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This is a list of notable
Sudanese people.
Academics and science
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Muddathir Abdel-Rahim (born 1932), political scientist
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Ali M. El-Agraa (born 1941), economist
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Mohamed Osman Baloola (born 1981), biomedical engineer who works on
diabetes monitoring
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Mamoun Beheiry (1925–2002), economist, president of the
African Development Bank and twice finance minister
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Nashwa Eassa (born 1980), nano-particle physicist
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Ismail El Gizouli, acting president of the
IPCC
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Mohamed H.A. Hassan (born 1947), mathematician and physicist
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Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022), researcher and historian
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Daoud Mustafa Khalid,
neurologist
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Awn Alsharif Qasim, (1933–2006), writer, educator,
encyclopedist
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Khalida Zahir (1927–2015), physician
Businesspeople
Entertainment
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Mohammed al Amin, musician
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Bangs, South Sudanese hip hop artist
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Bas, Sudanese-American rapper
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Ramey Dawoud, Sudanese-American
Hip hop artist and actor
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Ajak Deng, model
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Ataui Deng, model
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Emmanuel Jal, South Sudanese musician
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Abdel Karim al Kabli, singer
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Abdel Aziz El Mubarak, singer
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Oddisee, rapper
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Natasja Saad, rapper
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Abdel Gadir Salim, singer
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Alexander Siddig, actor
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Mohammed Wardi, singer
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Alek Wek, model and designer
Historical figures
Literature
Media
Politics and government
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Muddathir Abdel-Rahim, former ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Delegate to the UN General Assembly.
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Lam Akol, foreign affairs minister and former lecturer at University of Khartoum
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Abdallah Muhammed at-Tom, elected to Sudan’s first House of Representatives
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Ismail al-Azhari, former Prime Minister and first Head of State of Sudan, oversaw the independence of Sudan in 1956
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Abdallah Bakr Mustafa, nazir of Gedaref and member of the Legislative Assembly between 1948 and 1953
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Rashid Bakr, former Prime Minister
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Omar al-Bashir, former President of Sudan
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Mandour Elmahdi, former Principal of the Institute of Education in Sudan
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Osman Eltayeb, Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria and CPA participant
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John Garang, former Vice President and Sudan peace signer
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Sayed Ahmad Keir, second Foreign Minister of Sudan, 1958–1964
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Yousif Kuwa (1945–2001) revolutionary, rebel commander and politician
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Mariam al-Mahdi, Foreign Minister of Sudan
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Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) former Prime Minister of Sudan
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Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud, diplomat
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Salva Kiir Mayardit, Vice President of Sudan
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Minni Minnawi, leader of largest faction of
Sudan Liberation Army
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Ahmed al-Mirghani, former Head of State of Sudan
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Abd ul-Hamid Musa Madibbo, representative from Nyala Baggara East
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Abdul-Haleem Ismail Al-Mutaafi, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
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Field Marshal Gaafar Nimeiry, fourth President of Sudan
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Hassan Al-Turabi, scholar and thinker who helped initiate and establish the Islamic movement in the Sudan.
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Abdalla Hamdok, current prime minister of Sudan.
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Ja'afar Abdul El Hakh, former governor of
West Darfur
Humanitarians
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Emtithal Mahmoud, poet, activist
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Hajja Kashif Badri, women's right activist
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Nisreen Elsaim, youth climate activist
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Dalia Haj-Omar,
human rights activist
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Hadeel Ibrahim,
philanthropist
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Fatima Talib Ismaeil, women's right activist
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Nahid Toubia, physician and activist for gender equality
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Salva Dut, Founder and President of Water for South Sudan, Inc.
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Tysir Salih, activist, writer, and founder of The Red Ma’at Collective
Religious figures
Sports
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Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, athlete
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Yamilé Aldama, triple jumper
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Manute Bol, former
NBA basketball player and activist
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Luol Deng, NBA basketball player
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Deng Gai, former NBA player
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Ismail Ahmed Ismail, athlete
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Hassan El Kashief, retired athlete
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Omer Khalifa, retired athlete who set a national record over
1500 metres in
Grosseto in 1986
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John Mirona, Olympic boxer
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Todd Matthews-Jouda, athlete
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Haitham Mustafa, footballer
See also
References