# Souleymane

Souleymane is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Souleymane Alio (born 2006), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Anne (born 1997), French footballer
* Souleymane Aw (born 1999), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Bamba (born 1985), French footballer
* Souleymane Berthé (born 2000), Malian basketball player
* Souleymane Camara (born 1982), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Cissé (1940–2025), Malian film director
* Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1990) (born 1990), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 2002) (born 2002), French footballer
* Souleymane Djimou Cissé (born 1999), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Cissokho (born 1991), Senegal-born French boxer
* Souleymane Coulibaly (born 1994), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Coulibaly (footballer, born 1996) (born 1996), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Demba (born 1991), Zambian-born Malian footballer
* Souleymane Dembélé (born 1984), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Démé (born 1986), Chadian actor
* Souleymane Diabate (born 1991), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Diaby (footballer, born 1987) (born 1987), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Diaby (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 1955), Senegalese philosopher
* Souleymane Kelefa Diallo (1959–2013), chief of staff of the Guinean Army
* Souleymane Diallo (boxer) (born 1937), French boxer
* Souleymane Diallo (footballer) (born 1987), Mauritanian footballer
* Souleymane Diamouténé (born 1983), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Diarra (born 1995), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Diawara (born 1978), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Diomandé (born 1992), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Doucouré, Malian politician
* Souleymane Doukara (born 1991), French footballer
* Souleymane Fall (born 1969), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Faye (footballer) (born 2003), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Faye (linguist), Senegalese linguist
* Souleymane Guengueng, Chadian torture victim and human rights activist
* Souleymane Karamoko (born 1992), French footballer
* Souleymane Keita (Senegalese footballer) (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Keïta (jihadist) (died 2020), Senegalese jihadist
* Souleymane Koanda (born 1992), Burkinabé footballer
* Souleymane Konaté (born 1989), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Kone (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
* Souleymane Ly (1919–1994), Nigerien educator
* Souleymane Mamam (born 1985), Togolese footballer
* Souleymane M'baye (born 1975), French boxer
* Souleymane Mboup (born 1951), Senegalese microbiologist
* Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (born 1958), Senegalese politician
* Souleymane Oularé (born 1972), Guinean footballer
* Souleymane Dela Sacko (born 1984), Nigerien footballer
* Souleymane Sané (born 1961), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Sangaré (born 1969), Malian footballer
* Souleymane Sawadogo (born 1993), Burkinabé footballer
* Souleymane Sidibé (politician) (1949–2022), Malian diplomat
* Souleymane Lamine Sidibe (born 2007), English footballer
* Souléymane Sy Savané, Ivorian actor
* Souleymane Sylla (actor), Guinean-born Italian actor
* Souleymane Sylla (footballer) (born 1984), Guinean footballer
* Souleymane Tandia (born 1987), Senegalese footballer
* Souleymane Touré (born 1980), Guinean politician
* Souleymane Isaak Touré (born 2003), French footballer
* Souleymane Traore (1987–2009), Guinean footballer
* Souleymane Youla (born 1981), Guinean football player

## Surname

* Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane (born 1959), Nigerien diplomat
* Asrangue Souleymane (born 1982), Central African basketball player
* Bi Sidi Souleymane (1962–2021), Central African rebel
* Chérif Souleymane (born 1944), Guinean footballer
* Lassana Cisse Souleymane (died 2019), Ivorian murder victim
* Mahamadou Souleymane (born c. 1984 or 1986), Tuareg songwriter
* Nafissa Souleymane (born 1992), Nigerien sprinter
* Zakariya Souleymane (born 1994), French footballer