List of Kenyans

The following list gives a categorised overview of notable people from Kenya.

Freedom Heroes

Moody Awori, Vice President, August,2003 – December 2007
Nicholas Biwott, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister
Cyrus Jirongo
Josephat Karanja Vice president 1988–1989
J. M. Kariuki, assassinated 1975
Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the first President, Jomo Kenyatta
Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya Dec 2002 – to date (2009)
Michael Wamalwa Kijana, Vice President 3 January 2003 – Aug 2003
Kenneth Matiba
Tom Mboya, Cabinet Minister, assassinated 1969
Musalia Mudavadi, Vice President 4 November 2002 – 30 December 2002
Joseph Murumbi, Vice President 1965–1967
Simeon Nyachae
Charity Ngilu, first female to run for presidency
Raila Odinga, former Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament. Son of Oginga Odinga and current Prime Minister.
Appolo Ohanga
James Orengo
Robert Ouko, Cabinet Minister, assassinated 1990
Pio Gama Pinto, assassinated 1965
Charles Rubia
George Saitoti, Vice President May 1989 – Dec 1997, Apr 1999 – 30 August 2002
Makhan Singh, freedom fighter
Fitz R S de Souza Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker 1963 – 1970
Kalonzo Musyoka,Vice President Jan 2008 – to date
Jeremiah Nyagah, long-serving cabinet minister and member of Parliament

Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin (born 15 June 1933 died 28 June 2005)
Louis Leakey, paleontologist
Dr. Meave G Leakey, paleontologist
Mary Douglas Leakey, paleontologist
Dr. Richard Leakey, paleontologist, environmentalist, politician and former Director of Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS)
Prof. Wangari Maathai, (born 1940), environmentalist, women rights activist, politician and Nobel Prize winner 2004
Prof. Ali Mazrui
Ratemo Michieka
Prof. Peter Amollo Odhiambo, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo, entomologist and environmental scientist
Florence Wambugu (born 1953), plant pathologist and virologist
Prof. Mike Boit, Department of Sports Science, Kenyatta University
Prof. Bethwell Allan Ogot
Prof. Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Mohamed Amin, a Photojournalist, who pictured Ethiopian famine in 1984
Kimani Maruge, world oldest person to start primary school
Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, Lawyer (helped draft the proposed Constitution)
Jeff Koinange, former CNN TV Africa bureau chief. Currently working for Kenya's new station, K24.
Zain Verjee, CNN TV Anchor
Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, Sultan of Pate, 1779 to 1809.
Michael Werikhe, Conservationist
Winfred Omwakwe, Miss Earth 2002 (first African to hold the title)
Hezekiah Ochuka, aborted 1982 military coup leader
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., Economist and father of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama