List of Famous people born in Sierra Leone

Trevoh Tom Chalobah is an English professional footballer who can play as either a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea.

Nathaniel Nyakie Chalobah is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Championship club Watford and the England national team.

Nabih Berri is a Lebanese politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992. He heads the Amal Movement.

Alhassan "Al" Bangura is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Kei Ansu Kamara is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. In 2015, Kamara tied for top scorer in MLS with 22 goals, losing out to Sebastian Giovinco on the Golden Boot on fewer assists. He is one of only 10 players to have scored 100 goals in MLS history, achieving the landmark in 300 appearances, and is currently fifth on MLS's all-time scoring list.

Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser is an ex-military leader who served as head of state of Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996. He had been a junior military officer but in 1992, he became the world's youngest Head of State when he seized power three days after his 25th birthday. He was the leading member in a group of six young Sierra Leonean soldiers who overthrew president Joseph Saidu Momoh on 29 April 1992 military coup. They established a military junta called the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC).

Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards. She won the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in 1999, the long jump in 2003 and finished second in heptathlon in 2003 and 2005.

Julius Maada Bio is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the current president of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16, 1996, to March 29, 1996 in a military Junta government. As the candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party, Bio defeated Samura Kamara of the ruling All People's Congress in the runoff vote of the 2018 Sierra Leone presidential election with 51.8% of the votes to Kamara"s 48.2%. International and local observers declared the election free, fair and credible. Bio succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma as president. As the main opposition leader, Bio was a critic of his predecessor president Ernest Bai Koroma and his administration. As president, Bio has overturned most of the policies of Ernest Bai Koroma, whom he accuses of corruption.

Ernest Bai Koroma is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018.

Roda Abdelhassan Antar is a Lebanese professional football manager and former player. Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar was his country's leading goalscorer with 20 goals, before being surpassed by Hassan Maatouk in 2019.

Brima Pepito Sanusie is a Sierra Leonean footballer who currently plays for Martapura FC in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

The Most Reverend Joseph Henry Ganda, Archbishop Emeritus, is the retired Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo.