This is a list of notable motorsports athletes that have competed in the Dakar Rally. This list includes drivers, riders, co-drivers, and mechanics.

Name	Country	Dakar Début	Titles
Luciano Benavides	Argentina	2018
Mohammed Abu-Issa	Qatar	2014
Joseph Adua	France	2004
Gianni Lora Lamia	Italy	1990
Nasser Al-Attiyah	Qatar	2004	Cars - 2011, 2015
Nunzio Coffaro	Venezuela	2012	Cars T1.2 - 2012
Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Saudi Arabia	2015
Philippe Alliot	France	1988
Luc Alphand	France	1998	Cars - 2006
Alain Ambrosino	France	1983
Jacques Anquetil	France	1986
Artur Ardavichus	Kazakhstan	2011
Zohra Ataouat	Algeria	1980	Trucks - 1980
Jean Karl Atzert	France	2013
Hubert Auriol	France	1979	Bikes - 1981, 1983 Cars - 1992
Brian Baragwanath	South Africa	2015
Joan Barreda	Spain	2011
Matthieu Baumel	France	2005	Cars (co-driver) - 2015
Piotr Beaupre	Poland	2012
Christine Beckers	Belgium	1979
Bernard Béguin	France	1985
Denis Berezovskiy	Kazakhstan	2011
Miki Biasion	Italy	1999
Jorge Andrés Boero	Argentina	2011
Lucas Bonetto	Argentina	2012
Charley Boorman	Great Britain	2006
Wessel Bosman	South Africa	2015
Jan Roelf Bouwknegt	New Zealand	2015
Claude Brasseur	France	1981	Cars (co-driver) - 1983
Jean-Claude Briavoine	France	1980
Alex Caffi	Monaco	2012
Andy Caldecott	Australia	2004
Ignacio Casale	Chile	2010	Quads - 2014
Kurt Caselli	United States	2013
David Casteu	France	2003
Matt Campbell	Canada	2014
Jost Capito	Germany	1983	Trucks (co-driver) - 1985
Karl-Friedrich Capito	Germany	1981	Trucks - 1985
Petar Cenkov	Bulgaria	2011
Ronan Chabot	France	2003
Vladimir Chagin	Russia	1990	Trucks - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
Guerlain Chicherit	France	2005
Quinn Cody	United States	2011
Marc Coma	Spain	2002	Bikes - 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
Gilles Comte	France	1979
Tim Coronel	Netherlands	2007
Tom Coronel	Netherlands	2007
Hervé Cotel	France	1980
Jean-Paul Cottret	France	1999	Cars (co-driver) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Andrew Cowan	Great Britain	1983
Jacek Czachor	Poland	2000
Marek Dabrowski	Poland	2000
Peter Dalkin	Great Britain	1980
Christophe Declerck	France	2009
Cyril Despres	France	2000	Bikes - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
Carlo de Gavardo	Chile	1996
Gérard de Rooy	Netherlands	2002	Trucks - 2012, 2016
Jan de Rooy	Netherlands	1982	Trucks - 1987
Giniel de Villiers	South Africa	2003	Cars - 2009
Alain Duclos	France	2000
Romain Dumas	France	2015
Vic Elford	Great Britain	1982
Benat Errandonea	Andorra	2003
Ruben Faria	Portugal	2006
Ignacio Flores	Peru	2012
Xavier Foj	Spain	1991
Jean-Pierre Fontenay	France	1989	Cars - 1998
Paulo Fiuza	Portugal	2007
Philippe Gache	France	2003
Victor Gallegos	Chile	2014
Alain Génestier	France	1979	Cars - 1979
Raphael Gimbre	France	1985
Jordi Ginesta	Andorra	1987
Jeremias González	Argentina	2014
Robby Gordon	United States	2005
Timo Gottschalk	Germany	2007	Cars (co-driver) - 2011
Georges Groine	France	1981	Trucks - 1982, 1983
Albert Grimaldi	Monaco	1985
Sebastián Guayasamin	Ecuador	2014
Rodolfo Guilloli	Guatemala	2015
Emanuel Gyenes	Romania	2007
Kasih Hanggoro	Indonesia	2010
Michał Hernik	Poland	2015
Michel Hidalgo	France	1991
Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Poland	2005
Jacques Houssat	France	1985	Trucks - 1991
Todor Hristov	Bulgaria	2011
Sebastian Husseini	Netherlands	2013
Gert Huzink	Netherlands	2012
Jacky Ickx	Belgium	1981	Cars - 1983
Clayton Jacobsen	Australia	2014
Ivan Jakeš	Slovakia	2007
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	1982
Peter Jerie	Australia	2005
Firdaus Kabirov	Russia	2000	Trucks - 2005, 2009
Juha Kankkunen	Finland	1988	Cars - 1988
Andrey Karginov	Russia	2010	Trucks - 2014
Jutta Kleinschmidt	Germany	1988	Cars - 2001
Ondrej Klymciw	Czech Republic	2015
Henk Knuiman	Netherlands	1999
Raymond Kopa	France	1985
Corrine Koppenhague	France	1979
Freddy Kottulinsky	Sweden	1980	Cars - 1980
Sergio Lafuente	Uruguay	2011
Jan Lammers	Netherlands	2010
Pierre Lartigue	France	1982	Cars - 1994, 1995, 1996
Gérard Lenorman	France	1990
Camélia Liparoti	Italy	2009
Albert Llovera	Andorra	2007
Aleš Loprais	Czech Republic	2006
Karel Loprais	Czech Republic	1986	Trucks - 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001
Josef Macháček	Czech Republic	1999	Quads - 2009
Thierry Magnaldi	France	1990
Henri Magne	France	1982	Cars (co-driver) - 1997, 2000
Adam Małysz	Poland	2012
Ayrat Mardeev	Russia	2009	Trucks - 2015
Bernard Marreau	France	1979	Cars (co-driver) - 1982
Claude Marreau	France	1979	Cars - 1982
