List of Famous people born in Uganda

Barbara Kyagulanyi is a Ugandan philanthropist and author. She is the wife to Ugandan pop artist and politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine. She is the author of "Golden Memories of a Village Belle" published in 2012.

Shimit Amin is an Indian film director and editor. He is best known for the award-winning film Chak De! India (2007) starring Shah Rukh Khan. He is married to screenwriter Megha Ramaswamy.

Nelson Kawulukusi Sewankambo, MBChB, MMed, MSc, FRCP, LLD (Hon), sometimes spelled as Nelson Ssewankambo, is a Ugandan physician, academician, medical researcher, and medical administrator. He is a professor of medicine and former principal of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University.

Miria Obote is the former First Lady of Uganda, and widow of former Prime Minister and President Milton Obote. She was a candidate in the 2006 Ugandan general election.

John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, SC is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014. He played an instrumental role in Uganda's protracted liberation struggle from several tyrannical governments (1972-1986) and is a founding member of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling political party in Uganda.

Denis Onyango is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and Uganda as a goalkeeper and serves as captain of Uganda Cranes.

Aisha Nakiyemba is a Ugandan badminton player. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2019 African Games partnered with Gladys Mbabazi.

Christine Kajumba Magnusson is a retired Swedish badminton player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments.

Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, PC is a British investment banker and has been Chair of Prudential plc, the British multinational insurer, since January 2021, having joined the Board in May 2020. Her appointment as Prudential chair was hailed in February 2020 by the Daily Mail’s Ruth Sunderland. She wrote: