List of Sudanese

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This is a list of famous Sudanese people.

Academics

• Awn Alsharif Qasim, (1933–2006), writer, educator, encyclopedist
• Mo Ibrahim, Business Man

Entertainment

• Abdel Aziz El Mubarak singer
• AbdelKarim AlKabli singer
• Alexander Siddig actor
• Alek Wek supermodel
• Mohammed Wardi singer
• Mohammed Ahmed Sarror singer
• Samy Deluxe Sudanese-German hiphop artist and producer
• Emmanuel Jal Sudanese-Kenya hiphop

Historian figures

• AlKhalifa Abdullah leader during Mahdia era
• Al-Mahdi religious leader during Mahdia era

Literature

• Ibrahim 'Ali Salman famous poet from Dar al-Manasir
• Tayeb Salih novelist and prolific writer (The Wedding of Zein, Season of Migration to the North)

Media

• Alfred Taban journalist, founder of Khartoum Monitor newspaper
• Zeinab Badawi television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBC News

Politics and Government

• Field Marshal Gaafar Nimeiry 1st President of Sudan
• Ismail al-Azhari 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.
• Sadiq al-Mahdi former Prime minister of Sudan
• Lam Akol foreign affairs minister and former lecturer of University of Khartoum
• Minni Minnawi leader of largest faction of Sudan Liberation Army
• Omar al-Bashir President of Sudan
• Rashid Bakr former prime minister
• John Garang former Vice president and Sudan Peace signer
• Salva Kiir Mayardit Vice president of Sudan
• Sayed Ahmad Keir, second foreign minister of Sudan, 1958–1964
• Mandour Elmahdi former Principle of the Institute of Education in Sudan
• Osman eltayeb Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria and CPA participant.
• Yahia Abdel Mageed Former Minister of irrigation.

Religious/Philosophy

• Gabriel Zubeir Wako Cardinal Archbishop of Khartoum
• Josephine Bakhita Roman Catholic saint
• Mahmoud Mohamed Taha theologian
• Al-Mahdi religious leader

Sports

• Deng Gai former NBA player
• Haitham Mustafa footballer(soccer)
• Hassan El Kachief retired athlete
• Ismail Ahmed Ismail athlete
• Luol Deng NBA basketball player
• Manute Bol former NBA basketball player and activist
• Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr athlete
• Omer Khalifa retired athlete who set a national record over 1500 metres in Grossetto in 1986
• Todd Matthews-Jouda athlete
• Yamilé Aldama triple jumper

See also

Africa portal

• List of Sudanese writers
• List of African writers by country