This is a list of notable people from Niger:

Leaders and politicians

Modern

  • Hama Amadou, former Prime Minister
  • Kalla Ankourao, former minister
  • Djibo Bakary, colonial premier and Sawaba party leader
  • Bibata Niandou Barry lawyer and minister
  • Jeannette Schmidt Degener (1926–2017), businesswoman, feminist and politician
  • Hamani Diori, first President
  • Mahamadou Issoufou, present Leader of the Opposition, former prime minister
  • Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President, 1996–1999
  • Mamadou Tandja, President, 1999–2010
  • Hadizatou Mani, human rights advocate
  • Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, former prime minister
  • Mamane Oumarou, Prime Minister, 1983 & 1989
  • Mahamane Ousmane, President, 1993–1996
  • Ali Saibou, President, 1987–1993
  • André Salifou, professor and opposition leader
  • Ilguilas Weila
  • Seyni Oumarou, present prime minister
  • Ousmane Issoufou Oubandawaki, former Minister of National Defence, former Minister of Transports, former Director General of ASECNA

Not served or opposition

  • Rhissa Ag Boula

Military Leaders

  • Seyni Kountché, military officer, President 1974–1987
  • Général Ali Saïbou, military officer, President 1987–1992
  • Daouda Malam Wanké, military officer, President 1999–2000

Journalist

  • Grémah Boucar - journalist.
  • Moussa Kaka - director Maradi based radio station Saraounia FM.
  • Mariama Keïta - journalist and feminist activists
  • Rahmatou Keïta - journalist and film director
  • Nouhou Arzika - journalist and civil rights activists
  • Samira Sabou - journalist and blogger
  • Moussa Tchangari - journalist and civil society leader
  • Tchima Illa Issoufou - correspondent for BBC Hausa.

Religious figures

  • Sarraounia: Mauri religious leader
  • Ambroise Ouédraogo: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maradi

Other

  • Kadidjatou Amadou, disability activist, paralympian and social entrepreneur
  • Lucien Bouchardeau, FIFA football referee
  • Ibrahim Chaibou, FIFA football referee and match fixer
  • Emaniel Djibril Dankawa, nakke
  • Mariam Kamara, architect

See also

  • List of Nigerien writers
  • List of people by nationality