The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Senegal
This page contains a list of the greatest Senegalese Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Senegal. This makes Senegal the birth place of the 125th most number of Religious Figures behind Lesotho, and Curaçao.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Senegalese Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Senegalese Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Théodore-Adrien Sarr (b. 1936)
With an HPI of 47.67, Théodore-Adrien Sarr is the most famous Senegalese Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Théodore-Adrien Sarr (born 28 November 1936) is a Senegalese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dakar from 2000 to 2014, and before that as Bishop of Kaolack from 1974 to 2000. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
2. Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara (b. 1959)
With an HPI of 38.92, Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara is the 2nd most famous Senegalese Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara is a Senegalese-Mauritanian Shia religious leader who is known for his work on international development in West Africa. He is one of the primary Shia religious figures in Senegal and West Africa.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Senegalese religious figures born between 1936 and 1959. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Senegalese religious figures include Théodore-Adrien Sarr, and Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara. As of April 2024, 1 new Senegalese religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara.
