Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

male, 50 years old
Youssou N'Dour (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer and percussionist. He helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the...
Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

male
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. He is perhaps the best-known musician to come from Senegal and...
El Hadji Diouf

El Hadji Diouf

male, 28 years old
El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Bolton Wanderers and Senegal.

Ousmane Sembène

male, deceased (2007)
Ousmane Sembène, often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer an...
Cheikh Anta Diop

Cheikh Anta Diop

male, deceased (1986)
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December, 1923-7 February, 1986) is a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, which places emphasis on the human race's origins...
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

male, 53 years old
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (born 16 September 1956 in Saint-Louis, Senegal) has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal since April 2000. In...
Henri Camara

Henri Camara

male, 32 years old
Henri Camara (born May 10, 1977 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer who, as of 2005, plays for Wigan Athletic of the English FA Premier...

Léopold Sédar Senghor

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...
Idrissa Seck

Idrissa Seck

male, 50 years old
Idrissa Seck is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to April 2004. He was a leading member of the...
Mamadou Niang

Mamadou Niang

male, 30 years old
Mamadou Niang (born October 13, 1979 in Matam, Senegal) is a Senegalese football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for Olympique Marseille in...