List of Chadians

This is a list of notable people from Chad.

A

 * Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye: (born 1953), rebel insurgent leader
 * Acyl Ahmat Agbas: (1944–1982), Foreign Minister 1979–1981
 * Salma Khalil Alio: (born 1982), poet

B

 * Aziza Baroud: UN Representative
 * Mohamed Baghlani: (leader of the Volcan Army, died 1977)
 * Jean Alingué Bawoyeu: (born 1937), Prime Minister 1991–1992
 * Lydie Beassemda (born c. 1967), women's rights activist and government minister
 * Mahamoud Adam Béchir: Chad's Ambassador to South Africa since 2012, formerly the Chadian Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2012.
 * Outel Bono: (liberal politician, died 1973)
 * Mariam Brahim: (born 1956), physician

C

 * Issa Serge Coelo: (born 1967), film director

D

 * Dunama Dabbalemi: (emperor of Kanem 1221–1259)
 * Brahim Déby: son of Chadian President Idriss Déby
 * Idriss Déby: (1952–2021)
 * Yaya Dillo Djérou: leader of the insurgent group Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy
 * Koibla Djimasta: (born 1950), Prime Minister 1995–97
 * Negue Djogo: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces)
 * Jacques Doumro: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces)

G

 * Pierre Toura Gaba: (1920–1998), former Secretary General of the Chadian Progressive Party, Chadian ambassador to Germany from 1966 to 1973, Chadian ambassador to the United States from 1976 to 1979

H

 * Hissène Habré

I

 * Mahamat Idriss

K

 * Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué
 * Saleh Kebzabo
 * Djibrine Kerallah
 * Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
 * Grace Kodindo: (born 1960), obstetrician
 * Alphonse Kotiga
 * Ahmed Koulamallah
 * Marie-Christine Koundja: (born 1957), writer

L

 * Gabriel Lisette
 * Rose Lokissim: one of the first Chadian elite soldiers, she fought against Hissène Habré's dictatorship in the 1980s, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed
 * Elise Loum: (born 1956), Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament

M

 * Félix Malloum
 * Hassan Abdallah Mardigue
 * Idriss Miskine
 * Fidèle Moungar
 * Mariam Ali Moussa, Minister and Ambassador to Germany and Austria
 * Ahmed Hassan Musa

N

 * Kaltouma Nadjina
 * Japhet N'Doram
 * Mahamat Nour

O

 * Noël Milarew Odingar
 * Othman I: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1356 to 1369 during the Sayfawa dynasty
 * Othman II: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369 to 1371 during the Sayfawa dynasty
 * Othman III: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1463 to 1473 during the Sayfawa dynasty
 * Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido
 * Goukouni Oueddei

R

 * Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane, Chadian warlord and founder of FROLINAT who was active during the civil war (1966–1993)

S

 * Gontchomé Sahoulba
 * Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh
 * Joseph Brahim Seid
 * Lol Mohamed Shawa
 * Abba Siddick
 * Achta Djibrine Sy

T

 * Youssouf Togoïmi
 * Nabatingue Toko
 * François Tombalbaye
 * Khadidja Touré

Y

 * Nagoum Yamassoum
 * Pascal Yoadimnadji
 * Joseph Yodoyman
 * Ngarlejy Yorongar