Kama (name)
Kama is a given name and surname found among many cultures, developed independently from one another, throughout the world. The name is common among the Serer people in West Africa.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Ali ibn Kama, Iranian royal, viceroy, and general
- Aliyu Kama, Nigerian general and politician
- Kaido Kama, Estonian politician, conservationist, and teacher
- Laity Kama, Senegalese barrister and judge
- Mesuli Kama, South African politician
- Moustapha Kama, Senegalese taekwondo practitioner
- Nripa Kama II, Indian monarch
- Steven Pirika Kama, Papua New Guinean politician
Given name
- Kama Chinen, Japanese supercentenarian; among the longest-lived people in recorded history
- Kama Ginkas, Russian theater director
- Kama Massampu, French footballer
- Kama Mustafa, American wrestler and actor
- Kama Rathod, Indian politician
- Kama Steliga, US-born Canadian civil rights activist
- Kama Sywor Kamanda, Congolese poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist, public speaker, and storyteller
- Kama Tarkhan, Altyn Obaic ancestral king