1. Stéphane Sessègnon (1984)

Footballer

Beninise soccer player best known as a member of Premiere League clubs like Sunderland AFC and West Bromwich Albion FC. He represented his native country Benin at the 2008 and...

2. Angélique Kidjo (1960)

Beninese Musicians

Grammy-winning singer from Benin, Africa who has performed at many prominent events and venues, including the 2012 Fifa World Cup Kickoff Concert (alongside Shakira) and a sold-out performance at Carnegie...

3. Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi (1985)

Beninese Taekwondo Practitioner

M. A. Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi is a Beninese taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the men's 58 kg taekwondo event at the 2008 Summer Olympics but was eliminated in the first...

4. Shafiq Chitou (1985)

Beninese Boxer

Shafiq Chitou is a Beninese boxer. He qualified to compete in boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics but funding woes are a concern for him. He currently works as a...

5. Rodrigue Akpakoun (1974)

Beninese Footballer

Rodrigue Akpakoun is a former Beninese football player.

6. Romuald Boco (1985)

Footballer

Romuald Boco is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Plymouth Argyle. He has played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley and Burton Albion. Boco has represented Benin...

7. Moustapha Agnidé (1981)

Footballer

Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé is a Beninese football player who plays for Stade Quimpérois. Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur. He played for...

8. Yosif Ayuba (1990)

Swedish Footballers

Yosif Ayuba is a Beninese footballer of Swedish decent who plays as a defender and midfielder. He is a free agent and his latest club was Djurgårdens IF.

9. Christophe Pognon (1977)

Benin Tennis Player

Christophe Pognon is a former tennis player from Benin. Pognon represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia where he was defeated in the first round...

10. Benoît Sinzogan (1930)

Beninese Politician

Benoît Sinzogan is a Beninese military officer and politician best known for leading his country's gendarmerie in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Fon ethnic group which...

11. Maurice Kouandété (1932)

Military Officer

Iropa Maurice Kouandété was a military officer and politician in Benin. He was born to Somba parents in the Gaba District of Dahomey. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his...

12. Pierre Osho (1945)

Beninese Politician

Pierre Osho is a Beninese political figure. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 1996 to May 1998 then Minister of Defense from May 1998 to January 2006...

13. Jean-Marie Ehouzou (1950)

Beninese Diplomat

Jean-Marie Ehouzou is a Beninese diplomat who served in the government of Benin as Minister of Foreign Affairs African Integration La Francophonie and Beninese Abroad from 2008 to 2011.

14. Achille Rouga (1987)

Beninese Footballer

Abdoul Rachid Achille Rouga is a Beninese international footballer who plays for Avrankou Omnisport FC.

15. Robert Dossou (1939)

Beninese Politician

Robert Dossou is a Beninese politician. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1993 to 1995.

16. Mathieu Adeniyi (1987)

Association Football Player

Mathieu Adeniyi is a Beninense football player who plays for OC Cesson in France.

17. Oscar Olou (1987)

Beninese Footballer

Oscar Olou is a Beninese international footballer who plays for French club Romorantin as a midfielder.

18. Bruno Amoussou (1939)

Beninese Politician

Bruno Ange-Marie Amoussou is a Beninese politician who was President of the National Assembly of Benin from 1995 to 1999 and Minister of State for Planning and Prospective Development under...

19. Abraham Zinzindohoue (1948)

Beninese Lawyer

Abraham Zinzindohoue is Beninese lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Justice of Benin from 10 April 2006 to 17 June 2007. He was President of the Supreme Court...

20. Christian Akande Kotchoni (1988)

Beninese Footballer

Christian Akande Kotchoni is a Beninese international football player who currently plays for Requins de l'Atlantique FC.

21. Nicéphore Soglo (1934)

Prime Minister Of Benin

Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo is a Beninois politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996. He has been the Mayor of Cotonou...

22. Daniel Tawéma (1947)

Beninese Politician

Daniel Tawéma is a Beninese politician. During the regime of Mathieu Kérékou he became Deputy Director of the Civil Cabinet in April 1979 and served as Director of the Cabinet...

23. Tahirou Congacou (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Tahirou Congacou was a Beninese politician most active during the 1960s when his country was known as Dahomey. He served as speaker of the National Assembly from 1964 to 1965...

24. Adrien Houngbédji (1942)

Beninese Politician

Adrien Houngbédji is a Beninese politician and the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party one of Benin's main political parties. He was President of the National Assembly of Benin from...

