Diop

Diop (Wolof: [ɟɔp]), uncommonly spelled Dioup, is a popular Wolof surname in Senegal and Gambia (where it is commonly written "Jobe"), and may refer to:

  • Aïda Diop (born 1970), Senegalese sprinter
  • Alioune Diop (1910-1980) Senegalese writer and editor, founder of the journal Présence africaine
  • Alice Diop (born 1979), French filmmaker
  • Aminata Diop (born circa 1968), Malian woman who fled to France to escape a female genital mutilation procedure
  • Binta Zahra Diop (born 1990), Senegalese swimmer
  • Birago Diop (1906–1989), Senegalese poet and diplomat
  • Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946), Senegalese writer and journalist
  • Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986), Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician
  • David Diop (1927–1960), poet
  • David Diop (born 1966), French novelist
  • DeSagana Diop (born 1982), Senegalese basketballer
  • Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945–1998), Senegalese film director
  • Issa Diop (disambiguation), several people
  • Khoudia Diop (born 1996), Senegalese fashion model
  • Lat Dior Ngoné Latyr Diop (1842–1886), Senegalese king of Cayor
  • Mamadou Diop (disambiguation), several people
  • Mustapha Papa Diop (born 1987), Senegalese footballer
  • Ndèye Tické Ndiaye Diop, Senegalese politician
  • Papa Bouba Diop (1978–2020), Senegalese footballer
  • Papa Kouli Diop (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
  • Papa Malick Diop (born 1974), Senegalese footballer
  • Pape Seydou Diop (born 1979), Senegalese footballer
  • Pape Diop (born 1954), Senegalese politician
  • Wasis Diop (born 1950), Senegalese musician
  • Fatou Dioup (born 1994), Mauritanian footballer

In fiction:

  • Assane Diop is the protagonist of the French TV series Lupin, played by Omar Sy

DIOP is an acronym.

  • DIOP stands for the organophosphorus compound 2,3-O-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Diop
Surname list
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