Notable Natives and Residents
- Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, footballer, Hull City
- Abdoulaye Salam Fall, Founder Seneweb.com
- Akon, R&B singer, Real name - Alioune Thiam
- Assane Ndiaye, Singer and songwriter, cousin of Thione Seck
- Baaba Maal, singer and guitarist
- Boris Diaw, basketball player, San Antonio Spurs
- Bouna Coundoul, American footballer, New York Red Bulls
- Cheikh Samb, basketball player, former Los Angeles Clippers
- Dame Ndoye, football player FCK Denmark
- DeSagana Diop, basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
- Ibrahim Ba, former footballer
- Ismaël Lô, singer-songwriter
- Issa, R&B singer
- Kalidou Kasse, visual artist, President of the International Association of Visual Artists of Senegal
- Luke Lattanzi-Silveus, former footballer
- Macoumba Kandji, footballer, Colorado Rapids
- Mamadou Barry, CEO/Founder, World Sun Technology, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Mamadou Seck, basketball player,
- Mame Biram Diouf, footballer, Hannover 96
- Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team
- Mbaye Diagne, United Nations military observer and hero during the Rwandan genocide
- Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, foreign correspondent for NPR News
- Orchestra Baobab
- Ousmane Barro, basketball player, Marquette University
- Papa Bouba Diop, footballer, West Ham United
- Patrice Evra, footballer, Manchester United
- Patrick Vieira, footballer, Manchester City
- Ségolène Royal, French politician born in Dakar
- Thione Seck, Singer and songwriter
- Youssou N'Dour, singer and percussionist
- Ousseynou Diop, Basketball player Bellevue University
- Hamady Ndiaye, Basketball player Washington Wizards
- Aziz N'diaye, Basketball player University of Washington
- Mamadou N'Diaye, former basketball player for Auburn University and the Toronto Raptors
- Papiss Cisse, footballer, Newcastle United
- Thierno "Bobo" Niang, guard for the Milwaukee Panthers
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