25. Christophe Soglo (1909)

Beninese Politician

Christophe Soglo was a Beninese military officer and political leader and one of the most important figures in Benin's period of political instability and frequent though usually bloodless coups during...

26. Salomon Wisdom (1988)

Beninese Footballer

Michel Wisdom Salomon Aka is a Beninese international football player.

27. Mouftaou Adou (1991)

Beninese Footballer

Mouftaou Adoun is a Beninese football player who currently plays in Benin for Port Autonome.

28. Sacca Lafia (1944)

Beninese Politician

Sacca Lafia is a Beninese politician the President of the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity and a former First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Benin. A veterinarian by...

29. Prince Ofori (1988)

Footballer

Prince Ofori Yartey is a Ghanaian Beninese football central defender who recently played for the Slovak 3. liga club FC Petržalka 1898.

30. Émile Poisson (1905)

Beninese Politician

Émile Poisson was a politician from Benin who served in the French Senate from 1947-1955. He was a métis. Prior to election to the French Senate he had been a...

31. Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere was a Beninese politician. He was the Fourth Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament. He was elected to the National Assembly of Benin for the...

32. Joseph Gnonlonfoun (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Joseph Gnonlonfoun is a Beninese politician. He was the foreign minister of Benin in 2003.

33. Rachad Chitou (1976)

Beninese Footballer

Rachad Chitou is a Beninese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wikki Tourists.

34. Théodore Holo (1948)

Beninese Politician

Théodore Holo is a Beninese politician. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1991 to 1992.

35. Fabienne Feraez (1976)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

bienne Feraez is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She switched nationality from her native France on August 12 2003.

36. Simon Idohou (1950)

Beninese Diplomat

Dr. Simon Bodéhoussè Idohou was the Permanent Representative for Benin to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006. In the Armed Forces Health Service of Benin Idohou was Director of...

37. Moussa Okanla (1950)

Scholar Diplomat Former Minister

Moussa Okanla is a Beninese scholar and diplomat. Okanla was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government named on June 17 2007 and was replaced by Jean-Marie Ehouzou...

38. Dauda Badaru (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Dauda Badaru is a Beninese politician. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1968 to 1969 and again from 1970 to 1971.

39. Mathieu Kérékou (1933)

President Of Benin

Mathieu Kérékou was President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup he ruled the country for 17 years...

40. Seïdou Mama Sika (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Seïdou Mama Sika was the Minister of the Interior of Benin from February 9 2005 until April 2006. He attended the Lycée Technique in Coulibaly. He became an air brigade...

41. Sidoine Oussou (1992)

Beninese Footballer

Sidoine Oussou is a Beninese international footballer who plays as a striker for Hungary club Kecskeméti on loan from Norwegian club Vålerenga.

42. Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (1984)

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Béatrice Lalinon Gbado is a children's writer from Benin. She has written 31 children's books published by éditions Ruisseaux d'Afrique and EDICEF. She is married with four children. She is...

43. Pascal Koupaki (1951)

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Pascal Irénée Koupaki is a Beninese politician who served as Prime Minister of Benin from May 2011 to August 2013. Koupaki worked as an official at the Central Bank of...

44. Jodel Dossou (1992)

Benin Footballer

Jodel Dossou is a professional footballer who currently plays in Austria for Red Bull Salzburg.

45. Rogatien Biaou (1952)

Beninese Politician

Rogatien Biaou is a Beninese politician and diplomat. Biaou was the Foreign Minister of Benin from June 12 2003 to February 16 2006.

46. Florent Couao-Zotti (1964)

Writer

Couao-Zotti is a writer of comics plays and short stories who lives in Cotonou Benin. He is fond of employing the short-story as a form. He is also editor of...

47. Antoine Idji Kolawolé (Unknow)

Beninese Politician

Antoine Idji Kolawolé is a Beninese politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin from 1998 to 2003 and the President of the National Assembly from 2003 to...

48. Gatien Houngbédji (1949)

Beninese Politician

Gatien Houngbédji is a Beninese politician and the president of the Union for Economic and Social Development. Under President Mathieu Kérékou he was Minister of Trade Craft Industry and Tourism...

49. Sylvestre Amoussou (1964)

Director

50. Edgar Yves Monnou (1953)

Beninese Politician

Edgar Yves Monnou is a Beninese politician. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1995 to 1996.