List of Famous people born in Bamako Capital District

Adama Traoré is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Hatayspor and the Mali national team.

Adama Niane is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He also represents Mali at international level.

Baba Sissoko is a percussionist from Mali.

Soumaïla Coulibaly is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. While playing for clubs such as Zamalek, SC Freiburg, and Borussia Mönchengladbach at club level, he scored six goals and made 67 appearances for the Mali national team from 1995 to 2009.

Moussa Djenepo is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Southampton and the Mali national team.

Colonel Moussa Sinko Coulibaly is the Minister of Territorial Administration, of Decentralization and of Territorial Planning of Mali since 24 April 2012.

Oumou Sangaré is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou". Wassoulou is a historical region south of the Niger River, where the music descends from age-old traditional song, often accompanied by a calabash.

Aminata Dramane Traoré is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of Forum pour l'autre Mali and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.