Traoré
Traoré or Traore is a surname of Manding origin (Bambara: Taara-wele), as written in French orthography, which is common in Mali, Senegal, and Guinea. In anglophone West Africa the name is often spelled Trawally.
Notable people with the surname include:
Politics
- Aminata Traoré (born 1942), Malian politician
- Babemba Traoré, King of the Kénédougou Empire
- Demba Traoré, (born 1972), Malian lawyer and politician, secretary of the Transnational Radical Party
- Diarra Traoré (1935–85), Guinean former Prime Minister
- Dioncounda Traoré, Malian politician
- Elhadj Oumar Traoré, Guinean politician
- Lassana Traoré (born 1945), Malian politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Lamine Traoré (1947–2007), Malian politician
- Mélégué Maurice Traoré (born 1951), Burkinabé politician
- Moussa Traoré (born 1936), former President of Mali
- Tieba Traoré, King of the Kénédougou Empire
Entertainment
- Abibatou Traoré (born 1973), Senegalese writer
- Boubacar Traoré (born 1942), Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003), Malian writer, comedian, playwright and theatre and film director
- Lobi Traoré (1961–2010), Malian musician
- Rokia Traoré (born 1974), Malian singer and songwriter
Law
- Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré (born 1942), Canadian academic and judge
Military
- Tiramakhan Traore, 13th-century general of the Malian Empire
Sports
- Ben Badi (real name Abdoulaye Traoré) (born 1967), Ivorian footballer
- Abdou Traoré (born 1981), Malian footballer
- Abdou Traoré (born 1988), Malian footballer
- Abdoulaye Traoré (born 1974), Burkinabé footballer
- Abdou Razack Traoré (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
- Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1989), Malian footballer who played in France
- Adama Traoré (Ivorian footballer) (born 1990), Ivorian footballer who plays in Switzerland for FC Basel
- Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1995), Malian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lille
- Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1996), Spanish footballer who plays for Aston Villa
- Alain Traoré (born 1988), Burkinabé footballer
- Ali Traoré (born 1985), French basketball player
- Alou Traoré (born 1974), Malian footballer
- Amara Traoré (born 1965), Senegalese footballer and manager
- Armand Traoré (born 1989), French footballer
- Astou Traoré (born 1981), Senegalese basketball player
- Aya Traoré (born 1983), Senegalese basketball player
- Bakaye Traoré (born 1985), Malian footballer
- Ben Traoré (born 1986), Malian footballer
- Bertrand Traoré (born 1995), Burkinabé footballer
- Bio Aï Traoré (born 1985), Beninese footballer
- Boubacar Traoré (born 1971), Guinean marathon runner and torture victim
- Christian Traoré (born 1982), Danish footballer
- Dambou Traoré (born 1977), French footballer
- Dame Traoré (born 1986), French footballer
- Demba Traoré (footballer) (born 1982), Swedish footballer
- Djimi Traoré (born 1980), Malian footballer
- Dramane Traoré (born 1982), Malian footballer
- Eric Traoré (footballer, born 1984), Senegalese footballer
- Eric Traoré (footballer, born 1990), Burkina Faso footballer
- Fankélé Traoré (born 1981), Nigerien footballer
- Ibrahima Traoré (born 1988), Guinean footballer
- Issa Traoré (born 1979), Malian footballer
- Ismaël Traoré (born 1986), French footballer
- Kandia Traoré (born 1980), Ivorian footballer
- Lacina Traoré (born 1990), Ivorian footballer
- Lamine Traoré (born 1982), Burkinabé footballer
- Madimoussa Traoré (born 1986), French footballer
- Mahamane El Hadji Traoré (born 1988), Malian footballer
- Mamary Traoré (born 1980), Malian footballer
- Mody Traoré (born 1980), French footballer
- Mohamed Traoré (born 1993), Guinean footballer
- Mohamed Traoré (born 1991), Guinean footballer
- Mohamed Traoré (born 1988), Malian footballer
- Mouhamadou Traoré (born 1982 or 1986), Senegalese footballer
- Moussa Traoré (born 1990), Ivorian footballer
- Mustapha Traoré (born 1982), French footballer
- Ousmane Traoré (born 1977), Burkinabé footballer
- Safradine Traoré (born 1986), Beninese footballer
- Sambou Traoré (born 1979), Malian basketball player
- Sammy Traoré (born 1976), Malian footballer
- Seydou Traoré (born 1970), Burkinabé footballer
- Youssouf Traoré (born 1991), Ivorian footballer
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