List of Famous people born in Conakry, Conakry region

Naby Laye Keïta is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Guinea national team.

Peïlé Florentin Pogba is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and also plays for the Guinea national team. He is the older brother of Paul Pogba.

Mathias Fassou Pogba is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Racing Murcia FC.

Sekou Oumar Doumbouya is a French professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 2.03 m and 105 kilograms, he plays both the small forward and power forward positions.

Mamadi Diakite is a Guinean basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers.

Facinet Keita is a Guinean judoka who competed in the Men's 100+ kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He lost to Ricardo Blas, Jr. in the first round. Keita was the flag bearer for Guinea at the opening ceremony.

Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo was a Guinean archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, the son of a Gabonese father and a Guinean mother. He is notable for his eight-year imprisonment during the dictatorship of Sékou Touré.

Mamady Youla is a Guinean businessman and politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea from 2015 to 2018.

Mohamed Camara is a Guinean film director and actor based in France. He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris. He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest (Denko), child suicide (Minka) and homosexuality (Dakan). 1997's Dakan has been called the first film on homosexuality by a Black African.

Amadou Cissé is a Guinean international footballer who last played for French side Aubervilliers.