1. Bol Bol (1999)

Basketball Player

7'2" center known as the son of former NBA center Manute Bol. He began garnering attention as a top basketball prospect as early as his freshman year of high school....

2. Almoez Ali (1996)

Football Player

Almoez Ali is a famous Football Player, who was born on August 19, 1996 in Sudan. According to Astrologers, Almoez Ali's zodiac sign is Leo.
Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdullah (Arabic: المعز...

3. Ahmed Mohamed (2001)

Other

Social media sensation who rose to fame at fourteen after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school. He was reported by a teacher who allegedly thought the...

4. Tayeb Salih (1929)

Novelist

The author of Season of Migration to the North and The Wedding of Zein, he is one of Sudan's best-known fiction writers. He also worked for the United Nations Educational,...

5. Mohammed Wardi (1932)

Sudanese Musician

Sudanese singer and songwriter who has collaborated with many musicians, including Aljayli Abdelmoneim and Mohammed Almakki Ibrahim.

6. Sadiq Al-Mahdi (1935)

Politician

Member of the Umma Party who held office as the Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966 to 1967 and then again from 1986 to 1989. He was also the author...

7. John Garang (1945)

South Sudanese Politician

Leader of the Sudan People's Liberal Army who briefly held office as the President of Southern Sudan before dying in a helicopter crash in 2005. He was a powerful leader...

8. Haitham Mustafa (1977)

Soccer Player

Midfielder who became Captain of the Sudanese national team.

9. Deng Gai (1982)

Basketball Player

Sudanese basketball forward who was the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball blocks leader while playing for Fairfield.

10. Alexander Siddig (1965)

Anglo-sudanese Actor

Sudanese-born actor who played the role of Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

11. Samuel Gebru (1991)

Ethiopian-american Businessman

Samuel Michael Gebru is an Ethiopian American social entrepreneur and founder and CEO of the Ethiopian Global Initiative.

12. Hajooj Kuka (1976)

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13. Balla Jabir (1985)

Footballer

Balla Gabir Kortokaila is a Sudanese footballer who currently plays for Sudanese side El-Merreikh.

14. Mohammed Eldin (1985)

Footballer

Mohammed Sheikh Eldin is a Sudanese football striker who plays for Al-Nil Al-Hasahesa and the Sudan national football team.

15. Nasr Eldin El Shigail (1985)

Sudanese Footballer

Nasr Eldin El Shigail is a Sudanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Merreikh.

16. Khalid Jolit (1981)

Sudanese Footballer

Khalid Hassan Ali Jolit is a Sudanese football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Hilal. Jolit is also a member of the Sudan national football team.

17. Akram El Hadi Salim (1987)

Sudanese Footballer

Akram El Hadi Salim is a Sudanese international footballer who plays for Al-Merreikh as a goalkeeper. He was the starting goalkeeper for the Sudan team that reached the 1/4 finals...

18. Salih Mahmoud Osman (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Salih Mahmoud Osman Sudanese human rights lawyer. Osman is well known for having provided free legal representation to hundreds of victims of ethnic violence in Sudan over more than two...

19. Abdel Halim Muhammad (1910)

Sudanese Politician

Abdel Halim Muhammad was a Sudanese doctor. He served as the third president of the Confederation of African Football from 1968 to 1972. He was also a member of the...

20. Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (1927)

Sudanese Politician

Abdel Khaliq Mahjub was a Sudanese politician. Mahjub was born in Omdurman. He was the Secretary General of the Sudanese Communist Party till his death by execution in Khartum...

21. Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941)

Sudanese Politician

Ahmad Ali Al-Mirghani was the President of Sudan from May 6 1986 to June 30 1989 when the democratically elected government was toppled by a military coup led by the...

22. Mohammed Salam (1990)

Footballer

Mohammed Salam is a Sudanese football player who plays for Qatari club Al Kharitiyath in the Qatar Stars League. He plays as a winger and he wears the number 15.

23. Mustafa Osman Ismail (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Mustafa Osman Ismail is a former Sudanese politician. Ismail was the foreign minister of Sudan from 18 February 1998 to 18 September 2005. His main job as foreign minister was...

24. Ibrahim Abboud (1900)

President Of Sudan

El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud was a Sudanese president general and political figure. A career soldier Abboud served in World War II in Egypt and Iraq. In 1949 Abboud became the...

25. Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein is the current Minister of Defence of The Republic of Sudan. He was also the former Minister of Interior Affairs until he resigned and then reinstated...

26. Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (Unknow)

President Of Sudan

Marshal Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab was the President of Sudan from April 6 1985 to May 6 1986. Born in the town of Omdurman in 1934 he graduated from...

