This is a list of notable people from Chad.

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A

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  • Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye: (born 1953), rebel insurgent leader
  • Acyl Ahmat Agbas: (1944–1982), Foreign Minister 1979–1981
  • Salma Khalil Alio: (born 1982), poet

B

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  • Aziza Baroud: UN Representative
  • Mohamed Baghlani: (leader of the Volcan Army, died 1977)
  • Jean Alingué Bawoyeu: (born 1937), Prime Minister 1991–1992
  • Lydie Beassemda (born c. 1967), women's rights activist and government minister
  • Mahamoud Adam Béchir: Chad's Ambassador to South Africa since 2012, formerly the Chadian Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2012.
  • Outel Bono: (liberal politician, died 1973)
  • Mariam Brahim: (born 1956), physician

C

  • Issa Serge Coelo: (born 1967), film director

D

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  • Dunama Dabbalemi: (emperor of Kanem 1221–1259)
  • Brahim Déby: son of Chadian President Idriss Déby
  • Idriss Déby: (1952–2021)
  • Yaya Dillo Djérou: leader of the insurgent group Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy
  • Koibla Djimasta: (born 1950), Prime Minister 1995–97
  • Negue Djogo: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces)
  • Jacques Doumro: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces)

G

  • Pierre Toura Gaba: (1920–1998), former Secretary General of the Chadian Progressive Party, Chadian ambassador to Germany from 1966 to 1973, Chadian ambassador to the United States from 1976 to 1979

H

  • Hissène Habré

I

  • Mahamat Idriss

K

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  • Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué
  • Saleh Kebzabo
  • Djibrine Kerallah
  • Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
  • Grace Kodindo: (born 1960), obstetrician
  • Alphonse Kotiga
  • Ahmed Koulamallah
  • Marie-Christine Koundja: (born 1957), writer

L

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  • Gabriel Lisette
  • Rose Lokissim: one of the first Chadian elite soldiers, she fought against Hissène Habré's dictatorship in the 1980s, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed
  • Elise Loum: (born 1956), Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament

M

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  • Félix Malloum
  • Hassan Abdallah Mardigue
  • Idriss Miskine
  • Fidèle Moungar
  • Mariam Ali Moussa, Minister and Ambassador to Germany and Austria
  • Ahmed Hassan Musa

N

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  • Kaltouma Nadjina
  • Ndolenodji Alixe Naïmbaye
  • Japhet N'Doram
  • Mahamat Nour

O

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  • Noël Milarew Odingar
  • Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido
  • Goukouni Oueddei

R

  • Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane, Chadian warlord and founder of FROLINAT who was active during the civil war (1966–1993)

S

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  • Gontchomé Sahoulba
  • Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh
  • Joseph Brahim Seid
  • Lol Mohamed Shawa
  • Abba Siddick
  • Achta Djibrine Sy

T

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  • Youssouf Togoïmi
  • Nabatingue Toko
  • François Tombalbaye
  • Khadidja Touré

U

  • Uthman I of Kanem: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1356 to 1369 during the Sayfawa dynasty
  • Uthman II of Kanem: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369 to 1371 during the Sayfawa dynasty
  • Uthman III Kalinumuwa: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1463 to 1473 during the Sayfawa dynasty

Y

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  • Nagoum Yamassoum
  • Pascal Yoadimnadji
  • Joseph Yodoyman
  • Ngarlejy Yorongar

See also

  • Heads of state of Chad
  • Sayfawa dynasty

References