Seydou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Arabic name
Sa'id, commonly used in West Africa.
Notable people with the name include:
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(born 1958), Burkinabé politician and US Ambassador
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Mohamed Seydou Dera
Mohamed Seydou Dera (born 9 April 1986) is a Côte d'Ivoire former footballer.
Career
Sera started his career with AS Cocody and was 2006 promoted to the seniorside of the club, who played this time in the Division 3. In the following season s ...
(born 1986), Côte d'Ivoire footballer
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Seydou Diarra
Seydou Elimane Diarra (23 November 1933 – 19 July 2020) was an Ivorian politician, who served as the Prime Minister in 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005.
Life and career
Diarra was born on 23 November 1933 in Katiola. (1933–), Ivorian political figure, Prime Minister in 2000 and from 2003 to 2005
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Pape Seydou Diop
Pape Seydou Diop (born 12 January 1979) is a Senegalese retired international footballer.
Seydou Diop has played for Lens, Valenciennes, Norwich, RCF Paris, Aarau, Dinamo București, Levallois and Arras Football.
He made three appearances an ...
(born 1979), Senegalese international footballer
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Seydou Doumbia
Seydou Doumbia (; born 31 December 1987) is an Ivorian professional association footballer who last played as a forward for Maltese Premier League club Ħamrun Spartans.
After beginning his career in the Ivory Coast and Japan, he arrived in E ...
(born 1987), Ivorian footballer
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Seydou Badjan Kanté
Seydou Badjan Kanté (born 7 August 1981) is a former Ivorian footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Kanté is a product of the famed youth academy at Ivorian-based club ASEC Mimosas. He joined Belgian side KSK Beveren in 2004, spe ...
(born 1981), former Ivory Coast-born football defender
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Seydou Keita (footballer)
Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder.
Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), w ...
(born 1980), Malian professional footballer
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Seydou Keïta (photographer)
Seydou Keïta (1921/23 – 21 November 2001) was a Malian photographer known for his portraits of people and families he took at his portrait photography studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, in the 1950s. His photographs are widely acknowledged not ...
(1921–2001), self-taught portrait photographer from Bamako
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Seydou Koné (born 1983), Ivorian professional football player
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Seydou Badian Kouyaté
Seydou Badian Kouyaté (April 10, 1928 – December 28, 2018) was a Malian writer and politician. He wrote the lyrics to the Malian national anthem, "Le Mali".
Early life and education
Born in Bamako, Kouyaté studied medicine at the University ...
(born 1928), Malian writer and politician
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Seydou Njoya
Seidou Njimoluh Njoya ( Bamum: ''Sɛt-tu Nʒemɔleʔ Nʒeɔya'' , 1902 – 28 July 1992)DeLancey and DeLancey 206. ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992 as the Sultan of Foumban and Mfon of the Bamun. Njimoluh was the son of Ibra ...
(1902–1992), ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992
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Chris Seydou Seydou Nourou Doumbia, known as Chris Seydou (May 18, 1949 - March 4, 1994), was a Malian fashion designer known for his use of traditional Malian fabrics, particularly bògòlanfini (mudcloth).
Born in Kati in Mali's Koulikoro Region, Seydou live ...
(1949–1994), Malian fashion designer
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Mayaki Seydou
Mayaki Seydou (born 1949) is a former Nigerien bantamweight boxer. Seydou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. In his first match, Seydou beat Turkey's Mehmet Kunova before losing to East Germany's Stefan Förster
Stefan Förster ...
(born 1949), former Nigerien bantamweight boxer
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Seydou Traoré (born 1970), former Burkinabé footballer
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