Samba is a masculine given name which may refer to:
Samba Camara (born 1992), French footballer Samba Diakité (born 1989), French former footballer Samba Diallo (born 2003), Senegalese footballer Samba Diallo (died 2012), former colonel and head of military intelligence assassinated during the 2012 Guinea-Bissau presidential election Samba Diawara (born 1978), French former footballer Samba Lélé Diba (born 2003), Senegalese footballer Samba Faye (born 1987), Senegalese-born Japanese professional basketball player Samba Konaté (born 2009), French footballer Samba Koné (born 2002), Malian footballer Samba Mapangala, Congolese singer and bandleader Samba Ndiaye (c. 1810–c. 1890), chief military engineer of the Toucouleur Empire, artillery officer and diplomat Samba N'Diaye (born 1972), Senegalese former footballer Samba Félix Ndiaye (1945–2009), Senegalese filmmaker Samba Sangare (1939–2011), Malian soldier who participated in a failed 1969 coup to overthrow Moussa Traoré and wrote a memoir of his experiences in prison Samba Schutte (), Mauritanian-Dutch actor, comedian and writer Samba Sillah (born 1998), Finnish footballer Samba Ousemane Sow (born 1964), Malian doctor, World Health Organization director general of the Center for Vaccine Development in Mali and professor Samba Sow (footballer, born 1984), Senegalese footballer Samba Sow (footballer, born 1989), Malian footballer Samba Diouldé Thiam, Senegalese politician Samba Touré (born 1968), Malian singer and guitarist