Kamara is an African surname that is most common in Sierra Leone. It may refer to the following notable people:

• Aboubakar Kamara (born 1995), French-Mauritanian footballer striker
• Abubakar Kamara (born 1970), Sierra Leonean football player
• Abu Bakar Kamara (born 1929), Sierra Leonean politician
• Alhaji Kamara (born 1994), Sierra Leonean football player
• Alpha B. Kamara (born 1978), Sierra Leonean sprinter
• Amara Kamara (bborn 1988), American college football player
• Alpha B. Kamara (born 1978), Sierra Leonean sprinter
• Alvin Kamara (born 1995), American football running back
• Azur Kamara (born 1996), American football player
• Bingourou Kamara (born 1996), French football goalkeeper
• Boima Kamara, Liberian politician
• Boubacar Kamara (born 1999), French footballer
• Brima Kamara (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Kamara (born 1957), English footballer and commentator
• Dauda Kamara, Sierra Leonean politician
• Diomansy Kamara (born 1980), Senegalese football player
• Glen Kamara (born 1995), Finnish footballer
• Hassane Kamara (born 1994), French-born football midfielder
• Ibrahim Bobson Kamara (born 1975), Sierra Leonean football player
• Ibrahim Kamara (born 1966) Ivorian football manager
• Ib Kamara (born 1990) Sierra Leonean British-based fashion stylist and journalist
• János Kamara (1927–2000), Hungarian communist politician
• John Kamara (born 1988), Sierra Leonean football player
• Kei Kamara (born 1984), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Kisimi Kamara (1890–1962), Sierra Leonean village tailor
• Kunti Kamara (born 1974), Liberian rebel commander
• Lansana Kamara (born 1992), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Malvin Kamara (born 1983), English-born footballer
• Mariam Kamara (born 1979), architect in Niger
• Marjon Kamara (born 1949), Liberian diplomat and politician
• Masire Kamara, Sierra Leonean tea seller
• Mohamed Kamara (disambiguation), multiple people
• Musa Noah Kamara (born 2000), Sierra Leonean football player
• Ola Kamara (born 1989), Norwegian football player
• Osman Kamara (born 1987), Sierra Leonean swimmer
• Paul Kamara (born 1956), Sierra Leonean journalist, football manager, and cabinet minister
• Salamatu Kamara, Sierra Leonean educator, politician and women's rights activist
• Sam Kamara (born 1997), American football player
• Samura Kamara, Sierra Leonean politician and economist
• Sheik I. Kamara, Sierra Leonean politician
• Sheku Kamara (born 1987), English-born footballer, imprisoned for armed robbery
• Sherry Kindo Kamara (born 1994), Dutch football player
• Thaim Buya Kamara (born 1959), Sierra Leonean Urologist
• Tibou Kamara, Guinean politician and journalist