List of Sudanese
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This is a list of famous Sudanese people.
Academics
- Awn Alsharif QasimAwn Alsharif QasimAwn Al-Sharif Qasim - * - was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a man of charity and one of Sudan's leading experts on Arabic language and literature....
, (1933–2006), writer, educator, encyclopedist - Mo IbrahimMo IbrahimDr. Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim is a Sudanese mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries...
, Business Man
Entertainment
- Abdel Aziz El MubarakAbdel Aziz El MubarakAbdel Aziz El Mubarak is a popular Sudanese singer. He is known for leading a large band whose music is based on traditional Arab music but also is influenced by reggae and American rhythm and blues...
singer - AbdelKarim AlKabliAlKabliAbdelKarim AlKabli is a Sudanese singer, poet, composer, songwriter and humanitarian known for his songs with themes of love, passion, nationalism, Sudanese culture and folklore.- Early life :AlKabli was born in the city of Port Sudan in 1933...
singer - Alexander SiddigAlexander SiddigSiddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi is a Sudanese-born English actor, also known as Siddig El Fadil and his stage name Alexander Siddig. He is known for playing Dr...
actor - Alek WekAlek WekAlek Wek is a Sudanese British model who first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995, sparking a career lasting to date. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in South Sudan, but in 1991 she and some family members fled to Britain to escape the civil war in Sudan...
supermodel - Mohammed WardiMohammed WardiMohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi is a Nubian Sudanese singer and songwriter.-Early life:Wardi was born on July 19, 1932 in the small village of Swarda close to Wadi Halfa. His mother, Batool Badri, died when he was an infant. His father, Osman Hassan Wardi, died when he was nine...
singer - Mohammed Ahmed SarrorSarrorMohammed Ahmed Sarror is a Sudanese singer and songwriter.Sarror was born in the village of Wad Almajzoub, north of Wad Medani. He performed singing during the Sudanese Haqeeba era, which is considered as the Sudanese golden musical era of all times...
singer - Samy DeluxeSamy DeluxeSamy Sorge , commonly known as Samy Deluxe, Wickeda MC or Sam Semillia is a German rapper, and hip hop artist from Hamburg. He is one of Germany's most successful solo rap musicians while also releasing albums as a member of two separate crews, Dynamite Deluxe and ASD...
Sudanese-German hiphop artist and producer - Emmanuel JalEmmanuel JalEmmanuel Jal is a South Sudanese musician and former child soldier.-Childhood:Born in the village of Tonj in Southern Sudan, Jal was a young child when the Second Sudanese Civil War broke out. His father joined the Sudan People's Liberation Army and when he was about seven years old his mother...
Sudanese-Kenya hiphop
Historian figures
- AlKhalifa AbdullahAbdallahi ibn MuhammadAbdullah Ibn-Mohammed or Abdullah al-Taaisha, also known as "The Khalifa" was a Sudanese Ansar General and ruler.-Early years:Abdullah was born into the Ta'aisha Baqqara tribe in Darfur around 1846 and was trained and educated as a preacher and holy man.He became a follower of Mohammed Ahmed "the...
leader during MahdiaMahdiaMahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax. It is important for the associated fish-processing industry, as well as weaving. It is the capital of Mahdia Governorate.- History :...
era - Al-MahdiMuhammad AhmadMuhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who, on June 29, 1881, proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith...
religious leader during Mahdia era
Literature
- Ibrahim 'Ali SalmanIbrahim 'Ali SalmanIbrahim 'Ali Salman is the most famous contemporary poet of the Arab Manasir who inhabit the area of the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Northern Sudan...
famous poet from Dar al-ManasirDar al-ManasirDar al-Manasir is the region of the Fourth Cataract, the most impassable of all rapids of the Nile. It is the homeland of the Arab tribe of the Manasir and from them gets its name... - Tayeb SalihTayeb Salih-Early life:Born in Karmakol, near the village of Al Dabbah in the Northern Province of Sudan, he studied at the University of Khartoum before leaving for the University of London in England. Coming from a background of small farmers and religious teachers, his original intention was to work in...
novelist and prolific writer (The Wedding of ZeinThe Wedding of ZeinThe Wedding of Zein is a contemporary Arabic novel written in 1969 by late Sudanese author Tayeb Salih. Within the realm of Arab literature, the book is considered a classic....
, Season of Migration to the NorthSeason of Migration to the NorthSeason of Migration to the North is a classic post-colonial Sudanese novel by the late novelist Tayeb Salih...
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Media
- Alfred TabanAlfred TabanAlfred Taban Logune is a Sudanese broadcast journalist. He is currently working as the BBC's correspondent in Khartoum. He is the managing editor of the Khartoum Monitor, the only independent English-language newspaper in Sudan....
journalist, founder of Khartoum MonitorKhartoum MonitorKhartoum Monitor is the only private English language newspaper in Sudan.It was established by journalists from southern sudan in 2000.The newspaper is known for its independent news and editorial policy and its refusal to accept the censorship policy of the Sudan government in particular...
newspaper - Zeinab BadawiZeinab BadawiZeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News , and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow , before joining BBC News. Badawi is currently the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News...
television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
News
Politics and Government
- Field Marshal Gaafar NimeiryGaafar NimeiryGaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry was the Nubian President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985...