27. Muna Durka (1988)

Sudanese Steeplechase Runner

Muna Kalameya Durka is a Sudanese steeplechase runner. Durka represented Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she competed for the first ever women's 3000 metres steeplechase. She...

28. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud (Unknow)

Politician

Abdel Mahmoud is a Sudanese politician leader of the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union. She was in 1973 one of the first women to hold political office in the Sudan and...

29. Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (Unknow)

Sudanese Activist

Ahmed Ibrahim Arabic: فاطمة أحمد إبراهيم‎ Sudanese writer women rights activist and Socialist leader.

30. Mohammed Muddather (1988)

Footballer

Mohmad Mdether Driss Rajeb is a Sudanese footballer who plays for Qatari club Lekhwiya in the Qatar Stars League. Rajeb started his career with Al-Ahly Shendi in Sudan and joined...

31. Muna Jabir Adam (1987)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Muna Jabir Adam is a Sudanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.

32. Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (1987)

Footballer

Mohammed Ahmed Bashir also known as Bisha is a Sudanese footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Wehda in the Saudi Pro League Premie He plays as a striker and also...

33. George Athor (1962)

Rebel Leader Of Spla

George Athor Deng was the Sudan People's Liberation Army Lieutenant General and a SPLA dissident who led the South Sudan Democratic Movement and its military wing the South Sudan Army....

34. Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941)

Catholic Cardinal

Gabriel Zubeir Wako is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Khartoum Sudan. Born in Mboro Sudan he was ordained a priest on 21 July 1963. He was appointed Bishop of Wau...

35. Hamid Nizar (1988)

Footballer

Hamid Nizar is a Sudanese football defender who plays for Al-Hilal and the Sudan national football team.

36. Mohamed Elkhedr (1988)

Sudanese Swimmer

Mohamed Elkhedr is a Sudanese swimmer specializing in freestyle. He competed in the 50 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

37. Nawal El Jack (1988)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Nawal El Jack is a Sudanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

38. Abdalla Abdelgadir (1988)

Sudanese Middle Distance Runner

Abdalla Abdelgadir is a Sudanese middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and twelfth at the 2006 World Junior...

39. Daniel Koat Mathews (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician And General

Daniel Koat Mathews is a Sudanese politician and Nuer leader who has been effectively involved in the national politics for many years. He is now a Major General in the...

40. Mohamed Salih Omer (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Mohamed Salih Omer was a Sudanese politician. Omer was born in Badien Island in 1934. His father was Sheikh Omer Mohamed Al Amein and his mother was Farhein Seid...

41. Jimmy Lemi Milla (1948)

South Sudanese Politician

Jimmy Lemi Milla was a Sudanese politician and Cabinet member in Southern Sudan. He was a Pojulu.

42. Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (1935)

Sudanese Prime Minister

Dr. Al-Jazuli Daf'allah graduated from Khartoum University medical faculty in 1959 and was head of the Sudanese Medical Association. He was prime minister of the Sudan from April 22...

43. Dominic Dim Deng (1950)

Southern Sudan Defence Minister

Dominic Dim Deng was a senior member of Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement a distinguished military veteran General and the first Defence Minister in the Government of Southern Sudan who lost...

44. Mubarak al Fadil al Mahdi (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Mubarak Abdullahi El-Fadil El-Mahdi (born Khartoum Sudan 1950 commonly known as Mubarak El-Fadil is an economist prominent politician and ex-member of the National Umma Party Sudan. He was appointed to...

45. Ali Osman Taha (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is a Sudanese politician who was First Vice President of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995...

46. Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (Unknow)

Sudanese Politician

Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud was a Sudanese politician who was Secretary-General of the Sudanese Communist Party. He succeeded Abdel Khaliq Mahjub after the latter's execution in 1971 leading the party for...

47. Amin Hassan Omar Abdullah (1951)

Government Minister Of Sudan

Dr. Amin Hassan Omar Abdullah is the Minister of State at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports in Sudan.

48. Abdallah Khalil (1888)

Sudanese Politician

Sayed Abdallah Khalil was a prominent Sudanese politician and the former Prime Minister. Khalil a former army general put together a Umma Party/Mahdist coalition on July 5 1956 and became...

49. Abdul Wahid al Nur (1968)

Sudanese Politician

Abdul Wahid Mohamed al Nur is the leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement faction. Born in Zalingei West Darfur he was educated at the University of Khartoum where...

50. Jimmy Eresto (1992)

South Sudanese Footballer

Jimmy Eresto is a South Sudanese footballer who plays as a defender. He made his senior debut for South Sudan national football team in the 2013 CECAFA Cup and won...