Diop

Diop (Wolof: [ɟɔp]), uncommonly spelled Dioup, is a popular Wolof surname in Senegal and Gambia (where it is commonly written "Jobe"), and may refer to:

• Aïda Diop (born 1970), Senegalese sprinter
• Alioune Diop (1910-1980) Senegalese writer and editor, founder of the journal Présence africaine
• Alice Diop (born 1979), French filmmaker
• Aminata Diop (born circa 1968), Malian woman who fled to France to escape a female genital mutilation procedure
• Babacar Diop (disambiguation), several people
• Binta Zahra Diop (born 1990), Senegalese swimmer
• Birago Diop (1906–1989), Senegalese poet and diplomat
• Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946), Senegalese writer and journalist
• Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986), Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician
• David Diop (1927–1960), poet
• David Diop (born 1966), French novelist
• DeSagana Diop (born 1982), Senegalese basketballer
• Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945–1998), Senegalese film director
• Issa Diop (disambiguation), several people
• Khoudia Diop (born 1996), Senegalese fashion model
• Lat Dior Ngoné Latyr Diop (1842–1886), Senegalese king of Cayor
• Mamadou Diop (disambiguation), several people
• Mati Diop (born 1982), French film director and actress
• Ndèye Tické Ndiaye Diop, Senegalese politician
• Oumy Diop (born 2003), French-Senegalese swimmer
• Papa Bouba Diop (1978–2020), Senegalese footballer
• Papa Kouli Diop (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
• Papa Malick Diop (born 1974), Senegalese footballer
• Pape Seydou Diop (born 1979), Senegalese footballer
• Pape Diop (born 1954), Senegalese politician
• Sofiane Diop (born 2000), French-born Moroccan footballer
• Wasis Diop (born 1950), Senegalese musician
• Fatou Dioup (born 1994), Mauritanian footballer

In fiction:

• Assane Diop is the protagonist of the French TV series Lupin, played by Omar Sy

DIOP is an acronym.

• DIOP stands for the organophosphorus compound 2,3-O-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane

See also

• All pages with titles containing Diop