Influential People in Benin
Discover the most influential people from Benin
Florent Couao-Zotti
Novelist & Playwright
Franck Houndégla
Artist
Georges Adéagbo
Installation Artist
Gnonnas Pedro†
Highlife & Afrobeat Legend
Gérard Quenum
Sculptor
Imam Djibril Orou Boko
Grand Imam of Cotonou
Ishola Akpo
Artist
Jomion
Hip-Hop Artist
José Pliya
Playwright & Director
Justice Robert Dossou
Constitutional Court President
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin†
Third President
Mathias Kérékou†
Ex-President (1972-1991, 1996-2006)
Me Rafiatou Monrou
Lawyer & Women's Rights Activist
Meschac Gaba
Installation Artist
Nicéphore Soglo
Ex-President; Ex-President (1991-1996)
Olympe Bhêly-Quénum†
Novelist & UNESCO Prize Winner
Pascal Irénée Koupaki
President National Assembly
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Installation Artist
Pasteur Samuel Akinbodé
President Protestant Churches
Prof. Albert Tévoédjrè†
Development Economist
Prof. Dorothée Kindé Gazard
Pediatrician & Professor
Prof. Luc Gnacadja
Ex-UN Under-Secretary-General
Prof. Stanislas Adotevi
Oncologist & Researcher
Richard Dogbeh
Novelist