AlKhalifa Abdullah leader during Mahdia era
Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr athlete
Lam Akol politician
AbdelKarim AlKabli singer, poet, composer, songwriter, humanitarian
Ismail al-Azhari politician, former prime minister
Omar al-Bashir politician, current President
Al-Mahdi religious leader during Mahdia era
Sadiq al-Mahdi politician, former prime minister
Ahmad al-Mirghani politician, former President
Awn Alsharif writer, educator, encyclopedist
Zeinab Badawi television and radio journalist
Rashid Bakr politician
Mandour Elmahdi education pioneer
Osman eltayeb entrepreneur
John Garang politician
Mo Ibrahim entrepreneur
Ismail Ahmed Ismail runner
Hassan El Kachief retired athlete
Sayed Ahmad Keir politician, diplomat
Omer Khalifa runner
Todd Matthews-Jouda hurdling athlete
Minni Minnawi politician
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak singer
Haitham Mustafa footballer(soccer)
Gaafar Nimeiry military officer, politician, former President
Ibrahim 'Ali Salman poet
Tayeb Salih novelist
Alexander Siddig actor
Alfred Taban broadcast journalist
Mohammed Wardi singer, songwriter