The Most Famous

Athletes from Uganda

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ugandans Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 22 of which were born in Uganda. This makes Uganda the birth place of the 75th most number of Athletes behind Peru and Kyrgyzstan.

Top 10 Ugandan Athletes

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Ugandans Athletes of all time. This list of famous Ugandans Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Ugandans Athletes.

  1. #2
    Photo of Joshua Cheptegei

    Joshua Cheptegei

    b. 1996

    HPI 52.6340 langs

    Ugandan long-distance runner

  2. #3
    Photo of Lee Jun-ho

    Lee Jun-ho

    b. 0

    HPI 48.425 langs

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  3. #7
    Photo of Jacob Kiplimo

    Jacob Kiplimo

    b. 2000

    HPI 42.9425 langs

    Ugandan male long-distance runner

  4. #8
    Photo of Peruth Chemutai

    Peruth Chemutai

    b. 1999

    HPI 39.3033 langs

    Ugandan athletics competitor

  5. #9
    Photo of Halimah Nakaayi

    Halimah Nakaayi

    b. 1994

    HPI 36.6325 langs

    Ugandan middle-distance runner

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Ugandans Athletes grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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