# Amadou (name)

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:

## Given name

* Amadou Aboubakar Zaki (born 1988), Nigerien basketball player
* Amadou Alassane (born 1983), French footballer
* Amadou Ali (1943–2022), Cameroonian politician
* Amadou Ali Djibo, Nigerien politician
* Amadou Ba (disambiguation), several people
* Amadou Bagayoko (born 1954), half of Mali singing duo Amadou & Mariam
* Amadou Bakayoko (born 1996), Sierra Leonean-English professional footballer
* Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), Muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal
* Amadou Cissé (born 1948), Nigerien politician
* Amadou Cissé Dia (1915–2002), Senegalese politician and playwright
* Amadou Cissé (footballer) (born 1985), French-Guinean footballer
* Amadou Cheiffou (born 1942), Nigerien politician
* Amadou Coulibaly (born 1984), Burkinabé footballer
* Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959–2020), Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
* Amadou Dia Ba (born 1958), Senegalese Olympic athlete
* Amadou Diallo (1975–1999), Guinean immigrant killed in a New York police shooting
* Amadou Diamouténé (born 1985), Malian footballer
* Amadou Diawara (born 1997), Guinean professional footballer
* Amadou Doucoure (1919–1971), Malian politician
* Amadou Gakou (born 1940), Senegalese Olympic sprinter
* Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991), Malian writer and ethnologist
* Amadou Jawo (born 1984), Swedish-Gambian footballer
* Amadou Karim Gaye (1913–2000), Senegalese veterinarian, physician and politician
* Amadou Konare, Malian coup leader
* Amadou Koné (born 1953), Burkinabé writer
* Amadou Konte (born 1981), Malian-French footballer
* Amadou Lamine Ba, Senegalese ambassador to the United States
* Amadou Ly, Senegalese-American actor
* Amadou Mahtar Ba, African media executive
* Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921–2024), Senegalese educator
* Amadou Meïté (1949–2014), Ivorian sprinter
* Amadou Morou (born 1983), Togolese footballer
* Amadou Moutari (born 1994), Nigerien footballer
* Amadou Ouattara (born 1989), Ivorian footballer
* Amadou Rabihou (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
* Amadou Salifou, Nigerien politician
* Amadou Samb (born 1988), Senegalese footballer
* Amadou Sanogo (born 1972), Malian military officer and coup leader
* Amadou Sanokho (born 1979), French footballer
* Amadou Sanyang (born 1991), Gambian footballer
* Amadou Sarr (born 2004), Italian footballer
* Amadou Scattred Janneh (born 1963), Gambian-American politician
* Amadou Séré (born 1987), Burkinabé footballer
* Amadou Sidibé (born 1986), Malian footballer
* Amadou Soukouna (born 1992), French footballer
* Amadou Tidiane Tall (born 1975), Burkinabé footballer
* Amadou Touré (born 1982), Burkinabé footballer
* Amadou Tidiane Tall (born 1975), Burkinabé footballer
* Amadou Toumani Touré (1948–2020), President of Mali from 2002 to 2012

## Surname

* Anne-Lisa Amadou (1930–2002), Norwegian literary researcher
* Hama Amadou (1950-2024), Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2007
* Ibrahim Amadou (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
* Kader Amadou (born 1989), Nigerien footballer
* Moudachirou Amadou (born 1971), Beninese footballer