List of Sudanese

This is a list of famous Sudanese people:

Academics

* Al-hadi Abu-Bakr academic, educator, diplomat
* Awn Alsharif Qasim writer, educator, encyclopedist
* Abdallah At-Tayib writer, educator, Islamic scholar
* Rihab Khalifa academic, educator, Accounting scholar

Entertainment

* Mohammed Abdelhalim Idris Soccer Player
* Abdel Aziz El Mubarak singer
* AbdelKarim AlKabli singer
* Alexander Siddig actor
* Alek Wek supermodel
* Abu Araki Albakhiet
* Eltayeb Abdallah singer
* Elfadil Saeid,(-2005) actor
* Ja'far Alsigeed singer
* Lloyd polite singer
* Osman Hussien singer
* Mohammed Wardi singer
* Mohammed Alamin singer
* Mohammed Alnasri singer
* Osman Hussien singer
* Rashasinger ,Sudanese-Spain
* Mohammed Ahmed Sarror singer
* Samy Deluxe Sudanese-German hiphop artist and producer
* Emmanuel Jal Sudanese-Kenya hiphop
* Emanuel Kumebe Sudanese-America Reggae

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)
* Faisal Mustafa novelist.

Media

* Alfred Taban journalist, founder of Khartoum Monitor newspaper
* Zeinab Badawi television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBC News
* Muaz Ataalsid Webmaster, News provider. Founder Sudan.Net
* Abdullah Ibrahim Eltahir, journalist, New Khartoum Magazine
* Abdalla Mohamed Ali Musa Broadcaster, Radio Personality

Politics and Government

* General Gaafar Nimeiry 5th President of Sudan
* Ismail al-Azhari former prime minister and President of Sudan. He anagurated the Independence of Sudan in 1956.
* 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
* Ibrahim Monim Mansour First minister of Finance from West of Sudan, Technocratic government of Gaafar Nimeiry 1969 - 1985.
* Sayed Ahmad Keir, second foreign minister of Sudan, 1958-1964

Religious/Philosophy

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

cience and Technology

* Elfatih Eltahir MIT Professor of Civil Engineering
* Anour Dafa-Alla Computer Engineer ,Sudan Developers Association (SudaDev) Founder
* Suhail Eltahir Mechanical Engineer, projects management
*Awad Haj Ali computer scientist

ports

* 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

Others

Alek Wek supermodel

Valentino Achak Deng - Lost Boy of Sudan, Dave Eggers wrote a "novelized biography" called

John Bol Dau - Lost Boy of Sudan, wrote memoir God Grew Tired of Us

References

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