List of Famous people born in Centre, Cameroon

Joseph Elanga Fils is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career in Cameroon in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in Greece, Sweden, and Denmark before retiring in 2012. He won 17 caps for the Cameroon national team, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as goalkeeper for the Cameroon national team and a Croatian club Istra 1961 on loan from Deportivo Alavés.

Ruben Um Nyobè was an anti-colonialist Cameroonian leader, slain by the French army on 13 September 1958, near his natal village of Boumnyebel, in the department of Nyong-et-Kellé in the maquis Bassa. He created on 10 April 1948 the Cameroon's People Union (UPC), which used armed struggle to obtain independence from French colonial rule. After his death, he was replaced by Félix-Roland Moumié, who was assassinated by an agent of the SDECE with thallium in Geneva in 1960. Until the 1990s, any mention of Ruben Um Nyobè was prohibited in Cameroon.

Albert Roger Miller, known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at the famous academy of Dynamo Beervelde. He was one of the first African players to be major stars on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team.

Dimitri Oberlin is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Bayern Munich II.

Léandre Gaël Tawamba Kana is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Al-Taawoun as a forward.

Gévrise Émane is a French judoka. She is the current European champion in the women's 63 kg weight class.

Leony Léonard Kweuke is a retired Cameroonian footballer.

Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. Her autobiographical novel Ngonda, published in 1958, is one of the first French-language texts to be published by a sub-Saharan African woman.

Apoula Edima Bete Edel is a Cameroonian-born Armenian former professional footballer, who last played for FC Pune City in the Indian Super League as well as Armenia national team.