Sudan
Historical figures born in Sudan
277 notable historical figures were born in Sudan. These are the most notable:
Sudan ranks #124 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Jordan, Tanzania and Libya.
By occupation
- Politician: 23
- Writer/Author: 12
- Head of State/President: 11
- Minister/Cabinet Official: 10
- Soldier/Officer: 9
- Prime Minister: 8
- Journalist: 5
- Diplomat: 5
- Omar al-Bashir (born 1944, Politics)
- Hemedti (born 1975, Politics)
- Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (born 1960, Politics)
- Mohamed Naguib (1901 to 1984, Politics)
- Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah (1844 to 1885, Politics)
- Gaafar Nimeiry (1931 to 2009, Politics)
- Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956, Politics)
- Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935 to 2020, Politics)
- Zeinab Badawi (born 1959, Literature)
- Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (born 1956, Politics)
- Kamil Idris (born 1954, Politics)
- Abdul Rahim Dagalo (born 1970, Military)
- Ismail al-Azhari (1901 to 1969, Politics)
- Tayeb Salih (1929 to 2009, Literature)
- Ibrahim Abboud (1900 to 1983, Politics)
- Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934 to 2018, Politics)
- Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941 to 2008, Politics)
- Nesrine Malik (born 1975, Literature)
- Yassmin Abdel-Magied (born 1991, Literature)
- Mahmoud Mohammed Taha (1909 to 1985, Science)
- Mohamed Tahir Ayala (1951 to 2025, Politics)
- Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919 to 2006, Politics)
- Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930, Arts & Music)
- Babiker Awadalla (1917 to 2019, Politics)
- Bakri Hassan Saleh (born 1949, Politics)
- Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908 to 1976, Politics)
- Abdallah Khalil (1888 to 1970, Politics)
- Ali Yaqoub Gibril (1964 to 2024, Military)
- Salah Salem (1920 to 1962, Politics)
- Kola Boof (born 1972, Literature)
- Osman Hussein (born 1951, Politics)
- Ahmed Umar (artist) (born 1988, Entertainment)
- Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1993, Literature)
- Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1932 to 2017, Literature)
- Raouf Mosad (1937 to 2025, Literature)
- Hussein Shariffe (1934 to 2005, Arts & Music)
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