Cheikh Amadou Fall
1946 - 2008
Mamadou Mbodj
Born 1993
Hervé Drévillon
Born 1963
Éric Dietrich
Born 1971
Oumar Sylla
1988 - 2015
Sidy Sagna
Born 1990
Véronique Margron
Born 1957
Binta Zahra Diop
Born 1990
Remond Mendy
Born 1985
Samba N'Diaye
Born 1972
Ousmane Diop
Born 1975
Khassimirou Diop
Born 1986
Ousseynou Cavin Diagne
Born 1999
Adama François Sene
Born 1989
Abdoulaye Wagne
Born 1981
Christophe Sagna
1954 - 2016
Serigne Lamine Diop
1935 - 2008
Momar Thiam
1929 - 2014
Jean Volff
Born 1938
Mamadou N'Diaye (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Sophie Dabo
Born 1973
Alessio Galasso
Born 1974
Mariame Dia
Born 1978
Ababacar Samb Makharam
1934 - 1987
Mamadou Diouf (footballer)
Born 1990
Momo Coly
Born 1985
Khady Yacine Ngom
Born 1979
As Thiam
Died 2018
Marouba Fall
Born 1950
Insa Sané
Born 1974
Marie Fuema
Born 1987
Bangaly Kaba
Born 1959
Fatou N'Diaye (basketball)
Born 1962
Souleymane Keita (Senegalese footballer)
Born 1987
Khady Diop
Born 1971
Alioune Badará
Born 1989
Abdou Latif Guèye
1956 - 2008
Pierre William
Born 1928
Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Mama Keïta
Born 1956
Welle N'Diaye
Born 1990
Papa Abdoulaye Seck
Born 1955
Cherif Ndiaye
Born 1996
Seyni N'Diaye
Born 1973
Vincent Mendy (basketball)
Born 1983
Pap Khouma
Born 1957
Grace d'Almeida
1951 - 2005
Olivier Piou
Born 1958
Adama Diakhaté
Born 1970
Mamadou Faye
Born 1967
Alune Wade
Born 1978
Youba Sissokho
Born 1991
Seydina Insa Wade
1948 - 2012
Pape Latyr N'Diaye (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Isseu Niang
1938 - 2000
Fatou Kande Senghor
Born 1971
Papis Loveday
Born 1977
Claude Chambard
Born 1950
Ousmane Barro
Born 1984
Oumoul Sarr
Born 1984
Marieme Lo
Born 1972
Badara Badji
Born 1994
Mansour Dia
1940 - 1999
Pape Diop
Born 1954
Mamadou Lamine Diallo
Born 1959
Seydou Madani Sy
Born 1933
Jean Philippe Piter
Born 1968
Alioune Fall
Born 1994
Abdoulaye M'Baye (footballer)
Born 1973
Stéphane Christophe Bridé
Born 1971
Aicha Sidibe
Born 1995
Jacques-Pierre Amée
Born 1953
Mohammed Manga
1978 - 2019
Hamidou M'Baye
Born 1964
Baba Ndaw Seck
Born 1995
Boubacar Traoré (basketball)
Born 1946
Pape Maguette Kebe
Born 1979
Mamadou N'Diaye (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Mansour Kasse
Born 1992
Mouhamed Soly
Born 1989
Modou Sady Diagne
Born 1954
Ndialou Paye
Born 1974
Alioune Badara Guèye
Born 1949
Zeïna Sahelí
Born 1983
Modou Tall
Born 1953
Makhtar Diop
Born 1960
Doudas Leydi Camara
Born 1947
Coumba Cissé
Born 1975
Ameth Fall
Born 1991
Pierre Lescanne
Born 1947
Sidy Diop
Born 1975
Khadim Faye
Born 1970
Mbaye Diop
Born 1984
Fatime N'Diaye
Born 1976
Amadou Thiam
1923 - 2009
