- Samuel Eto'O
Samuel Eto'o (born March 10, 1981 in Nkon, Cameroon) is a professional footballer, who currently plays for FC Barcelona. He is a distinguished forward who is known for his outstanding positional awareness, speed, and finishing. His talents have made him a leading scorer for both club and country and one of the world's best strikers. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 2003, 2004, and 2005, … - John Fru Ndi
Ni John Fru Ndi (born 7 July 1941 near Bamenda, Northwest Province) is the founder and leader of Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (SDF). He was that party's presidential candidate in 1992 and 2004. In 1992 he made a strong showing against President Paul Biya, losing with 36% against Biya's 40%. Along with other opposition parties, he boycotted the next election in October 1997. In October 2004 he took second place, but only 17.4% against about 71% for Biya. - Prince Nico Mbarga
Prince Nico Mbarga (1 January 1950 - 24 June, 1997) was a highlife musician, born to a Nigerian mother and a Cameroonian father in Abakaliki, Nigeria. His music was inspired by the five years he spent in Cameroon during the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960's. He played the xylophone, conga, drums, and electric guitar in school bands and he made his professional debut as a member of a hotel band, the Melody Orchestra, in 1970. - Simon Mol
Simon Mol (November 6, 1973 in Buea, Cameroon) is pen name of Simon Moleke Njie, a Cameroon-born journalist, writer and political activist, known mainly in Poland. - Mongo Beti
Alexandre Biyidi Awala (June 30, 1932 - October 8, 2001), known as Mongo Beti, was a Cameroonian writer. - Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz and traditional Cameroonian music. He is a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala. He has collaborated with many musicians, including Fania All Stars, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Sly and Robbie. In 1998 he recorded the album "CubAfrica" with cuban artist Eliades Ochoa. - Roger Milla
Roger Milla (born Albert Roger Miller, May 20, 1952) is a Cameroonian former football forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team. He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most footballers have retired, by scoring four goals at the 1990 World Cup and helping the Cameroon team reach quarterfinals. - Chantal Biya
Chantal Biya is the First Lady of Cameroon. She married President Paul Biya on 23 April 1994, after his first wife, Jeanne-Irène Biya, died in 1992. Chantal Biya has established several charitable organisations. Among them are African Synergy, which pursues various HIV/AIDS initiatives, and the Chantal Biya Foundation. She hosted the original First Ladies Summit in Yaoundé during the 1996 Organisation of African Unity summit. - Richard Bona
Richard Bona is a jazz musician and bassist, was born in October 28, 1967 in the town of Minta, in eastern Cameroon. Bona was born into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age. His grandfather was a singer ("griot") and percussionist, and his mother was a singer. At 4 years old, he started to play the balafon. At the age of 5, he began performing at his village church. - Rigobert Song
Rigobert Song Bahanag (born July 1, 1976) is a Cameroonian football player who, as of 2007, is playing for Galatasaray. - Adamou Ndam Njoya
Adamou Ndam Njoya (b. 8 May 1942) is a Cameroons lawyer, author, professor, politician, and former presidential candidate. - Marc-Vivien Foé
Marc-Vivien Foé (born May 1, 1975 in Nkolo, Centre Province, Cameroon; died June 26, 2003 in Lyon, France) was a Cameroonian midfield football player. - Bernard Fonlon
Bernard Nsokika Fonlon (24 November 1924 - 26 August 1986) was a government minister and leading intellectual of Cameroon. He was born in Ksimbo, Nso, Northwest Province, and was educated at Christ the King College in Nigeria, then entered the Bigard Memorial Seminary with the intent of going into the priesthood. He later taught at St Joseph's College in Buea, and decided to go into scholarship. He earned degrees from the University of Ireland, Sorbonne, … - Petit-Pays
Petit-Pays is a Cameroonian makossa musician. He was the most popular performer in the genre in the late 1980s. His style mixes native Cameroonian makossa with sokous, zouk, and salsa, leading to the portmanteau label of "makozouk" for the style. He started his career in 1989, after working with makossa producers. He is greatly regarded by many today as the father of makossa. He has trained numerous artists like samy diko, kaissa pakito, samantha fox, … - Alexandre Song
Alexandre Song Billong (born September 9, 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for Arsenal. He can play in either defence or as a defensive midfielder. - Patrick Mboma
