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

Basketball players

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

(born 1981), Senegalese basketball player * Gora Camara (born 2001), Senegalese basketball player * Ousmane Camara (born 1989), French basketball player *

Toumani Camara Toumani Camara ( ; born 8 May 2000) is a Belgian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Raised in Belgium, he moved to the United States to attend Chaminade-Madonna College Pre ...

(born 2000), Belgian basketball player

Footballers

* Abdoulaye Camara (born 1980), Malian footballer * Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer * Fredson Camara Pereira (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *

Hassoun Camara Hassoun Camara (born 3 February 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Career France Camara began his career with his hometown club, Olympique Noisy-le-Sec, appearing in 67 matches and scoring 1 goal. ...

(born 1986), French footballer * Henri Camara (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, Camara ...

(born 1975), Guinean footballer * Mamadi Camara (soccer, born 1995), Guinean footballer * Mamadi Camará (footballer, born 2003), Bissau-Guinean footballer * Mangué Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer * Mohamed Ali Camara (born 1997), Guinean footballer * Mohamed Mady Camara (born 1997), Guinean footballer *

Mohammed Camara Mohamed Camara (born 25 June 1975) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a left-back or left midfielder. Club career Early career Born in Conakry, Guinea, Camara spent the early years of his professional career in French f ...

(born 1975), Guinean footballer * Oumar Camara (born 1992), French footballer * Papa Camara (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 f ...

(1985–2013), Malian footballer * Souleymane Camara (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 professional football manager and former player who works as the manager of club Montpellier. After starting out at Saint-Étienne as a centre-back, he went on to amass Ligue 1 totals of 344 matche ...

(born 1979), French footballer

Others

Assan Musa Camara Assan Musa Camara (also known as Andrew David Camara; 21 April 1923 – 15 September 2013) was a Gambian politician. He served as Vice President of the Gambia under president Dawda Jawara, almost continuously from 1972 to 1977,. And then again fr ...

(1923–2013), Gambian politician *

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 *

Gabriela Cámara Gabriela Cámara is a Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author. Born in Chihuahua City, Cámara grew up in Tepoztlán. In 1998, Cámara opened Contramar, a restaurant specializing in seafood, in Mexico City. She opened the restaurant Cala in ...

, Mexican chef *

Hélder Câmara Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife from 1964 to 1985 during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was declared a Servant of God in 2015 ...

(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 (born 1988), Canadian boxer * Juan de la Cámara (1525–1602), Spanish Conquistador *

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

(1390–1450), Spanish poet *

Camara Laye Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was a writer from Guinea. His most well-known works are '' The African Child'' (''L'Enfant noir''), a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and '' The Radiance of the King'' (''Le Regar ...

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

Manuel de la Cámara Admiral Manuel de la Cámara y Livermoore (or Libermoore) (7 May 1836 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish naval officer. He saw service in many of Spain′s wars of the second half of the nineteenth century and is most notable for commanding Cáma ...

(1835–1920), Spanish admiral *

Mariama Camara Mariama Camara (1958 or 1959 – 13 January 2025) was a Guinean politician and businesswoman. She was a former Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Trade. Professional career With a degree in Food chemistry from Gamal Abdel Nasser Univer ...

(died 2025), Guinean politician and businesswoman *

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 third president of Guinea from 23 December 2008 t ...

(born 1964), Guinean army officer and president *

Rafael Câmara Rafael Chaves Câmara (; born 5 May 2005) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident Racing, Trident. Câmara is the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, 2024 Formula Regional European champ ...

(born 2005), Brazilian racing driver *

Sérgio Sette Câmara Sérgio Santos Sette Câmara Filho (born 23 May 1998) is a Brazilians, Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with Nielsen Racing. He previously competed in Formula E, having previously raced for Drago ...

(born 1998), Brazilian racing driver

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