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 (born 1986), Côte d'Ivoire footballer
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Seydou Diarra (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
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(born 1979), Senegalese international footballer
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Seydou Doumbia (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) (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 Univer ...
(born 1928), Malian writer and politician
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Seydou Njoya (1902–1992), ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992
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Chris Seydou (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
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(born 1949), former Nigerien bantamweight boxer
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Seydou Traoré
Seydou Traoré (born September 17, 1970 in Grand Lahou) is a former Burkinabé footballer.
Career
He played as a forward for FC Bressuire, Qatar SC, Al-Ain and Al-Qadisiya.
International career
Traoré has played for the Burkina Faso natio ...
(born 1970), former Burkinabé footballer
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