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* Ali Dia (born 1965), Senegalese footballer *

Amadou Dia Ba El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ (born September 22, 1958) is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds. It was the first, and only (a ...

(born 1958), former Senegalese athlete *

Boulaye Dia Boulaye Dia (born 16 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Lazio, on loan from Salernitana. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team. Club career Reims Dia signed a professional contract wit ...

(born 1996), Senegalese footballer *

Fabé Dia Amy Fabé Dia Longo (born 14 February 1977) is a French-Italian sprint athlete who specializes in the 200 metres. She became an Italian citizen on 12 May 2009 through her marriage to Italian middle-distance runner Andrea Longo. Biography Dia ...

(born 1977), French-Italian athlete *

Issiar Dia Issiar Dia (born 8 June 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level. Club career Nancy In summer 2006, Dia joined AS Nancy from SC Amiens for a €2 million tra ...

(born 1987), French footballer *

Mamadou Dia Mamadou Dia (18 July 1910 – 25 January 2009) was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was p ...

(1910–2009), the first Prime Minister of Senegal *

Mamadou Chérif Dia Mamadou Chérif Dia (born 16 October 1984) is a Malian athlete specialising in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 African Games. His personal bests are 7.82 metres in the long jump (-0.9 m/s, Bamako 2010) and 1 ...

(born 1984), Senegalese athlete *

Modou Dia Modou Dia (born 27 March 1950) is a Senegalese politician and former diplomat. Dia represented Senegal in Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, West Germany and Austria. He also was the Senegalese permanent representative to the Organisation of the Islam ...

(born 1950), Senegalese politician * Mohamed Dia (born 1973), fashion creator * Omar Dia (born 1955), Senegalese basketball player * Pape Cire Dia (born 1980), Senegalese footballer * Tidiane Dia (born 1985), Senegalese football player * Yero Dia (born 1982), French football player

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Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim (; – January 29, 2007), also known as al-Ali bin Ali bin Abi Talib (Arabic: العلي بن علي بن أبي طالب), was an Iraqi militant who was the leader of an armed extremist Shia Islamist cult named Soldiers of ...

(1970–2007), Iraqi cult leader * Dia al-Azzawi (born 1939), Iraqi artist * Dia Bell (born 2007), American football player; son of

Raja Bell Raja Dia Bell (born September 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats, and Go ...

Dia Cha Dia Cha is a Hmong Laotian American author and academic who has written books for both children and adults. Early life She was born in the early 1960s in Southeast Asia. After the Vietnam War, her family immigrated to the United States of America ...

(born 1962), Hmong American author and professor * Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), British political activist *

Dia Evtimova Dia Evtimova (; born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 23 June 2014. She has more than 600 match wins on the ITF cir ...

(born 1987), Bulgarian tennis player * Dia Forrester (born ?), former Attorney General of Grenada *

Dia Frampton Dia Frampton (born October 2, 1987) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Frampton is the lead singer of the band Meg & Dia, was the runner-up in the inaugural season of '' The Voice,'' and is perhaps most known for her presence and ...

(born 1987), lead singer of the American band, Meg & Dia * Dia Kurosawa, fictional character from the media-mix project ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' *

Dia Mirza Dia Mirza Rekhi (born Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000. Mirza made her ...

(born 1981), Indian model and actress * Dia Nader de El-Andari (born 1950), Lebanese Venezuelan ambassador *

Dia Saba Dia Saba (sometimes Sabi'a or Seba, , ; born 18 November 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa. Early life Saba was born in Majd al-Krum, Israel, to a Musl ...

(born 1992), Israeli soccer player *

Dia Sokol Savage Dia Sokol Savage is an American film and television producer, director and writer. She is best known as the executive producer of MTV's hit series '' 16 & Pregnant'' and ''Teen Mom'' franchise and as a producer on Andrew Bujalski's films '' Mutual ...

(born 1976), American film and television producer and director {{Given name, type=both Surnames of Senegalese origin Surnames of Mauritanian origin Surnames of Malian origin