Amadou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Islamic name Ahmad, commonly used in West Africa. Amadou is interchangeable with the forms Ahmadu or Amadu in non-Francophone African countries.
Notable people with the name include:
Amadou Alassane (born 1983), French footballerAmadou Ali (born 1943), Cameroonian politicianAmadou Ali Djibo, Nigerien politicianAmadou Bagayoko (born 1954), half of Mali singing duo Amadou & MariamAmadou Bakayoko (born 1996), Sierra Leonean-English professional footballerAmadou Bamba (1853–1927), Muslim Sufi religious leader in SenegalAmadou Cissé (born 1948), Nigerian politicianAmadou Cissé Dia (1915–2002), Senegalese politician and playwrightAmadou Cissé (footballer) (born 1985), French-Guinean footballerAmadou Cheiffou (born 1942), Nigerian politicianAmadou Coulibaly (born 1984), Burkinabé footballerAmadou Dia Ba (born 1958), Senegalese Olympic athleteAmadou Diallo (1975–1999), Guinean immigrant killed in a New York police shootingAmadou Diamouténé (born 1985), Malian footballerAmadou Doucoure (1919–1971), Malian politicianAmadou Gakou (born 1940), Senegalese Olympic sprinterAmadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991), Malian writer and ethnologistAmadou Jawo (born 1984), Swedish-Gambian footballerAmadou Karim Gaye (1913–2000), Senegalese veterinarian, physician and politicianAmadou Konare, Malian coup leaderAmadou Koné (born 1953), Burkinabé writerAmadou Konte (born 1981), Malian-French footballerAmadou Lamine Ba, Senegalese ambassador to the United StatesAmadou Ly, Senegalese-American actorAmadou Mahtar Ba, African media executiveAmadou-Mahtar M'Bow (born 1921), Senegalese educatorAmadou Meïté (1949–2014), Ivorian sprinterAmadou Morou (born 1983), Togolese footballerAmadou Moutari (born 1994), Nigerien footballerAmadou Ouattara (born 1989), Ivorian footballerAmadou Rabihou (born 1984), Cameroonian footballerAmadou Salifou, Nigerien politicianAmadou Samb (born 1988), Senegalese footballerAmadou Sanogo (born 1972), Malian military officer and coup leaderAmadou Sanokho (born 1979), French footballerAmadou Sanyang (born 1991), Gambian footballerAmadou Scattred Janneh (born 1963), Gambian-American politicianAmadou Séré (born 1987), Burkinabé footballerAmadou Sidibé (born 1986), Malian footballerAmadou Soukouna (born 1992), French footballerAmadou Tidiane Tall (born 1975), Burkinabé footballerAmadou Touré, Burkinabé footballerAmadou Tidiane Tall, Burkinabé footballerAmadou Toumani Touré (born 1948), President of Mali from 2002 to 2012Anne-Lisa Amadou (1930–2002), Norwegian literary researcherHama Amadou (born 1950), Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2007Ibrahim Amadou (born 1993), Cameroonian footballerKader Amadou (born 1989), Nigerien footballerMoudachirou Amadou (born 1971), Beninese footballer