1st President of Sudan - Ismail al-AzhariIsmail al-AzhariIsmail al-Azhari was a Sudanese nationalist and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Sudan between 1954 and 1956, and as President of Sudan from 1964 until he was overthrown by Gaafar Nimeiry in 1969.-Early life:...
former prime minister and 1st Head of State of Sudan. He oversaw the Independence of Sudan in 1956. - Ahmad al-Mirghani former head of State of Sudan.
- Lam AkolLam AkolDr. Lam Akol Ajawin is a South Sudanese politician of Kenyan descent. He is the current leader of SPLM for Democratic Change , which he founded 6 June 2009...
foreign affairs minister and former lecturer of University of Khartoum - Minni MinnawiMinni MinnawiSuliman Arcua Minnawi known as "Minni Minnawi" is the leader of the what once was the largest faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army until it was weakened by dissention and infighting...
leader of largest faction of Sudan Liberation Army - Omar al-BashirOmar al-BashirLieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir is the current President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister...
President of Sudan - Rashid BakrRashid BakrEl Rashid El Tahir Bakr was the prime minister of Sudan from 11 August 1976 until 10 September 1977. He was a member of the Sudan Socialist Union.- References :...
former prime minister - John GarangJohn GarangJohn Garang de Mabior was a Sudanese politician and rebel leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War, and following a peace agreement he briefly served as First Vice President of Sudan from January 2005 until he died in a July 2005...
former Vice president and Sudan Peace signer - Salva Kiir MayarditSalva Kiir MayarditSalva Kiir Mayardit is the first President of the Republic of South Sudan.-Sudanese civil wars:In the late 1960s, Kiir joined the Anyanya in the First Sudanese Civil War. By the time of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, he was a low-ranking officer...
Vice president of Sudan - Sayed Ahmad KeirSayed Ahmad KeirSayed Ahmad Keir is a former Sudanese politician and diplomat. Keir was appointed to the post of foreign minister of his country from 1958-1964.-External links:* African People Database...
, second foreign minister of Sudan, 1958–1964 - Osman eltayebOsman EltayebOsman Eltayeb in Rufaa, Sudan is a Sudanese Businessman and the Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria.He migrated to Nigeria in 1939 with his uncle Bashir Elrayah who was posted there by the Sudanese Judiciary...
Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria and CPA participant. - Yahia Abdel Mageed Former Minister of irrigation.
Religious/Philosophy
- Gabriel Zubeir Wako CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Khartoum - Josephine BakhitaJosephine BakhitaJosephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Roman Catholic Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000, she was declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:...
Roman Catholic saint - Mahmoud Mohamed TahaMahmoud Mohamed TahaMahmoud Mohammed Taha, also known as Ustaz Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, was a Sudanese religious thinker, leader, and trained engineer. He was executed for apostasy at the age of 76 by regime of Gaafar Nimeiry....
theologian - Al-MahdiMuhammad AhmadMuhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who, on June 29, 1881, proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith...
religious leader
Sports
- Deng GaiDeng GaiDeng Gai is a South Sudanese professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He plays as a power forward. Gai was the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leader.-College basketball:...
former NBA player - Haitham MustafaHaitham MustafaHytham Mostafa Karar is a Sudanese football midfielder playing for Al-Hilal. Haitham plays as midfielder and is the captain of Al-Hilal and the Sudan national football team. He joined Al-Hilal in November 1995 after transferring from Al-Ameer Al-Bahrawi, a second league team...
footballer(soccer) - Hassan El KachiefHassan El Kachief-Achievements:-External links:...
retired athlete - Ismail Ahmed IsmailIsmail Ahmed IsmailIsmail Ahmed Ismail is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.He reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800m...
athlete - Luol DengLuol DengLuol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
NBA basketball player - Manute BolManute BolManute Bol was a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. At 7 feet, 7 inches , Bol was one of the tallest players ever to appear in the National Basketball Association, along with Gheorghe Mureşan. Unlike Mureşan, however, Bol was naturally tall and did not have a Pituitary disease...
former NBA basketball player and activist - Nagmeldin Ali AbubakrNagmeldin Ali AbubakrNagmeldin Ali Abubakr is a Sudanese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He was born in Khartoum.His current personal best time is 44.93 seconds, achieved in April 2005 in Mecca....
athlete - Omer KhalifaOmer KhalifaOmer Khalifa is a former Sudanese middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:33.28 minutes over 1500 metres in Grossetto in 1986. Prior to this, he won silver medals in the 800m and 1500m races at the Olympic Boycott Games in 1980. Khalifa won the 1500 m race at the World Cup 1985 in...
retired athlete who set a national record over 1500 metres1500 metresThe 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...
in Grossetto in 1986 - Todd Matthews-JoudaTodd Matthews-JoudaTodd Matthews-Jouda is a hurdling athlete, who is notable for having switched nationality from United States to Sudan in September 2003. His personal best is 13.36 seconds, but being set in 2002 , it is not a national record...
athlete - Yamilé AldamaYamilé AldamaYamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...
triple jumper