Diop
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Diop is a surname, and may refer to:
- Aïda DiopAïda DiopAïda Diop is a Senegalese sprinter who specializes in 100 and 200 metres.At the 2000 African Championships in Algiers she won silver medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She followed up at the 2002 African Championships in Radès with another silver medal in 200 m...
- Birago DiopBirago DiopBirago Ishmael Diop was a Senegalese poet and storyteller, active as a writer in the Négritude movement in the 1930s, as well as a veterinarian and diplomat.-Biography:...
- Boubacar Boris DiopBoubacar Boris DiopBoubacar Boris Diop is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements , is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwandan genocide of 1994...
- Cheikh Anta DiopCheikh Anta DiopCheikh Anta Diop was a historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. He is regarded as an important figure in the development of the Afrocentric viewpoint, in particular for his theory that the ancient Egyptians were...
- DeSagana DiopDeSagana DiopDeSagana N'gagne Diop is a Senegalese professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. Standing seven feet tall and weighing 280 lbs...
- Djibril Diop MambétyDjibril Diop MambétyDjibril Diop Mambéty was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only a small number of films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style. Born to a Muslim family...
Senegalese film director, brother of Wasis Diop - Mamadou Diop
- Mustapha Papa DiopMustapha Papa DiopMustapha Papa Diop is a Senegalese football player.-External links:...
- Nicholas Omar Diop Senegalese rapper who raps in French, better known as NiX
- Papa Bouba DiopPapa Bouba DiopPape "Papa" Bouba Diop is a Senegalese footballer who plays for West Ham United in the Football League Championship and the Senegal national team. His preferred position is defensive midfield but can also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens...
- Papa Kouli DiopPapa Kouli DiopPapakouli Diop is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Racing de Santander in Spain, as a defensive midfielder.-External links:* * **...
- Papa Malick Diop
- Pape DiopPape DiopPape Diop is a Senegalese politician and a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party who has been President of the Senate of Senegal since 2007. He was Mayor of Dakar, the capital city, from 2002 to 2009, as well as President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2002 to 2007.Diop was...
- Wasis DiopWasis DiopWasis Diop is a Senegalese musician of international renown, known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz...
Senegalese musician, brother of Djibril Diop Mambéty