Amadou Ba
Born 1961
Daouda Ly
Born 1972
Khathia Bâ
Born 1990
Alain Mendy
Born 1989
Claude Sadio
Born 1943
Souleymane Wane
Born 1976
Amadou Seck
Born 1950
Elhadji Wade
Born 1990
Claude Constantino
1938 - 2019
Sabrina Ascacibar
Born 1964
Olivier Rebufa
Born 1958
Abbas Gueye
1913 - 1999
Sadio Sow
Born 1976
Mor Faye
1946 - 1984
Fatima Beyina-Moussa
Born 2011
Moussa Sène
Born 1946
Sakhir Thiam
Born 1939
Papa Gallo Thiam
1930 - 2001
Isabelle Grellier
Born 1954
Sidy N'Diaye
Born 1987
Mohamed Diongue
1946 - 2012
Mamadou Seck (politician)
Born 1947
Dominique Mendy
Born 1983
Mamadou Sylla (footballer, born 1975)
Born 1975
Safiatou Thiam
Born 1963
Michel N'Gom
1959 - 1984
Franck Kanouté
Born 1998
Boubacar Camara
Born 1958
Abdou Badji
Born 1992
Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye
Born 1983
Sidy Keita
Born 1987
Penda Ly
Born 1991
Cheikh Ya-Ya Dia
Born 1974
Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
Born 1948
Jean Deroche
Born 1931
Mansour Diagne
Born 1933
Serge Guillen
Born 1960
Babacar Dia
Born 1943
Mamadou Kanouté
Born 1993
Oumar Seck
1946 - 2010
Moussa Narou N'Diaye
Born 1934
Issa Thiaw
Born 1992
Mor Diouf
Born 1988
Khady Thiam
1952 - 1999
Miguel Coulibaly
Born 1972
Joel Baraye
Born 1997
Maïmouna Ndoye Seck
Born 1962
Abdoulaye Ndoye
Born 1983
Pape Dia
Born 1993
Marie-Angélique Savané
Born 1947
Abdoulaye Fall
Born 1952
Yves Lapalu
1959 - 2001
Ibrahima Sané
Born 1989
Pepe N'Diaye
Born 1975
Kemekho Cissokho
Born 1990
Abdel Fall
Born 1991
Babacar Niasse
Born 1996
Alioune Kassé
-
Aïssatou Thiam
-
Mary Teuw Niane
Born 1954
Mor Pouye
Born 1994
Alcaly Camara
Born 1980
Balla Gaye 2
Born 1986
Sylvie Robineau
Born 1956
Matar Sène
Born 1970
Oulimata Sarr
Born 1970
Yves Diagne
1930 - 2013
Youssou N'Diaye
1932 - 2018
Khadija Ciss
Born 1983
Omar Tall (soccer)
Born 1993
Kader Fall
Born 1986
Ery Camara
Born 1953
Claude Courchay
Born 1933
Eric Lindor Fall
1960 - 1997
Marie-Louise Correa
Born 1943
Sy Ass Mandaw
Born 1989
Modou Dia
Born 1950
El-Hadji Arona Niang
Born 1985
Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach
Born 1962
Souleymane Camara (football, 1944)
Born 1944
Malal Ndiaye
Born 1977
Mactar Silla
Born 1956
Aminata Diadhiou
Born 1987
Yacine Diop
Born 1995
Cheikha Sy
Born 1990
Issa Konare
Born 1980
Mamadou Diouf
Born 1977
Lamine Cissé
Born 1971
Papa Babacar Mbaye
1967 - 2004
James Campbell Badiane
1931 - 2010
Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye
Born 1957
Lamine Tamba
Born 1985
Yérim Habib Sow
Born 1967
Mareme Faye
Born 1987
Adama Niang
Born 1975
Abdoulaye Ndoye
Born 1951
Aurélien Duarte
Born 1970
Lamine Fall
Born 1992
Vito Badiane
Born 1986
Saidou Kébé
