List of Gabonese people
This article contains a list of notable Gabonese people, in order by profession, followed by alphabetical order by last name. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article.
Actors, musicians, and entertainers
- Ludacris, also known as Christopher Brian Bridges, American rapper, with Gabonese citizenship
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor, with Gabonese citizenship
- Philippe Mory, actor, film director
- Pauline Mvele, Burkinabé-born actress, living in Gabon
Politicians, activists, and political leaders
- Mathurin Anghiley, politician who was elected to the French Senate
- Anguilè Ré-Dowé, 19th cen. Mpongwe village leader of Agekaza-Quaben
- Jean-Hilaire Aubame, politician active during both the colonial and independence periods
- Marie-Augustine Houangni Ambouroué, first woman to be mayor of Port-Gentil, Gabon, the country's second largest city
- Ida Reteno Assonouet, politician
- Liliane Massala, diplomat
- Lee White, British conservationist, politician in Gabon
Sports people, and athletes
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born footballer, who captains the Gabon national team
- Wilfried Bingangoye, former olympic sprinter
- Antoine Boussombo, former olympic sprinter
- Odette Mistoul, former olympic track and field athlete
- Marlyse Nsourou, former olympic runner
Visual artist, and designers
- Myriam Mihindou, French contemporary artist, of Gabonese and French heritage
- Boris Nzebo, Gabonese painter, living in Cameroon
- Owanto, also known as Owanto Berger, French-born British and Gabonese multidisciplinary artist
- Aïda Touré, painter, Sufi poet, of Gabonese and Malian heritage
Writers, and journalists
- Pulchérie Abeme Nkoghe, poet, children's book author
- Jean-Baptiste Abessolo, writer, educator
- Nadège Noële Ango-Obiang, writer
- Peggy Lucie Auleley, poet, novelist
- Bessora, Belgium-born novelist and short story writer, of Gabonese heritage
- Charline Effah Gabonese novelist and educator, living in Paris
- Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa, poet and novelist
- Edna Merey-Apinda, writer
- Justine Mintsa, Gabonese Fang writer
- Patrick N'Guema N'Dong, radio journalist
- Honorine Ngou, writer and academic
- Vincent de Paul Nyonda, playwright and minister
- Nadia Origo, French-born Gabonese writer and editor
- Angèle Rawiri, Gabonese writer, who lived in Paris
- André Raponda Walker, Gabonese writer, ethnographer, Catholic priest, and missionary of Mpongwe and British descent
Others
- Samantha Biffot French-born film producer, film director, and screenwriter; living in Gabon