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This is a list of notable Sudanese people.




Academics and science


Muddathir Abdel-Rahim (born 1932), political scientist
Ali M. El-Agraa (born 1941), economist
Mohamed Osman Baloola (born 1981), biomedical engineer who works on diabetes monitoring
Mamoun Beheiry (1925–2002), economist, president of the African Development Bank and twice finance minister
Nashwa Eassa (born 1980), nano-particle physicist
Ismail El Gizouli, acting president of the IPCC
Mohamed H.A. Hassan (born 1947), mathematician and physicist
Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022), researcher and historian
Daoud Mustafa Khalid, neurologist
Awn Alsharif Qasim, (1933–2006), writer, educator, encyclopedist
Khalida Zahir (1927–2015), physician




Businesspeople


Mo Ibrahim, businessman
Osama Daoud, businessman




Entertainment


Mohammed al Amin, musician
Bangs, South Sudanese hip hop artist
Bas, Sudanese-American rapper
Ramey Dawoud, Sudanese-American Hip hop artist and actor
Ajak Deng, model
Ataui Deng, model
Emmanuel Jal, South Sudanese musician
Abdel Karim al Kabli, singer
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak, singer
Oddisee, rapper
Natasja Saad, rapper
Abdel Gadir Salim, singer
Alexander Siddig, actor
Mohammed Wardi, singer
Alek Wek, model and designer




Historical figures


Al Khalifa Abdullah, leader during Mahdia era
Al-Mahdi, religious leader during Mahdia era




Literature


Muddathir Abdel-Rahim, political scientist and scholar of Islam
Abdalla Eltayeb, scholar of the Arabic language, wrote a detailed primer on approaching ancient and medieval Arabic poetry.
Tayeb Salih, novelist and prolific writer (The Wedding of Zein, Season of Migration to the North)
Ibrahim 'Ali Salman, famous poet from Dar al-Manasir




Media


Zeinab Badawi, Sudanese-British television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBC News
Nima Elbagir, award-winning senior international correspondent for CNN based in London
Yousra Elbagir, Sudanese-British journalist, writing for CNN, BBC, Channel 4
Nesrine Malik, opinion columnist at The Guardian
Alfred Taban, journalist, founder of Khartoum Monitor newspaper




Politics and government


Muddathir Abdel-Rahim, former ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Delegate to the UN General Assembly.
Lam Akol, foreign affairs minister and former lecturer at University of Khartoum
Abdallah Muhammed at-Tom, elected to Sudan’s first House of Representatives
Ismail al-Azhari, former Prime Minister and first Head of State of Sudan, oversaw the independence of Sudan in 1956
Abdallah Bakr Mustafa, nazir of Gedaref and member of the Legislative Assembly between 1948 and 1953
Rashid Bakr, former Prime Minister
Omar al-Bashir, former President of Sudan
Mandour Elmahdi, former Principal of the Institute of Education in Sudan
Osman Eltayeb, Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria and CPA participant
John Garang, former Vice President and Sudan peace signer
Abdul Kamara, United Nations Joint Special Representative
Sayed Ahmad Keir, second Foreign Minister of Sudan, 1958–1964
Yousif Kuwa (1945–2001) revolutionary, rebel commander and politician
Mariam al-Mahdi, Foreign Minister of Sudan
Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) former Prime Minister of Sudan
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud, diplomat
Salva Kiir Mayardit, Vice President of Sudan
Minni Minnawi, leader of largest faction of Sudan Liberation Army
Ahmed al-Mirghani, former Head of State of Sudan
Abd ul-Hamid Musa Madibbo, representative from Nyala Baggara East
Abdul-Haleem Ismail Al-Mutaafi, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
Field Marshal Gaafar Nimeiry, fourth President of Sudan
Hassan Al-Turabi, scholar and thinker who helped initiate and establish the Islamic movement in the Sudan.
Abdalla Hamdok, current prime minister of Sudan.
Ja'afar Abdul El Hakh, former governor of West Darfur




Humanitarians


Emtithal Mahmoud, poet, activist
Hajja Kashif Badri, women's right activist
Nisreen Elsaim, youth climate activist
Dalia Haj-Omar, human rights activist
Hadeel Ibrahim, philanthropist
Fatima Talib Ismaeil, women's right activist
Nahid Toubia, physician and activist for gender equality
Salva Dut, Founder and President of Water for South Sudan, Inc.
Tysir Salih, activist, writer, and founder of The Red Ma’at Collective




Religious figures


Al-Mahdi, religious leader




Sports


Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, athlete
Yamilé Aldama, triple jumper
Manute Bol, former NBA basketball player and activist
Luol Deng, NBA basketball player
Deng Gai, former NBA player
Ismail Ahmed Ismail, athlete
Hassan El Kashief, retired athlete
Omer Khalifa, retired athlete who set a national record over 1500 metres in Grosseto in 1986
John Mirona, Olympic boxer
Todd Matthews-Jouda, athlete
Haitham Mustafa, footballer




See also



List of Sudanese writers
List of African writers by country




References

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