- male, deceased (2001)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal (1960-1980). Senghor wa...
- male, deceased (1993)
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny (October 18, 1905 - December 7, 1993) was the first President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 - 1993) and was previously elected to...
- male, deceased (1934)
- Blaise Diagne (October 13, 1872 - May 11, 1934) was a Senegalese political leader, the first black African elected to the French National Assembly,...
- male, deceased (1889)
- Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.
- male, deceased (1864)
- El Hadj Umar Tall, also Umar Tal,Umar Taal "Umar Futi", al-Hajj Umar ibn Sa'id Tal, or el-Hadj Omar ibn Sa'id Tal, (ca. 1797 - 1864) was a...
- male, 76 years old
- Mathieu Kérékou, also known as Ahmed Kérékou, (born 2 September 1933) was President of Dahomey/Benin as military dictator from 1972 to 1991. He serv...
- male, 99 years old
- Mamadou Dia was the first prime minister of Senegal. Educated at École William Ponty, Dia was a radical socialist whose policies contrasted s...
- male, deceased (2000)
- Hubert Maga became the first president of Dahomey, now Benin, when the country gained independence from France on August 1, 1960. Maga represented...
- male, deceased (1984)
- Ahmed Sékou Touré was an African political leader and president of the Republic of Guinea from 1958 to his death in 1984. Touré was one of the pri...
- male, deceased (1989)
- Hamani Diori was the first President of the Republic of Niger. Born in the town of Soudouré, Diori was the son of a Djerma public health official i...
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