List of Guineans
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This is a list of people from Guinea
, a country in West Africa
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Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
, a country in West Africa
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
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- Alfa Yaya of LabéAlfa Yaya of LabéAlfa Yaya Maudo, of Labé in present-day Guinea, was a 19th-century ruler of the Fula people in the Fouta Djallon confederacy that included the interior of much of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau....
- Ba CissokoBa CissokoBa Cissoko is a Guinean world music band, featuring four members, two of which are playing the traditional Kora harp. The other two band members play percussions and bass, respectively...
- Abdallah Bah
- Almamy Schuman BahAlmamy Schuman BahAlmamy Schuman Bah is a Guinean football player.He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali. In 2004, he went from FC Metz to Turkish Super League team Malatyaspor...
- Mamadou BahMamadou BahMamadou Diouldé Bah is a Guinean footballer. He currently plays for the German club VfB Stuttgart.- Career :Bah began his career at Friguiabé FC before joining Athlético de Coléah in 2005...
- Bobo BaldéBobo BaldeDianbobo "Bobo" Baldé is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for AC Arles-Avignon. He has previously played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic and Valenciennes...
- Habib BaldéHabib BaldéHabib-Jean Baldé is a French born Guinean footballer. Currently, plays for Universitatea Cluj-External links:* *...
- Sekouba BambinoSekouba BambinoSekouba "Bambino" Diabaté is the stage name of Sekouba Diabaté, a singer and musician born in Guinea, West Africa in 1964.Bambino was born and raised in the village of Kintinya, some 25 kilometers from the town of Siguiri, close to the border with Mali...
- Ibrahima BangouraIbrahima BangouraIbrahima Bangoura is a Guinean footballer who currently plays in Mali for Djoliba Athletic Club.Bangoura was a member of the Guinea squad for the 2006 African Nations Cup, where the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals. His cousin Ismaël Bangoura is also a footballer and a member of the team...
- Ismaël BangouraIsmaël BangouraIsmaël Bangoura is a Guinean football striker who currently plays for Al Nasr SC and the Guinea national team. His favourite position is striker. Also, Bangoura has played as a winger and attacking midfielder.-Early career:...
- Ousmane BangouraOusmane BangouraOusmane Bangoura is a retired Guinean football midfielder. He last played for Shenyang Ginde in 2006.-Injury:While playing a league match on 7 July 2006, the 26-year-old Ginde midfielder suffered a ruptured eyeball after being caught in the face by Qingdao's Lu Gang...
- Sambégou BangouraSambégou BangouraSambégou Bangoura is a Guinean football player, who currently plays for Chirag United Club Kerala in the Indian I-League...
- Louis Lansana BeavoguiLouis Lansana BeavoguiLouis Lansana Beavogui was a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister from 1972 to 1984 and was briefly interim President in 1984.-Background and political career:...
- Bembeya Jazz National
- Edouard BenjaminEdouard BenjaminÉdouard Benjamin is a diplomat from Guinea. He served as Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States from 1993 to 1997.-References:...
- Aboubacar M'Baye CamaraAboubacar M'Baye CamaraAboubacar M'Baye Camara is a Guinean footballer currently playing at Dubai C.S.C..-Career:He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Guinean club Satellite FC.- References :...
- Alhussein CamaraAlhussein CamaraAlsény Camara is a Guinean football Striker currently playing for Al Nasser.-External links:*...
- Alsény CamaraAlsény CamaraAlsény Camara is a Guinean footballe, who currently plays for SJA Le Poiré-sur-Vie.-Career:The defender played professional for LB Châteauroux in the Ligue 2 and previously with the reserve of Toulouse FC.-Notes:...
- Arafan CamaraArafan CamaraGeneral Arafan Camara was a politician and military official in Guinea. Camara was named Defense Minister on 28 March 2007 after mass protests forced a new government. He was dismissed as minister on 12 May 2007 after soldiers rioted concerning better working conditions and the re-instatement of...
- Eugène CamaraEugène CamaraEugène Camara is a political figure from Guinea who was briefly Prime Minister of Guinea in February 2007.-Early life and career:...
- Ibrahima CamaraIbrahima CamaraIbrahima Sory Camara is a naturalized Guinean football midfielder, who most recently played for K.A.S...
