List of Malians

Academics

Sidibé Aminata Diallo

Scholars of Sankore Madrasah

Scholars wrote their own books as part of a socioeconomic model. Students were charged with copying these books and any other books they could get their hands on. Today there are over 700,000 manuscripts in Timbuktu with many dating back to West Africa's Golden Age (12th-16th centuries).

Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627)

Mohammed Bagayogo

Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar

Writers

Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627)

Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949)

Ibrahima Aya (born 1967)

Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900–1991)

Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947)

Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988)

Souéloum Diagho

Aïda Mady Diallo

Alpha Mandé Diarra (born 1954)

Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)

Aoua Kéita (1912–1980)

Moussa Konaté

Yambo Ouologuem (born 1940)

Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952)

Aminata Traoré (born 1942)

Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003)

Film directors

Abdoulaye Ascofaré

Souleymane Cissé

Adama Drabo

Assane Kouyaté

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Falaba Issa Traoré

Griots

Abdoulaye Diabaté

Baba Sissoko

Bakari Sumano (1935–2003)

Balla Tounkara

Djelimady Tounkara

Musicians

Issa Bagayogo

Afel Bocoum

Fanta Damba

Toumani Diabaté

Yaya Diallo

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Mory Kanté

Salif Keita

Mamani Keïta

Habib Koité

Drissa Kone

Kandia Kouyaté

Moussa Kouyate

Sara M'Bodji

Amadou et Mariam

Fanta Sacko

Oumou Sangaré

Ko Kan Ko Sata

Baba Sissoko

Jali Nyama Suso

Tinariwen

Djelimady Tounkara

Ali Farka Touré

Vieux Farka Touré

Boubacar Traoré

Lobi Traoré

Rokia Traoré

Photographers

Alioune Bâ

Seydou Keïta

Malick Sidibé

Puppeteers

Yaya Coulibaly

Artists

Abdoulaye Konaté

Religious figures

Julien Mory Sidibé-Catholic bishop.

Sidi Yahya-Mosque/Madrassah named for him.

Partial list of mansas of the Mali Empire

Sundiata Keita (1240–1255)

Wali Keita (1255–1270)

Ouati Keita (1270–1274)

Khalifa Keita (1274–1275)

Abu Bakr (1275–1285)

Sakura (1285–1300)

Gao (1300–1305)

Mohammed ibn Gao (1305–1310)

Abubakari II (1310–1312)

Kankan Musa I (1312–1337)

Maghan (1337–1341)

Suleyman (1341–1360)

Kassa (1360)

Mari Diata II (1360–1374)

Musa II (1374–1387)

Magha II (1387–1389)

Sandaki (1389–1390)

Mahmud (1390–1400)

Note: As the Mali Empire and the modern nation of Mali substantially overlap most of these names likely do apply, but some may not.

Bambara Empire

Bitòn Coulibaly

Ngolo Diarra (1766–1795)

Mansong Diarra (1795–1808)

Massina Empire

Seku Amadu (1820–1845)

Amadu II of Masina (1845–1852)

Amadu III of Masina (1852–1862)

Various kingdoms

Sulayman Bal (died 1775)

Babemba Traoré-Kénédougou

Modern politicians

Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani

Soumaïla Cissé

Mamadou Dembelé - former Prime Minister

Yoro Diakité - former Prime Minister

Sidibé Aminata Diallo

Daba Diawara

Moustapha Dicko

Tiébilé Dramé

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Modibo Keïta

Alpha Oumar Konaré

Garan Fabou Kouyate

Aoua Kéita

Choguel Kokalla Maïga - Patriotic Movement for Renewal

Ousmane Issoufi Maïga

Moctar Ouane

Ahmed Diane Semega

Mandé Sidibé

Sidibe Korian Sidibe

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Soumana Sacko - former Prime Minister

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow - former Prime Minister

Ousmane Sy

Mountaga Tall

Ascofare Oulematou Tamboura

Amadou Toumani Touré

Younoussi Touré - former Prime Minister

Dioncounda Traoré - Party President of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali

Moussa Traoré

Aminata Traoré

Yeah Samake

Scientists

Cheick Modibo Diarra - astrophysicist

Nassif Ghoussoub - mathematician

Basketball players

Soumaila Samake

Footballers

Sedonoude Abouta

Mamadou Bagayoko

Boubacar Coulibaly, footballer, born 1985

Adama Coulibaly

Moussa Coulibaly, footballer, born 1981

Soumaila Coulibaly

Cheick Oumar Dabo

Mamadou Diallo, footballer

Souleymane Diamoutene

Mahamadou Diarra

Fousseni Diawara

Mintou Doucoure

Frédéric Kanouté

Jimmy Kebe

Salif Keita, footballer

Seydou Keita, footballer

Djibril Konaté

Amadou Konte

Tenema N'Diaye

Mamady Sidibe

Rafan Sidibé

Mohamed Sissoko

Adama Tamboura

Fousseni Tangara

Jean Tigana

Alhassane Touré

Alioune Touré

Abdou Traoré

Alou Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Dramane Traoré

Olympic athletes

Cheick Bathily

Mamadi Berthe

Drissa Diakite

Soumaila Diakite

Boucader Diallo

Boubacar Koné