List of Famous people born in Khartoum, Sudan

Alaa Salah is a Sudanese student and anti-government protester. She gained world-wide media attention from a picture of her taken during the 2018/2019 Sudanese Revolution by Lana Haroun that went viral in April 2019. The image of Salah has been dubbed as "Woman in White" or "Lady Liberty" of Sudan. As a member of MANSAM, one of the main Sudanese women's networks who signed the 1 January 2019 Forces of Freedom and Change declaration, Salah gave a speech at the 29 October 2019 meeting of the United Nations Security Council, insisting that in the Sudanese transitionary institutions women should have equal representation to men.

Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, was a Sudanese writer, women's rights activist and socialist leader.

Jaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry was a Sudanese politician who served as the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985.

Mansour Khalid, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan, was first vice chairman of Brundtland Commission which is formally known as World Commission on Environment and Development. The Chairman of the Commission was Gro Harlem Brundtland,.

Ahmad Ali Al-Mirghani was the 6th President of Sudan from May 6, 1986, to June 30, 1989, when the democratically elected government was toppled by a military coup led by Omar al-Bashir.

Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is a Sudanese politician who was First Vice President of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, First Vice President from 1995 to January 2005, and Second Vice President from August 2005 to July 2011. He is a member of the National Congress Party.

Ismail al-Azhari was a Sudanese nationalist and political figure. He served as the first Prime Minister of Sudan between 1954 and 1956, and as President of Sudan from 1965 until he was overthrown by Gaafar Nimeiry in 1969.

Kacoul Dut "Peter" Jok is a Sudanese basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the University of Iowa of the Big Ten Conference. A 6 ft 6 in shooting guard, Jok is from Khartoum.