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Sudan
Sudan
Sudan ranks 131st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind El Salvador, Tanzania, and Guinea-Bissau. Memorable people born in present day Sudan include Luqman, Mohamed Naguib, and Muhammad Ahmad. Memorable people who died in Sudan include Muhammad Ahmad, Charles George Gordon, and Gaafar Nimeiry. Sudan has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast and South Sudan to the south. Sudan has a population of 50 million people as of 2024 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country by area and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011; since then both titles have been held by Algeria. Sudan's capital and most populous city is Khartoum. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1100 BC and 1999, present day Sudan was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Luqman, Mohamed Naguib, and Muhammad Ahmad. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Sudan including Muhammad Ahmad, Charles George Gordon, and Gaafar Nimeiry.
People Born in Present Day Sudan
Go to all RankingsLuqman
WRITER
1100 BC - 1769
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 1
Mohamed Naguib
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1984
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 2
Muhammad Ahmad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1844 - 1885
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 3
Omar al-Bashir
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 4
Piye
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 716 BC
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 5
Josephine Bakhita
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 6
John Garang
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2005
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 7
Gaafar Nimeiry
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2009
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 8
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 9
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 10
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2018
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 11
Tayeb Salih
WRITER
1929 - 2009
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Sudan
Go to all RankingsOsman Hussein
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 25
Hemedti
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 26
Mo Ibrahim
BUSINESSPERSON
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 27
Awadeya Mahmoud
BUSINESSPERSON
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.36
Rank: 30
Musab Kheder
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.75
Rank: 34
Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag
PHYSICIAN
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.93
Rank: 36
Mohamed Ahmed Bashir
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.65
Rank: 37
Marco Arop
ATHLETE
1998 - Present
HPI: 23.81
Rank: 38
Lidiia Iakovleva
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 39
Abubaker Haydar Abdalla
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 40
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 41
Moritz Wagner
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 42
People Deceased in Present Day Sudan
Go to all RankingsMuhammad Ahmad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1844 - 1885
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1
Charles George Gordon
ENGINEER
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 2
Gaafar Nimeiry
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2009
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 3
Ibrahim Bey
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1817
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 4
Daniele Comboni
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1831 - 1881
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 5
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 6
Ibrahim Abboud
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1983
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 7
Ismail al-Azhari
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1969
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 8
Hassan Al-Turabi
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2016
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 9
Yohannes IV
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1889
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 10
Mahmoud Mohammed Taha
HISTORIAN
1909 - 1985
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 11
Bazilio Olara-Okello
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1929 - 1990
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sudan were politicians (17), athletes (8), religious figures (3), soccer players (3), and writers (2), while most who died were politicians (7), religious figures (2), engineers (1), historians (1), and military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Sudan, including Omar al-Bashir, John Garang, and Gaafar Nimeiry. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sudan, including Mohamed Naguib, Omar al-Bashir, and Piye.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in present day Sudan since 1700.