List of Famous people born in Thiès Region, Senegal

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party.

Ousmane Sonko was born in Thiès, Senegal in 1974. He is a former chief tax inspector in Senegal, and a tax justice advocate. Sonko was the youngest candidate to run in the 2019 presidential election in Senegal when he challenged the incumbent president, Macky Sall. He is the author of two books. Sonko is seen by many as a rising star in Senegalese politics.

Habibou "Habib" Mouhamadou Diallo is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg.

Mamadou Traoré, known as The Bare-Handed Killer, is a Senegalese-born French serial rapist and murderer, responsible for assaulting at least six women, killing two of them, between April and October 1996.

Dame N'Doye is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Ousmane Tanor Dieng was the First Secretary of the Socialist Party of Senegal. He was vice-president of the Socialist International since 1996.

Luc André Diouf Dioh is a Spanish politician as well as a trade unionist and syndicalist. He is known in the Spanish media for being the first politician of African descent elected from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, as well as for being homeless in the past and having to sleep on a beach of the Canary Islands for over a month.

Lamine Senghor was a Senegalese political activist, Senegalese nationalist, and member of the French Communist Party. He ran candidate in the Paris local elections in 1924. Nonetheless he remained committed to an independent Senegal and became part of the internationalised struggle against colonialism and imperialism. In 1927, shortly before his death he was invited to attend the congress of oppressed nationalities in Brussels in Belgium where the League against Imperialism was established. The meeting was significant because it brought together representatives and organizations from the communist world and anti-colonial organizations and activists from the colonized world. In his speech he denounced the crimes committed by the colonial administration in Congo, concluding that:

Idrissa Seck is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to July 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulaye Wade, but he subsequently went into opposition and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election, taking second place with about 15% of the vote.

Elhadji Babacar Khouma, known as Khouma Babacar, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Alanyaspor on loan from U.S. Sassuolo.