Amadou (first name)
Amadou is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The West African (including Wolof , Serer , Manding ) first name is a form of Ahmed .
Well-known namesake
- Alphonse Amadou Alley (1930–1987), President of Dahomey, today's Benin
- Amadou Boubacar Cissé (* 1948), Nigerien politician, civil engineer and bank manager
- Amadou Camara (politician) , Gambian politician (NRP)
- Amadou Camara (swimmer) (* 1994), Guinean swimmer
- Amadou Cheiffou (* 1942), Nigerien politician and aeronautical engineer
- Amadou dan Ténimoun (?? - 1899), Sultan of Zinder in today's Niger
- Amadou Cissé Dia (1915–2002), Senegalese politician
- Amadou Dangadji Rabidou (* 1984), Cameroonian football player with an Austrian passport
- Amadou Dia Ba (* 1958), athlete and the only Olympic medalist in Senegal
- Amadou Diado (* 1940), Nigerien journalist
- Amadou Diawara (* 1997), Guinean football player
- Amadou Diallo (officer) (* 1963), Nigerien officer and politician
- Amadou Diallo (track and field athlete) (Athlete's Code: 14195756), middle-distance runner from Guinea
- Amadou Diallo (Police Victim) (1975–1999), Guinean police victim in the United States
- Pa Amadou Gai (* 1984), Gambian football player
- Amadou Gon Coulibaly (* 1959), politician and Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
- Amadou Haidara (* 1998), Malian football player
- Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900 / 1901–1991), Malian writer and ethnologist
- Amadou Haya Sanogo (* 1972 or 1973), Malian military and leader of the March 2012 coup in Mali
- Amadou Issaka (1924-2004), Nigerien politician
- Amadou Jawo (* 1984), Swedish soccer player with Gambian roots
- Amadou O. Khan , Gambian politician
- Amadou M'Barick Fall (1897–1925), French boxer and first world boxing champion, who was born in Africa
- Amadou Meïté (1949-2014), Ivorian sprinter
- Amadou Moutari (* 1994), Nigerien national football player
- Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (born March 20, 1921 in Dakar, Senegal) is a former Senegalese politician
- Amadou Salifou (* 1945 or 1946), Nigerien politician
- Amadou Sanneh (* 20th century), accountant and politician from Gambia
- Amadou Sanyang (* 1991), Gambian football player
- Amadou Seyni Maïga (* 1942), Nigerien officer, politician and diplomat
- Amadou Sidibé (* 1986), Malian football player
- Amadou Toumani Touré (* 1948), President of Mali
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Amadou. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .