Hamidou is a Francophonic-orthography variant of the
Islamic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
Hamad, commonly used in Africa that may refer to
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Hamadou Derra (born 1985), Burkinabé football midfielder
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Hamadou Djibo Issaka
Hamadou Djibo Issaka (born 3 July 1977) is a Nigerien athlete. A competitive swimmer, Djibo Issaka trained as a Men's single sculls rower for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London to take a development spot offered to the Nigerien federation by the ...
(born 1977), Nigerien athlete
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Hamadou Karamoko (born 1995), French football defender
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(born 1945), Cameroonian politician
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(born 1930), Prime Minister of Djibouti
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Pape Hamadou N'Diaye (born 1977), Senegalese football player
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