Henri Patrick Mboma Dem is a former Cameroonian football striker, the all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroonian national team. He started his domestic football career in 1993, and during his career played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland,Al Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe, before retiring on May 16, 2005. After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma has scored 33 goals in 57 matches. - Achille Emana
Achille Emana (born 5 June 1982) is a Cameroonian football attacking midfielder who, as of 2006 was playing for Toulouse FC. He was a member of the Cameroonian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals. - Luc Richard Mbah A Moute
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (born 9 September 1986 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a 6' 8" Cameroonian basketball player who plays for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins in the Pacific Ten Conference of the NCAA. - Francis Bebey
Francis Bebey was a Cameroonian artist, musician, and writer. Bebey was born in 1929 in Douala, Cameroon. He attended the Sorbonne and Paris, France, and received further education in the United States. In 1957, Bebey moved to Ghana at the invitation of Kwame Nkrumah to all Africans from non-independent territories. Bebey took a job as a broadcaster. In the early 1960s, Bebey moved to France and started work in the arts, establishing himself as a musician, sculptor, … - Coco Mbassi
Coco Mbassi is a female artist originating from Cameroon, and born in Paris, France, in 1969. Winner of the Radio France Internationale Découvertes Prize in 2001 with the song "Muenge Mwa Ndolo", she toured worldwide and her first album, "Sepia", was released in 2001. Nominated in 2002 for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards, this album won the German World Music CD Critics' Awards, and her second album "Sisea" was released in 2003. - Peter Mafany Musonge
Peter Mafany Musonge (born December 3, 1942) was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 1996 until December 8 2004. He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at Drexel University and received a master of science degree in structural engineering at Stanford University, and has worked on a variety of development projects. He has been a longtime supporter and assistant of President Paul Biya and is a member of the Bakweri ethnic group. - Geremi Njitap
Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso, usually known simply as Geremi or Nijtap Geremias (born December 20, 1978 in Bafoussam, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer who joined Newcastle United from Chelsea in a three-year contract in the English Premier League to become the club's fourth summer signing under boss Sam Allardyce. Geremi was part of the gold medal-winning Cameroon team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. - Pierre Wome
Pierre Nlend Wome (born March 26, 1979 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for German Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen. His contract runs until June 30th 2008. - Jean Makoun
Jean II Makoun is a Cameroonian football player who plays for Lille OSC as a midfielder. He was part of the Cameroonian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. In April 2006, it was revealed that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was considering a £5 million bid for the Cameroonian. - Maigari Bello Bouba
Maigari Bello Bouba (born 1947) is a politician in Cameroon. He is the current Minister of Post and Telecommunications; previously, he was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 6 November 1982 to 22 August 1983. From 1972 to 1975, he was Secretary General of the Minister of the Armed Forces. He then served as Assistant Secretary General of the Presidency from July 1975 to January 1982, while holding the rank of Minister. - Sally Nyolo
Sally Nyolo is a Cameroonian pop musician who has lived in Paris since she was 13. In 1993 she joined Zap Mama and has also done solo work. - Ephraïm Inoni
Ephraïm Inoni (born 16 August, 1947) is the Prime Minister of Cameroon. He is a longtime loyalist and assistant of President Paul Biya. He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by Biya on December 8 2004 as part of a cabinet reshuffle, and was sworn in that day. Inoni is an Anglophone and a member of the Bakweri ethnic group. - Jean-Pierre Bekolo
Jean-Pierre Bekolo is a film director. - Eric Djemba-Djemba