- Kabèlè Abdoul CamaraKabèlè Abdoul CamaraKabèlè Abdoul Camara is a Guinean politician and diplomat. In the government of Prime Minister Lansana Kouyaté, which was named on March 28, 2007, Camara was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration, and Guineans Abroad. Prior to this appointment, he had been a...
- Kader CamaraKader CamaraKader Camara is a Guinean football player who is currently playing for FK Qäbälä in Azerbaijan. In 2003, Camara was part of Cercle Brugge, the team that became Belgian Second Division champions, thus achieving promotion to the highest level of Belgian football...
- Kémoko CamaraKémoko CamaraKémoko Camara is a Guinean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :In early March 2008, Camara signed a short-term deal with Dundee United of the Scottish Premier League, but despite being listed as a substitute on several occasions did not make a first team appearance and was released at...
- Mangué CamaraMangué CamaraMangué Camara is a Guinean football player who plays for FC Rouen.He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali.-External links:...
- Manimou CamaraManimou CamaraManimou Camara is a master drummer and dancer from the West African nation of Guinea. Manimou specializes in several percussive instruments, namely the dynamic hand drum called djembe, three bass drums called Dundun, Sangban, and Kenkeni as well as the Kringni. He is the founder of , a Seattle...
- Mohammed CamaraMohammed CamaraMohammed "Mo" Camara is a Guinean professional footballer. He is a left back and a Guinean international.-Early career:...
- Mohamed Camara (film director)Mohamed Camara (film director)Mohamed Camara is a Guinean film director and actor based in France. He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris. He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest , child suicide and homosexuality...
- Ousmane N'Gom CamaraOusmane N'Gom CamaraOusmane N'Gom Camara is a Guinean football player, who plays for K. Londerzeel S.K..- International :Camara was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali.-External links:*...
- Papa CamaraPapa CamaraNaby Laye "Papa" Camara is a Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.He is regarded as one of Guinea's all-time great players, a stalwart of the highly successful Hafia FC side of the 1970s and early 1980s and a Guinean national team which was among Africa's strongest during this period.In recent...
- Titi CamaraTiti CamaraAboubacar Sidiki Camara, more commonly known as Titi Camara , is the Sports Minister of Guinea. He is a former football player who was also the coach of the Syli National , the Guinean national team, which he captained and played for.-Club career:Camara was once a highly-touted prospect, spending...
- Mohamed CisseMohamed CisseMohamed Lamine Cisse is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for K.R.C. Mechelen in Belgium, as a central defender....
- Alpha CondéAlpha CondéAlpha Condé is a Guinean politician who has been President of Guinea since December 2010. He was a political science professor at the University of Paris and spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against President Lansana Conté in the 1993 and...
- Mamady CondéMamady CondéMamady Condé is a Guinean politician and diplomat. Condé was first appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in March 2004. Being replaced by Fatoumata Kaba on March 8, 2005, Condé was appointed once again as Foreign Minister in 2006, retaining the post until March 2007.-References:...
- Lansana ContéLansana ContéLansana Conté was the second President of Guinea from 3 April 1984 until his death. He was a Muslim and a member of the Susu ethnic group.-Early life:...
- Sékou Kouréissy CondéSékou Kouréissy CondéSékou Kouréissy Condé is a Guinean politician and academic.Condé was born in Kouroussa. After the death of his father, he lived with his uncle, El Hadj Sorry. He received a grant to study in the Czech Republic specifically at Charles University in Prague...
- Sona Tata CondéSona Tata CondéSona Tata Condé is an internationally recognised Guinean musician. Sona Tata is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group. Sona Tata is widely popular in Guinea, especially in the capital Conakry. Sona Tata Condé recorded her afro-pop album Simbo which is named after her husband, in 2007...
- Daddi CoolDaddi CoolDaddi Cool is a Sierra Leonean-born Guinean reggae musician. He was born and raised in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Daddi Cool served in the Sierra Leonean army, but fled the country during the early years of the Sierra Leone civil war and moved to Conakry, Guinea.In 1998, he released his most...
- Ibrahima Sory ConteIbrahima Sory ConteIbrahima Sory Conté is a Guinean football player who plays for Belgian side KAA Gent.He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali. He was released on August 2008 by Tours...
- Victor CorreiaVictor Correia-International goals:-External links:...
- Alpha Yaya DialloAlpha Yaya DialloAlpha Yaya Diallo is a guitarist and composer who is based in Vancouver, Canada. Alpha hails from Guinea and incorporates its rich musical tradition into his original compositions.-Discography:* 1993 Néné - nominated for a Juno Award...
- Amadou Bailo Diallo
- Cellou Dalein DialloCellou Dalein DialloCellou Dalein Diallo is a Guinean economist and politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea from 2004 to 2006. Currently he is President of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea , an opposition party....
- Ibrahima DialloIbrahima DialloIbrahima Diallo is a football defender from Guinea who currently plays for Waasland-Beveren in Belgium. The left back came to the Belgian side R. Charleroi S.C. in July 2006 from French team EA Guingamp.-References:* * *...
- Saifoulaye DialloSaifoulaye DialloSaifoulaye Diallo was a Guinean politician, lawmaker and cabinet member.Diallo served in the French national assembly 1956-1958. He was the political secretary of the ruling Parti démocratique de Guinée and the de facto number-two statesman during the first five years of the Republic of Guinea...
- Kaba DiawaraKaba DiawaraKaba Diawara is a French-born Guinean footballer.- Career :His club career has been quite unstable, having played briefly for three English clubs as well as in Spain and Qatar. Diawara only scored once in English football, despite having three spells there...
- Sékou Oumar DrameSékou Oumar DrameSékou Oumar Dramé is a retired Guinean football player.-Career:Between 1995 and 1998 he was a player of Polish team Lech Poznań. In 51 games for Lech he scored 2 goals. During his stay in Poland he played also for Petrochemia Płock, Dyskobolia Grodzisk and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. In Polish I...
- François Lonseny FallFrançois Lonseny FallFrançois Lonseny Fall is a Guinean diplomat and political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Guinea from February 23, 2004 to April 30, 2004....
- Pascal FeindounoPascal FeindounoPascal Feindouno is a Guinean international footballer, who currently plays for Swiss side FC Sion as a winger.- Early career :...
- Simon FeindounoSimon FeindounoSimon Feindouno is a French-Guinean football striker or winger currently playing for Ittihad Kalba in the United Arab Emirates.- Career :...
- Ibrahima Kassory FofanaIbrahima Kassory FofanaIbrahima Kassory Fofana is a Guinean politician.Originally a civil servant in the Ministry for Co-operation, in 1990 Fofana became the Director for Public Investments. In 1994, he accepted President Lansana Conté offer to become the "Administrator and Controller of Major Works"...
- El Hadj Ismael Mohamed Gassim GusheinEl Hadj Ismael Mohamed Gassim GusheinEl Hadj Ismael Mohamed Gassim Gushein is a Guinean politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally and has led the party since it was re-established in 1992....
- Daouda JabiDaouda JabiDaouda Jabi is a Guinean footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. A defender, he had played for RC Lens his entire career before moving to AC Ajaccio in the summer of 2005.- External links :**...
- Samuel Johnson (footballer born 1984)Samuel Johnson (footballer born 1984)Samuel Johnson is a footballer from Guinea who plays for El Geish.-International career:Johnson was one of the twenty-three players of the Syli National who participated at the 2008 26th African Nations Cup in Ghana, West Africa, where the National Elephant reached the quarter final for the...
- Fatoumata KabaFatoumata KabaFatoumata Kaba Sidibé is a Guinean diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2006.Kaba was educated in the United States, attending the Woodrow Wilson High School and Montgomery College in Maryland and graduating with a degree in journalism...
- Mamadi KabaMamadi Kaba-Club career:At the club level, Kaba currently plays for FC Gueugnon in France. He previously played for AS Kaloum Star.-International career:Kaba was also part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, which finished second in its group in the first round of competition, before losing in the...
- Oumar KalabaneOumar KalabaneOumar Kalabane is a professional footballer from Guinea. He currently plays as a defender.-Club career:Kalabane spent two seasons with AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, appearing in 20 league matches...
- Mory KantéMory KantéMory Kanté is a vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot musicians...
- Solomana KanteSolomana KanteSoulemayne Kante or Solomana Kante was an African writer and inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Mande languages of West Africa...
- Kassa (mansa)Kassa (mansa)Mansa Camba, also known as Mansa Kassa, briefly acted as mansa of the Mali Empire in 1360. Nephew of the powerful Mansa Kankan Musa I and son of Mansa Suleyman, Kassa assumed the throne following his father's 1360 death. He was succeeded the same year by Mansa Maghan's son Mari Diata II. Tesfaun...
- Abdoulaye KeitaAbdoulaye KeitaAbdoulaye "Banks" Keita is a Guinean football goalkeeper. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s.Keita was the first-choice goalkeeper of Hafia FC during the successful 1970s period, winning three African Champions Cups...
- Alhassane KeitaAlhassane KeitaAlhassane Keita Otchico , known as Keita, is a Guinean footballer who plays for Al-Shabab Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, as a striker.-Club career:...
- Mohamed KeitaMohamed KeitaMohamed Keita is a Guinean football player who plays for Satellite FC.-Career:He previously played for AS Kaloum, before in January 2005 signed with Satellite FC.-International career:...
- Mamady KeïtaMamady KeïtaMamady Keïta is a master drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. He specializes in the goblet-shaped hand drum called djembe. He is also the founder of the Tam Tam Mandingue school of drumming...
- Mory KantéMory KantéMory Kanté is a vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot musicians...
- Lansana KouyatéLansana KouyateLansana Kouyaté is a Guinean diplomat and political figure who served as Prime Minister of Guinea from 2007 to 2008.-Background and earlier career:...
- N'Faly KouyateN'Faly KouyateN'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. His father was the griot Konkoba Kabinet Kouyate, who lived in Siguiri, Guinea....
- Camara LayeCamara LayeCamara Laye was an African writer from Guinea. During his time at college he wrote The African Child , a novel based loosely on his own childhood. He would later become a writer of many essays and was a foe of the government of Guinea...
- Joseph LouaJoseph LouaJoseph Loua is a retired Guinean sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won a silver medal in this event at the 1996 African Championships. He also entered the World Championships in 1995, 1997 and 1999 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, but never reached the final...
- Fodé MansaréFodé MansareFodé Mansaré is a Guinean football winger who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side Toulouse.Mansaré is highly rated in France and is well known for he tricks and skills, dribbling and play-making abilities...
- Tierno MonénemboTierno MonénemboThierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo , is a Francophone Guinean novelist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973...
- Djibril Tamsir NianeDjibril Tamsir NianeDjibril Tamsir Niane is a historian, playwright, and short story writer, born in Conakry, Guinea. His secondary education was in Senegal and his degree from the University of Bordeaux. He is an honorary professor of Howard University and the University of Tokyo...
- Souleymane OulareSouleymane OulareSouleymane Oulare , is a professional football player.-Career:He was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season. He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe SK , UD Las Palmas , Stoke City , K...
- Williams SassineWilliams SassineWilliams Sassine was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. His father was Lebanese Christian and his mother was a Guinean of Muslim heritage....
- Odiah SidibéOdiah SidibéOdiah Sidibé is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent.- Achievements :* 2002 European Championships in Athletics - gold medal * 2002 European Championships in Athletics - seventh place...
- Lamine SidiméLamine SidiméLamine Sidimé is the President of the Supreme Court of Guinea. He was Prime Minister of Guinea from 1999 to 2004.Sidimé served as President of the Supreme Court before being appointed as Prime Minister by President Lansana Conte in March 1999, replacing Sidya Touré. After five years in office, he...
- Aboubacar SomparéAboubacar SomparéEl Hajj Aboubacar Somparé is a Guinean politician who was President of the National Assembly of Guinea from 2002 to 2008. He was previously Guinea's Ambassador to France from 1978 to 1984 and was Secretary-General of the Unity and Progress Party from 1995 to 2002.-Political career until...
- Chérif SouleymaneChérif SouleymaneSoulegmane Cherif also known as Chérif Souleymane is a former Guinean footballer. He won the France Football African Footballer of the Year and the African Footballer of the Year in 1972 while playing with Hafia FC in Conakry. Souleymane is the current Technical Director of the Guinean Football...
- Fodé SoumahFodé SoumahFodé Soumah is a politician from Guinea.Soumah was a prominent figure in the ruling Party of Unity and Progress and was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Guinea. Following the 2003 Guinea presidential election, Soumah was appointed the Minister of Youth and Sports...
- Issiaga Soumah
- Abdoulaye SoumahAbdoulaye SoumahAbdoulaye Soumah is a Guinean football player who currently plays for AS Batè Nafadji.-Career:Soumah played professional for USM Alger and OMR El Annasser in the Algerian league.-External links:*...
