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 (born 1954), 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 (born 1921), 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 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, Burkinabé footballer
 * Amadou Tidiane Tall, 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 (born 1950), 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
 * Moudachirou Amadou (born 1971), Beninese footballer