Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad.^[1]

Academics

• Mamadou Diouf (historian), Senegalese professor of West African history at Columbia University

Arts and music

• Mamadou Diabaté, Malian kora player
• Mamadou Diop (musician), Senegalese rhythm guitarist and band leader
• Mamadou Konte, Senegalese music producer

Government

• Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
• Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
• Mamadou Boye Bah, Guinean economist and politician
• Mamadou Kamara Dékamo, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
• Mamadou Dembelé, Malian politician
• Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
• Mamadou Diop (politician), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
• Mamadou Koulibaly, Ivorian politician
• Mamadou Lamine Loum, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
• Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician
• Mamadou Maidah, Nigerien politician and diplomat
• Mamadou Ouédraogo, French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
• Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
• Mamadou Seck (politician), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
• Mamadou Sylla (politician), Guinean judge and businessman
• Mamadou Tandja, Nigerien politician, former president

Sports

• Mamadou Alimou Diallo, Guinean footballer
• Mamadou Bagayoko, Malian footballer
• Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989), Ivorian footballer
• Mamadou Bah, Guinean footballer
• Mamadou Baldé, Senegalese footballer
• Mamadou Camara, French footballer
• Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer
• Mamadou Dansoko, Ivorian footballer
• Mamadou Chérif Dia, Malian long and triple jumper
• Mamadou Diabang, Senegalese footballer
• Mamadou Diakité, Malian footballer
• Mamadou Diallo (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mamadou Diarra, Malian basketball player
• Mamadou Diop (basketball, born 1955), Senegalese basketball player at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Mamadou Djikine, Malian footballer
• Mamadou Doumbia (footballer, born 1980), Ivorian footballer
• Mamadou Gueye (jumper), Senegalese long and triple jumper
• Mamadou Gueye (sprinter), Senegalese 400 metres sprinter
• Mamadou N'Diaye (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
• Mamadou Sakho, French footballer of Senegalese descent
• Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986), French-born Malian international footballer also of Senegalese descent
• Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990), French-born Malian international footballer
• Mamadou Seck, Senegalese footballer
• Mamadou Tall, Burkina Faso footballer
• Mamadou Wague, French footballer
• Mamadou Zaré, Ivorian football manager
• Mamadou Zongo, Burkina Faso footballer