Celebrities from Senegal
Senegal: 17 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, were laid to rest here, or came from Senegal
Memorial
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
03/20/1921 – 09/24/2024
103 years
Senegalese politician
Memorial
Michaela DePrince
01/06/1995 – 09/10/2024
29 years
Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer
Memorial
Mahammed Dionne
09/22/1959 – 04/05/2024
64 years
Senegalese prime minister
Memorial
Safi Faye
11/22/1943 – 02/22/2023
79 years
Senegalese ethnologist and film director
Memorial
Lamine Diack
06/07/1933 – 12/03/2021
88 years
Senegalese sports manager
Memorial
Jean-Pierre Adams
03/10/1948 – 09/06/2021
73 years
French association football player
Memorial
Hissène Habré
08/13/1942 – 08/24/2021
79 years
5th president of Chad
Memorial
Papa Bouba Diop
01/28/1978 – 11/29/2020
42 years
Senegalese footballer
Memorial
Habib Thiam
01/21/1933 – 06/26/2017
84 years
Senegalese politician
Memorial
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
04/26/1937 – 01/05/2015
77 years
French motorcycle racer and racing driver
Memorial
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
02/16/1932 – 03/13/2014
82 years
Sierra Leonean President
Memorial
Khady Sylla
03/27/1963 – 10/08/2013
50 years
Senegalese writer
Memorial
Frank Vandenbroucke
11/06/1974 – 10/12/2009
34 years
road bicycle racer
Memorial
Mamadou Dia
07/18/1910 – 01/25/2009
98 years
Prime Minister of Senegal
Memorial
Ousmane Sembène
01/01/1923 – 06/09/2007
84 years
Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author
Memorial
FannyAnn Eddy
06/14/1974 – 09/29/2004
30 years
activist for lesbian and gay rights
Memorial
Léopold Sédar Senghor
10/09/1906 – 12/20/2001
95 years
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist