Amadou (name)

Amadou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Islamic name Ahmad, commonly used in West Africa. Amadou is interchangeable with the forms Ahmadu or Amadu in non-Francophone African countries.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Amadou Aboubakar Zaki (born 1988), Nigerien basketball player
• Amadou Alassane (born 1983), French footballer
• Amadou Ali (1943–2022), Cameroonian politician
• Amadou Ali Djibo, Nigerien politician

• Amadou Ba (disambiguation), several people
• Amadou Bagayoko (1954–2025), half of Mali singing duo Amadou & Mariam
• Amadou Bakayoko (born 1996), Sierra Leonean-English professional footballer
• Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), Muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal
• Amadou Cissé (born 1948), Nigerien politician
• Amadou Cissé Dia (1915–2002), Senegalese politician and playwright
• Amadou Cissé (footballer) (born 1985), French-Guinean footballer
• Amadou Cheiffou (born 1942), Nigerien politician
• Amadou Coulibaly (born 1984), Burkinabé footballer
• Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959–2020), Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
• Amadou Dia Ba (born 1958), Senegalese Olympic athlete
• Amadou Diallo (1975–1999), Guinean immigrant killed in a New York police shooting
• Amadou Diamouténé (born 1985), Malian footballer
• Amadou Diawara (born 1997), Guinean professional footballer
• Amadou Doucoure (1919–1971), Malian politician
• Amadou Gakou (born 1940), Senegalese Olympic sprinter
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991), Malian writer and ethnologist
• Amadou Jawo (born 1984), Swedish-Gambian footballer
• Amadou Karim Gaye (1913–2000), Senegalese veterinarian, physician and politician
• Amadou Konare, Malian coup leader
• Amadou Koné (born 1953), Burkinabé writer
• Amadou Konte (born 1981), Malian-French footballer
• Amadou Lamine Ba, Senegalese ambassador to the United States
• Amadou Ly, Senegalese-American actor
• Amadou Mahtar Ba, African media executive
• Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921–2024), Senegalese educator
• Amadou Meïté (1949–2014), Ivorian sprinter
• Amadou Morou (born 1983), Togolese footballer
• Amadou Moutari (born 1994), Nigerien footballer
• Amadou Ouattara (born 1989), Ivorian footballer
• Amadou Rabihou (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
• Amadou Salifou, Nigerien politician
• Amadou Samb (born 1988), Senegalese footballer
• Amadou Sanogo (born 1972), Malian military officer and coup leader
• Amadou Sanokho (born 1979), French footballer
• Amadou Sanyang (born 1991), Gambian footballer
• Amadou Sarr (born 2004), Italian footballer
• Amadou Scattred Janneh (born 1963), Gambian-American politician
• Amadou Séré (born 1987), Burkinabé footballer
• Amadou Sidibé (born 1986), Malian footballer
• Amadou Soukouna (born 1992), French footballer
• Amadou Tidiane Tall (born 1975), Burkinabé footballer
• Amadou Touré (born 1982), Burkinabé footballer
• Amadou Tidiane Tall (born 1975), Burkinabé footballer
• Amadou Toumani Touré (1948–2020), President of Mali from 2002 to 2012

Surname

• Anne-Lisa Amadou (1930–2002), Norwegian literary researcher
• Hama Amadou (1950–2024), Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2007
• Ibrahim Amadou (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
• Kader Amadou (born 1989), Nigerien footballer
• Kadidjatou Amadou (born 1984), Nigerien disability rights activist, social entrepreneur and para-athlete
• Moudachirou Amadou (born 1971), Beninese footballer

See also

• Amadou, a substance prepared from bracket fungi