List of Sudanese people
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This is a list of famous Sudanese people.
Academics
- Mo Ibrahim, businessman
- Awn Alsharif Qasim, (1933–2006), writer, educator, encyclopedist
- Daoud Mustafa Khalid, Sudanese neurologist.
Entertainment
- Bas, Sudanese-American rapper
- Ramey Dawoud, Sudanese-American Hip hop artist and actor
- Samy Deluxe, Sudanese-German hiphop artist and producer
- Abdel Aziz El Mubarak singer
- Alexander Siddig, actor
- Mohammed Wardi, singer
- Abdelkarim AlKabli, singer
- Natasja Saad, rapper
- Oddisse, rapper
- Emmanuel Jal, musician
- Abd El Gadir Salim, singer
- Alsarah, singer
Historian figures
- AlKhalifa Abdullah, leader during Mahdia era
- Al-Mahdi, religious leader during Mahdia era
Literature
- 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
- Safia Elhillo, Sudanese-American poet
Media
- Zeinab Badawi, television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBC News
- Alfred Taban, journalist, founder of Khartoum Monitor newspaper
Politics and Government
- Lam Akol, foreign affairs minister and former lecturer at University of Khartoum
- Ismail al-Azhari, former Prime Minister and first Head of State of Sudan, oversaw the independence of Sudan in 1956
- 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
- Sayed Ahmad Keir, second Foreign Minister of Sudan, 1958–1964
- Yousif Kuwa (1945–2001) revolutionary, rebel commander and politician
- Sadiq al-Mahdi, former Prime minister of Sudan
- 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
- 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.
Humanitarian/Activism
- Emtithal Mahmoud, poet, activist
- Hadeel Ibrahim, philanthropist
- Dalia Haj-Omar, activist
- Yassmin Abdel-Magied, social activist
- Amin Mekki Medani, human rights lawyer
Religious/Philosophy
- 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(soccer)
Fashion
- Alek Wek, supermodel
- Ajak Deng, model
- Ataui Deng, model
