Amadu is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *

John Amadu Bangura Brigadier John Amadu Bangura, CBE (8 March 1930 – 29 March 1970) was a Sierra Leonean who served as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces from 1968 to 1970. Prior to this in 1967, he served as the Sierra Leonean Amba ...

(1920–1970), the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April to 22 April 1968 *

Alfred Amadu Conteh Alfred Amadu Conteh is an American sculptor, painter and mixed-media artist. Biography Alfred Amadu Conteh was born in 1975 in Fort Valley, Georgia. He attended Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where he received a BFA. He received ...

, African American sculptor, painter and mixed-media artist * Amadu Diallo, 23-year-old US immigrant from Guinea shot and killed by four plain-clothed police officers *

Amadu Jalloh Alhaji Amadu Jalloh is a politician in Sierra Leone. He contested the 1996 presidential election as a member of the National Democratic Alliance (Sierra Leone), National Democratic Alliance, where he finished in 8th place with 2.3% of the first rou ...

, politician in Sierra Leone *

Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy Yulisa Amadu Pat Maddy (27 December 1936 – 16 March 2014)

(born 1936), Sierra Leonean actor, dancer, director and playwright *

Tejan Amadu Mansaray Tejan Amadu Mansaray is a Sierra Leonean politician. He is a member of the All People's Congress party and is one of the representatives in the Parliament of Sierra Leone for Koinadugu District Koinadugu District is a district in the Northern Pro ...

, Sierra Leonean politician *

Amadu II of Masina Amadu II of Massina (أحمد بن أحمد حمادي; ff, Amadu Amadu Hammadi; c. 1815 – February 1853), also called Amadu Seku, was the second Almami, or ruler, of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi or Diina of Hamdullahi in what is ...

(1845–1853), ruler of the nineteenth-century Massina Empire in what is now Mali *

Amadu III of Masina Amadu III of Masina ( ar, أحمد بن أحمد بن أحمد لبّو, ff, italic=yes, Āmadu mo Āmadu mo Āmadu Lobbo), also known as Amadu Amadu (1830 - 16 May 1862) was the third and last ruler of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi (Di ...

(1830–1862), the last ruler of the Fula Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali *

Amadu Sulley Amadu Sulley is a Ghanaian public servant who is a former Deputy Chairperson of Electoral Commission of Ghana. Career He was appointed as deputy chairperson of the Ghanaian Electoral Commission in 2012 by then president, John Evans Atta-Mills ...

, Ghanaian public official *

Amadu Turé Amadu Turé (born 3 June 1993) is a Guinea-Bissauan footballer who plays for Salgueiros as a forward. Football career On 23 July 2017, Turé made his professional debut with Sporting Covilhã in a 2017–18 Taça da Liga The 2017–18 Taça ...

(born 1993), Guinea-Bissauan footballer *

Amadu Wurie Amadu Wurie (August 27 1898 – 13 June 1977) was an early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician. Biography Wurie was born in Gbinti, Port Loko District, in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone, the son of a Fula paramount ch ...

(1898–1977), early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician *

Moses Amadu Yahaya Moses Amadu Yahaya is a Ghanaian building technician, politician and was a Member of Parliament for the Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana. He is a member of the Convention Peoples' Party. Professional life Yahaya worked ...

, Ghanaian building technician, politician and Member of Parliament *

Amadu Yusufu Amadu Yusufu (born 5 July 1958) is a Malawian former cyclist. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as S ...

(born 1958), Malawian former cyclist Surname: *

Latif Amadu Abdul Latif Amadu (born 20 August 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

(born 1993), Ghanaian professional footballer *

Mamood Amadu Mamood Amadu (born 17 November 1972) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeaste ...

(born 1972), football player from Ghana *

Seku Amadu Sheikhu Ahmadu ( ar-at, شيخ أحمد بن محمّد لبّو, Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; ff, Seeku Aamadu ; ) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger ...

(1773–1845), founder of the Fula Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali

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