List of Famous people born in Centre, Cameroon
Ambroise Oyongo
Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC and the Cameroon national team.
Vincent-Sosthène Fouda
Victor Tonye Bakot
Patrick Dupriez
Patrick Dupriez is a Belgian French-speaking former politician, who led the Ecolo party alongside co-chair Zakia Khattabi from 22 March 2015 until 19 October 2018.
Amobé Mévégué
Amobé Mévégué was a Cameroonian journalist, radio host, and producer.
Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone is a Cameroonian-born female track and field athlete. She has competed internationally for France since 2010. While competing for Cameroon, Etone was a 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She currently holds the Olympic record for triple jump which she set with a distance of 15.39 m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The 15.39 m is the third longest women's triple jump in history under any conditions. Only 25 women have ever jumped 15 metres, Etone jumped beyond 15 metres on 7 of her last 11 attempts in the Olympic final alone.
Christine Manie
Christine Patiance Manie is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward for the French club Nancy and the Cameroon women's national football team. At the 2014 African Women's Championship, team captain Manie scored an extra time winner in the semi-final against Ivory Coast, which qualified Cameroon for their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup.
Tenor
Kenzy
Mohammadou Al Hadji
Mohammadou Al Hadji Adamou is a Cameroonian-Malian-born Indonesian professional footballer who last played as a central defender for Liga 2 club PSMS Medan. On January 31, 2018, he officially became an Indonesian citizen after going through naturalization process.