- Morlaye SoumahMorlaye SoumahMorlaye Soumah is a Guinean football player.Soumah has spent most of his playing career with SC Bastia in France's Ligue 1....
- Abdoul Salam SowAbdoul Salam SowAbdoul Salam Sow is a former Guinean footballer who played for Ankaragücü, FC Martigues, Belenenses, Imortal, Qatar SC and Chunnam Dragons.-Club career:Sow played one season with Martigues in the French Ligue 1...
- Suleyman (mansa)Suleyman (mansa)Suleyman was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1341 to 1360. The brother of the powerful Kankan Musa I, he succeeded Musa's son Maghan to the throne in 1341...
- Moussa SyMoussa SyMoussa Sy is a Guinean football Striker with the Long Island Rough Riders of the United Soccer Leagues.-Source:*...
- Abdoul Karim SyllaAbdoul Karim SyllaAbdoul Karim Sylla is a Guinean football player.Sylla previously played for KSC Lokeren in the Belgian First Division and Diyarbakirspor in the Turkish Super Lig....
- Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla
- Bengally SyllaBengally SyllaBengally Sylla is a Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.A left-winger blessed with abundant pace and skill, Sylla was a star of the highly successful Hafia FC and Guinea sides of the 1970s. He is regarded as being one of Guinea's top players during this period.Sylla finished fourth in the...
- Kanfory SyllaKanfory SyllaKanfory Sylla is a Guinean football Defensive all-arounder who is currently unattached. He played for İstanbul BB and Konyaspor in Turkey's Super League.-International football:...
- Kanfoury Sylla
- Mamadou SyllaMamadou SyllaMamadou Sylla is a Guinean politician and business leader.Born in Boké, in 1986 Sylla was one of several people given large amounts of rice by the Government to retail. Becoming wealthy, he moved to Conakry and became a senior judge....
- Mohammed SyllaMohammed SyllaMohammed "Momo" Sylla is a Guinean footballer. Sylla has become something of a cult figure at many of his clubs.Sylla, a Guinea international, started his football career at French Second Division club Créteil, on the outskirts of Paris, before moving on to Le Havre when he was 18. He has also...
- Diallo TelliDiallo TelliBoubacar Diallo Telli was a Guinean diplomat and politician. He helped found the Organisation of African Unity and was the first secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972...
- Pablo ThiamPablo ThiamPablo Thiam is a retired Guinean football defensive midfielder. He holds a German passport.-Career:Thiam grew up as the son of a Guinean diplomat in the former German capital Bonn. He started his football career in MSV Bonn. At the age of 15, he went to 1. FC Köln, for whom he debuted in the...
- Ahmed Sékou TouréAhmed Sékou TouréAhmed Sékou Touré was an African political leader and President of Guinea from 1958 to his death in 1984...
- Sidya TouréSidya TouréSidya Touré is a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister of Guinea from 1996 to 1999 and is currently the President of the Union of Republican Forces , an opposition party.-Prime minister:...
- Boubacar Traore (runner)Boubacar Traore (runner)Boubacar Traore is a Guinean political activist, torture survivor and marathon runner. Born in the West African nation of Guinea, Traore studied law at Gamal Abdel Nasser University in Conakry. During the 1993 presidential election, he was caught giving information to a political opposition...
- Diarra TraoréDiarra TraoréDiarra Traoré was a Guinean soldier and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guinea from 1984 to 1985 as a member of a junta led by Lansana Conté. In 1985, after an attempted coup d'état against him, Conté had Traoré executed....
- Alseny YansaneAlseny YansaneAlseny Yansané is a master dancer and drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. Yansané is a member of the Susu ethnic group.-External links:*...
- Ibrahim YattaraIbrahim YattaraIbrahima Yattara , is a Guinean footballer playing for Al-Shabab. On 29 October 2010, he became a Turkish citizen as İbrahim Üçüncü.-Career:...
- Souleymane YoulaSouleymane YoulaSouleymane Youla is a Guinean football player. He Currently Free Agent.-Career:Youla's greatest attribute is his speed and ability to pass defenders by using this aspect of his game...
- Kamil ZayatteKamil ZayatteKamil Zayatte is a Guinean footballer who plays for Turkish club İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor as a defender.-Club career:...