List of Sudanese
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This is a list of famous Sudanese people.
Academics
- Awn Alsharif Qasim, (1933–2006), writer, educator, encyclopedist
- Mo Ibrahim, Business Man
Entertainment
- Abdel Aziz El Mubarak singer
- AbdelKarim AlKabli singer
- Alexander Siddig actor
- Alek Wek supermodel
- Mohammed Wardi singer
- Samy Deluxe Sudanese-German hiphop artist and producer
- Emmanuel Jal Sudanese-Kenya hiphop
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)
Media
- Alfred Taban journalist, founder of Khartoum Monitor newspaper
- Zeinab Badawi television and radio reporter and news presenter at BBC News
Politics and Government
- Field Marshal Gaafar Nimeiry 4th President of Sudan
- Ismail al-Azhari former prime minister and 1st Head of State of Sudan. He oversaw the Independence of Sudan in 1956.
- Ahmed al-Mirghani former head of State of Sudan.
- Sadiq al-Mahdi former Prime minister of Sudan
- 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
- Sayed Ahmad Keir, second foreign minister of Sudan, 1958–1964
- Mandour Elmahdi former Principle of the Institute of Education in Sudan
- Osman Eltayeb Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria and CPA participant.
Religious/Philosophy
- Al-Mahdi religious leader
Sports
- Deng Gai former NBA player
- Haitham Mustafa footballer(soccer)
- Hassan El Kashief 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