Camara, Câmara, Cámara is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Footballers

Abdoulaye Camara Abdoulaye Camara (born 2 January 1980) is a Malian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He made 9 appearances for the Mali national football team, Mali national team fro ...

(born 1980), Malian footballer *

Aboubacar M'Baye Camara Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 27 December 1985) is a Guinean association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for R.S.C. Andenne, Andenne. Career He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Gu ...

(born 1985), Guinean footballer * Fredson Camara Pereira (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *

Hassoun Camara Hassoun Camara (born 3 February 1986) is a French former professional footballer of Senegalese descent. Career France Camara began his career with his hometown club, Olympique Noisy-le-Sec, appearing in 67 matches and scoring 1 goal. He si ...

(born 1986), French footballer *

Henri Camara Henri Camara (born 10 May 1977) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting his career in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in France, Switzerland, Scotland, England, and Greece before retiri ...

(born 1977), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Sory Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer * Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer *

Kémoko Camara Kémoko Camara (born 4 May 1975) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Guinea national team between 1998 and 2013. Club career Camara was born in Conakry, Guinea. In early March 2008, Camar ...

(born 1975), Guinean footballer *

Mamadi Camara (soccer, born 1995) Mamadi Camara (born February 25, 1995) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward. Early life Camara was born in Guinea, before moving to Montreal in Canada aged four-years old. He is a dual Guinean and Canadian national. Cam ...

, Guinean footballer * Mamadi Camará (footballer, born 2003), Bissau-Guinean footballer *

Mangué Camara Mangué Camara (born 15 September 1982 in Macenta) is a Guinean football (soccer), football player who plays for AS Moulins. He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of comp ...

(born 1982), Guinean footballer * Mohamed Ali Camara (born 1997), Guinean footballer * Mohamed Mady Camara (born 1997), Guinean footballer * Mohammed Camara (born 1975), Guinean footballer * Oumar Camara (born 1992), French footballer *

Papa Camara Naby Laye "Papa" Camara (1952 – 4 January 2018) was a Guinea national football team, Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s and football manager. He was regarded as one of Guinea's all-time great players, a stalwart of the highly successf ...

(1951–2018), Guinean footballer and manager *

Sékou Camara (footballer, born 1985) Abdoulaye Sékou Camara (17 November 1985 – 27 July 2013), better known as Sékou Camara, was a Malian footballer. Nicknamed "McCarthy", Camara primarily played as a striker and as a centre forward. At the time of his death, he was a striker ...

(1985–2013), Malian footballer *

Souleymane Camara Souleymane Camara (born 22 December 1982) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a former Senegal international and has represented his nation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations to ...

(born 1982), Senegalese footballer *

Titi Camara Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He was also the coach of the Guinea national football team, ...

(born 1972), Guinean footballer *

Zoumana Camara Zoumana Camara (born 3 April 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of Paris Saint-Germain U19. After starting out at Saint-Étienne, he went on to amass Ligue 1 totals of 344 matches and ...

(born 1979), French footballer

Others

Assan Musa Camara Assan Musa Camara (otherwise known as Andrew David Camara; 21 April 1923 – 15 September 2013) was a politician from Gambia. He served as Vice President of Dawda Jawara, almost continuously from 1972 to 1977, and then again from 1981 to 1982, and ...

(1923–2013), Gambian politician *

Babacar Camara Babacar Camara (born October 15, 1981) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Titánicos de León in Mexico. Career overview Babacar Camara grew up in Dakar, Senegal. After graduating from Yalla En High School in 1999, he went to Chei ...

(born 1981), Senegalese basketball player *

Fatou Kiné Camara Fatou Kiné Camara (born 29 December 1964) is a Senegalese lawyer and women's rights campaigner. The daughter of a magistrate and government minister, Camara has a doctorate in law and works as a lecturer and researcher. She has supported campaigns ...

(born 1964), Senegalese lawyer and women's rights campaigner * Gora Camara *

Hélder Câmara Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characteriz ...

(1909–1999), Roman Catholic Archbishop *

Javier Cámara Javier Cámara Rodríguez (born 19 January 1967) is a Spanish actor. He became known for two television roles as a priest in '' ¡Ay, señor, señor!'' and ''Éste es mi barrio''. He has since featured in films such as ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm ...

(born 1967), Spanish actor *

Jessica Camara Jessica Camara (born 18 April 1988) is a Canadian professional boxer who challenged for the WBA, WBO, and IBO female light welterweight titles in November 2021. Professional career Camara made her professional debut on 30 March 2017, scor ...

(born 1988), Canadian boxer *

Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara (1390–1450), also known as Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, was a Galician writer and poet, considered the last poet of the Galician school.James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, ''A History of Spanish Literature'' (D. Appleton and Co ...

(1390-1450), Spanish poet * Manuel de la Cámara (1835–1920), Spanish admiral *

Juan de la Cámara Juan de la Cámara (1525–1602) was a Spanish conquistador and an hidalgo (nobility), hidalgo. Born in Alcala de Henares, Spain, he arrived in New Spain (present day Mexico) in 1539 and joined the Spanish Conquest of Yucatán, becoming one of ...

(1525–1602), Spanish Conquistador *

Moussa Dadis Camara Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (; born 1 January 1964), now called Moïse Dadis Camara (),''Le Populaire'', , N°3232, 31 August 2010, p. 2 is an ex-officer of the Guinean army who served as the President of Guinea from 23 December 2008 to 15 Janu ...

(born 1964), Guinean army officer and president *

Sérgio Sette Câmara Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho (born 23 May 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver who currently drives for NIO 333 FE Team in Formula E. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, having formerly been a test and development driver for McLaren. Car ...

(born 1998), Brazilian racing driver *

Camara Laye Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was a writer from Guinea. He was the author of '' The African Child'' (''L'Enfant noir''), a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and ''The Radiance of the King'' (''Le Regard du roi'' ...

(1928-1980), Guinean writer (this is a Mandinka name; the family name is Camara and precedes the given names)

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