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
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
Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945–1998), Senegalese film director
Mati Diop (born 1982), French film director and actress
Ndèye Tické Ndiaye Diop, Senegalese politician
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
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

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