List of Famous people born in Kankan Region, Guinea

Jeanne Martin Cissé was a Guinean teacher and nationalist politician who served as ambassador to the United Nations and in 1972 was the first woman to serve as President of the United Nations Security Council. She served in the government of Guinea as Minister of Social Affairs from 1976 until the 1984 military coup.

Djene Kaba Condé is the current First Lady of Guinea since 2010 and the wife of the President of Guinea, Alpha Condé. She has three children.

Ibrahim Kalil Konaté was a Guinean politician and computer scientist. He served as Minister of National Education and Literacy and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Loterie nationale de Guinée.

Fodéba Keïta was a Guinean dancer, musician, writer, playwright, composer and politician. Founder of the first professional African theatrical troupe, Theatre Africain, he also arranged Liberté, the national anthem of Guinea.

Cheik Doukouré, is a Guinean filmmaker. He is notable as the director of critically acclaimed film Le Ballon d'Or. Apart from filmmaking, he is also an actor, screenwriter and film producer.

Solomana Kanté was a Guinean writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Manding languages of Africa. The phrase "N'Ko" means "I say" in all Manding languages.