Eric Djemba-Djemba (born May 4, 1981 in Douala, Cameroon) is a football player who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Burnley (on loan from Aston Villa) and the Cameroonian national team. Djemba-Djemba rose to prominence with FC Nantes, in France. His impressive performances as a feisty and uncompromising tackler for the French club earned him a dream move to Manchester United in the summer of 2003. - Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara
Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara is a Cameroonian politician. He has been the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since September 2006. Previously, he was Minister of State and Secretary General of the Presidency from August 2002 to September 2006 and Minister of Higher Education from December 1997 to August 2002. - Ferdinand Oyono
Ferdinand Léopold Oyono, a diary-form novel that criticized the morality of colonialism *"Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille" (1956; translated as "The Old Man and the Medal" in 1969) *"Chemin d'Europe" (1960; translated as "Road to Europe" in 1989) - Laurent Esso
Laurent Esso (born 10 August 1942) is a Cameroonian politician. He was Minister of Justice from September 1996 to March 2000, Minister of Public Health from March 2000 to April 2001, Deputy Minister of Defense from April 2001 to December 2004, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2004 to September 2006. Since September 2006, he has been Minister of State and Secretary General of the Presidency. - Ruben Um Nyobé
Ruben Um Nyobé was an anti-imperialist Cameroonian leader, slain by the French army on September 13, 1958, near his natal village of Boumnyebel, in the department of Nyong-et-Kellé in the "maquis" Bassa. He created on April 10, 1948 the Cameroon's People Union (UPC), which used armed struggle to obtain independence. After his death, he was replaced by Félix-Roland Moumié, … - Sam Fan Thomas
Sam Fan Thomas is a Cameroonian musician associated with Makossa. He began in the late 1960s and had his first hit with "Rikiatou." His "African Typic Collection" would be an international hit in 1984 and is perhaps his best known album. - Charles Atangana
Charles Atangana (c. 1880-1 September 1943), also known by his birth name, Ntsama, and his German name, Karl, was the paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane ethnic groups during much of the colonial period in Cameroon. Although from an unremarkable background, Atangana's loyalty and friendship with colonial priests and administrators secured him successively more prominent posts in the colonial government. - Thomas Nkono
Thomas Nkono is a retired football goalkeeper from Cameroon. A legend for the Cameroon national football team, and arguably the greatest goalkeeper Africa has produced. He played three matches at the 1982 World Cup and five at the 1990 World Cup. In addition he was a bench cover for Joseph-Antoine Bell at the 1994 World Cup. On club level he played for Canon Yaoundé in his native Cameroon, RCD Espanyol, CE Sabadell and CE L'Hospitalet in Spain, … - John Ngu Foncha
John Ngu Foncha (21 June 1916-10 April 1999) was a Cameroonian politician. He founded the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) in 1955 and became Premier of the British Cameroons on 1 February 1959. He held that position until 1 October 1961, when the region merged into a federation with Francophone Cameroon. From 1 October 1961 to 13 May 1965, Foncha concurrently served as Prime Minister of West Cameroon and Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon. - Alain Nkong
Alain Nkong is an Cameroonian soccer midfielder who last played for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer Prior to signing with the Rapids in 2005, Nkong played all over the world, including Las Palmas (Spain), Nacional (Uruguay), and FC Paços de Ferreira (Portugal). He has represented Cameroon on various youth levels, and had appeared with the full national team in qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Nkong signed with the Rapids prior to the 2005 MLS season. - Bill Tchato
Bill Tchato (born May 14, 1975) is a Cameroonian football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Kaiserslautern. In the summer of 2005 he moved on to OGC Nice on a free transfer. In 2006 he joined Q-League outfit Qatar S.C.. He was part of the Cameroonian squad at the 2002 World Cup and the 2004 African Nations Cup. Born in M'Biam, he spent much of his childhood in Europe due to his parents working at the Cameroonian embassy in Paris, then in London. - Lauren Etame Mayer
Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer (born January 19, 1977 in Londi Kribi, Cameroon), more commonly known as Lauren, is a Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who currently plays for English Premier League team Portsmouth.
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