Born 1976
Charbel Pinto
Born 1978
Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye
Born 1956
Youssou Lo
Born 1992
Mariana Ramos
-
El Hadj Ibrahima Sakho
1911 - 1994
Djibril Gibson Kagni
Born 1977
Jean-Paul Dias
Born 1946
Pape Beye
Born 1990
Moustapha Beye
Born 1995
Aly Male
Born 1970
Leonard Tavarez
1938 - 1991
Mouhamed Mbaye
Born 1997
Moustapha Ndoye
1968 - 2009
Adnan Houdrouge
Born 1948
Amdy Gueye
Born 1980
Yatma Diop
Born 1943
Fernand Pordié
1924 - 1995
M'Bam Diatigui Diarra
1946 - 2011
Abdoul Aziz Mbaye
Born 1954
Abdoulaye Sekou Sampil
Born 1984
Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop
Born 1946
Louis Gomis (football, 1945)
Born 1945
Biranna Diop
Born 1982
Eric Traoré (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Mamadou Gaye
Born 1975
Souleymane Fall
Born 1969
Isaac Forster
1903 - 1984
Amadou Assane Ndoye
1890 - 1974
Ibrahima Sy
Born 1995
Elisabeth Pate-Cornell
Born 1948
Ibrahima Ba Eusebio
Born 1951
Anta Sy
Born 1975
Cheikhou Bâ
Born 1971
Aminata Niane
Born 1956
Alhassane Sylla
Born 1995
Djibril Ngom
Born 1952
Falou Samb
Born 1997
Abdou Fall
Born 1952
Piniang
Born 1976
Omar Victor Diop
Born 1980
Mohamed Thiaw
Born 1995
Moussa Diop
1923 - 1967
Ndongo N'Diaye
Born 1977
Alpha Oumar Sow
Born 1984
Ahmadou Diallo
-
Fatou Balayara
Born 1980
Raymond Carvalho
Born 1969
Samba Niang
Born 1973
Maïmouna Kane
1937 - 2019
Oumou Dia
Born 1980
Mouhamadou Sow
Born 1968
Moustapha Mamba Guirassy
Born 1965
Mamadou Diarra
Born 1997
Charles André Nelson
Born 1943
Pape Waly Faye
Born 1992
Ndeye Khady Dieng
Born 1994
Souleymane Faye
Born 1951
Kader Fall
Born 1975
Habib Ouane
Born 1950
Elhadji Badiane Sidibe
Born 1994
Samba Sow (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Welle Ossou
Born 1991
Pape Landing Sambou
Born 1987
Pape Boubacar Gadiaga
Born 1970
Mamadou Touré Behan
Born 1961
Cheikh Sadibou Fall
1950 - 2020
Moussa Ndiaye (footballer, born 1999)
Born 1999
Abdou Lahat Diakhate
Born 1998
Didier Coton
Born 1959
Ousmane Faye
1940 - 2001
Atoumane Diagne
Born 1998
Moussa Sane
Born 1997
Cyrille Boulongne-Evtouchenko
Born 1977
Souleymane Mboup
Born 1951
Philippe Carré (diplomate)
Born 1954
Tidiane Djiby Ba
Born 1993
Médoune Diallo
1949 - 2018
Aliou Mbaye
Born 1966
Ibrahima Gabar Diop
Born 1947
Abdel Kader Gueye
Born 1949
Awa Doumbia
Born 1979
Ousmane Mbaye
Born 1975
Salimata Diatta
Born 1981
Joël Coqueugniot
Born 1945
Pierre Tavares
Born 1956
Katyana De Campos
Born 1979
Lamine Sagna
Born 1969
Robert Lopez Mendy
Born 1987
Diatta Seck
Born 1953
Khady Diagne
Born 1956
Anta Sarr
Born 1962
Feral Benga
1906 - 1957
Waly Niang
Born 1996
Manu Zimmer
Born 1970
Elson Mendy
Born 1985