Mamadou
Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad. In Francophone countries, the name is sometimes used as a slur towards people of African descent.
Academics
- Mamadou Diouf (historian), Senegalese professor of West African history at Columbia University
Arts and music
- Mamadou Diabaté, Malian kora player
- Mamadou Diop (musician), Senegalese rhythm guitarist and band leader
- Mamadou Konte, Senegalese music producer
- Mamadou "Jimi" Mbaye, Senegalese guitarist
Government
- Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
- Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
- Mamadou Boye Bah, Guinean economist and politician
- Mamadou Dagra, Nigerien legal scholar and politician
- Mamadou Kamara Dékamo, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Dembelé, Malian politician
- Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
- Mamadou Diop (politician), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
- Mamadou Koulibaly, Ivorian politician
- Mamadou Lamine Loum, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
- Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician
- Mamadou Maidah, Nigerien politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Ouédraogo, French Upper Volta politician
- Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
- Mamadou Seck (politician), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
- Mamadou Sylla (politician), Guinean judge and businessman
- Mamadou Tandja, Nigerien politician, former president
Sports
- Mamadou Alimou Diallo, Guinean footballer
- Mamadou Bagayoko, Malian footballer
- Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989), Ivorian footballer
- Mamadou Bah, Guinean footballer
- Mamadou Baldé, Senegalese footballer
- Mamadou Camara, French footballer
- Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer
- Mamadou Dansoko, Ivorian footballer
- Mamadou Chérif Dia, Malian long and triple jumper
- Mamadou Diabang, Senegalese footballer
- Mamadou Diakité, Malian footballer
- Mamadou Diallo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mamadou Diarra, Malian basketball player
- Mamadou Diop (basketball, born 1955), Senegalese basketball player at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Mamadou Djikine, Malian footballer
- Mamadou Doumbia (footballer, born 1980), Ivorian footballer
- Mamadou Gueye (jumper), Senegalese long and triple jumper
- Mamadou Gueye (sprinter), Senegalese 400 metres sprinter
- Mamadou N'Diaye (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
- Mamadou Sakho, French footballer of Senegalese descent
- Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986), French-born Malian international footballer also of Senegalese descent
- Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990), French-born Malian international footballer
- Mamadou Seck, Senegalese footballer
- Mamadou Tall, Burkina Faso footballer
- Mamadou Wague, French footballer
- Mamadou Zaré, Ivorian football manager
- Mamadou Zongo, Burkina Faso footballer