Hiroshi Masuoka	Japan	1987	Cars - 2002, 2003
Alister McRae	Great Britain	2009
Colin McRae	Great Britain	2004
Sue Mead	United States	2000
Fabrizio Meoni	Italy	1992	Bikes - 2001, 2002
Michel Merel	France	1980
René Metge	France	1979	Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986
Mark Miller	United States	2002
Jiří Moskal	Czech Republic	1986	Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988
Jes Munk	Denmark	2011
Cyril Neveu	France	1979	Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987
Eduard Nikolaev	Russia	2007	Trucks - 2013
Walter Nosiglia	Bolivia	2014
Edi Orioli	Italy	1986	Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996
Alain Padou	Belgium	1979
Olivier Pain	France	2006
Eric Palante	Belgium	2003
Alejandro Patronelli	Argentina	2010	Quads - 2011, 2012
Marcos Patronelli	Argentina	2009	Quads - 2010, 2013
Llewelyn Pavey	Australia	2015
Simon Pavey	Australia	1998
Michel Périn	France	1993	Cars (co-driver) - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014
Henri Pescarolo	France	1980
Stéphane Peterhansel	France	1988	Bikes - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Cars - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Loïck Peyron	France	1988
Leeroy Poulter	South Africa	2014
Toby Price	Australia	2015
Jakub Przygonski	Poland	2009
Pablo Quintanilla	Chile	2013
Jean Ragnotti	France	1980
Gaston Rahier	Belgium	1983	Bikes - 1984, 1985
Jean-Jacques Ratet	France	1979
Christian Rayer	France	1979
Yves Rénier	Switzerland	1980
Peter Reif	Austria	1991	Trucks - 1997
Alicia Reina	Argentina	2014
Hubert Rigal	Monaco	1979
Hélder Rodrigues	Portugal	2006
Nani Roma	Spain	1996	Bikes - 2004 Cars - 2014
Willem Saaijman	South Africa	2015
Bruno Saby	France	1992	Cars - 1993
Richard Sainct	France	1991	Bikes - 1999, 2000, 2003
Carlos Sainz	Spain	2006	Cars - 2010, 2020
Eliseo Salazar	Chile	2009
Juan Carlos Salvatierra	Bolivia	2011
Nelson Sanabria	Paraguay	2014
Laia Sanz	Spain	2011
Jean-Louis Schlesser	France	1984	Cars - 1999, 2000
Annie Seel	Sweden	2002
Kenjiro Shinozuka	Japan	1986	Cars - 1997
Paul Smith	Australia	2013
Rafał Sonik	Poland	2009	Quads - 2015
Dmitry Sotnikov	Russia	2014
Carlos Sousa	Portugal	1995
Emiliano Spataro	Argentina	2011
Guilherme Spinelli	Brazil	2009
Hans Stacey	Netherlands	2004	Trucks - 2007
Chuck Stearns	United States	1985	Bikes - 1985
Jonah Street	United States	2006
Teruhito Sugawara	Japan	1999
Yoshimasa Sugawara	Japan	1983
Sam Sunderland	Great Britain	2012
Elmer Symons	South Africa	2005
Zoltán Szaller	Hungary	2009
Sylviane Telliez	France	1980
Orlando Terranova	Argentina	2005
Mark Thatcher	Great Britain	1982
Maurice Trintignant	France	1982
André Trossat	France	1980
Pål Anders Ullevålseter	Norway	2002
Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Netherlands	2009
Peter van Merksteijn, Sr.	Netherlands	2009
Aleksandr Vasilevski	Belarus	2012
Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	2013
Philippe Vassard	France	1979
Ari Vatanen	Finland	1987	Cars - 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Jordi Viladoms	Spain	2006
Federico Villagra	Argentina	2014
Adrien Villette	France	1981	Trucks - 1981
Giacomo Vismara	Italy	1984	Trucks - 1986
Dirk von Zitzewitz	Germany	1997	Cars (co-driver) - 2009
Matthias Walkner	Austria	2015
Achim Warmbold	Germany	1985
Koen Wauters	Belgium	1999
Patrick Zaniroli	France	1980	Cars - 1985

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  Vladimir Chagin, six times winner in the trucks category
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  Stéphane Peterhansel, an eleven times winner in trucks and car
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  Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally in 2010
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  Belgian television presenter Koen Wauters competes in the rally frequently
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  French footballer Michel Hidalgo took part in Paris-Dakar in 1991
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  French footballer Raymond Kopa took part in Paris-Dakar in 1985
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  French driver Patrick Zaniroli during the 1988 Paris-Dakar
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  italian driver Gianni Lora Lamia during the Granada-Dakar 1999
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  Nunzio Coffaro, Piloto de automovilismo, Rally Cross Country, ha participado en numerosas ocaciones en competencias internacionales representando a Venezuela.