Famous Personalities
The following lists give a categorised overview of notable people from east-African country Kenya:
Politicians
Jomo Kenyatta president 1964-1978
Daniel arap Moi president 1978-2002 Mwai Kibaki current president since 2002 Oginga Odinga vice president 1964-1965 Joseph Murumbi vice president 1965-1967 Dr. Josephat Karanja vice president 1988- George Saitoti vice president May 1989 – Dec 1997, Apr 1999 – 30 Aug 2002 Michael Kijana Wamalwa vice president 03 Jan 2003 – Aug 2003 Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi Vice President 04 Nov 2002 – 30 Dec 2002 Moody Awori current vice president Uhuru Kenyatta Pio Gama Pinto assassinated 1965 Tom Mboya cabinet minister assassinated 1969 J. M. Kariuki assasinated 1975 Robert Ouko cabinet minister assassinated 1990 Nicholas Biwot Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Charles Njonjo Attorney General Kenneth Matiba Ronald Ngala Paul Ngei Makhan Singh freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi freedom fighter Raila Odinga Charles Rubia Hezekiah Ochuka military coup leader Dr. Odhiambo Mbai Appolo Ohanga Barack Obama (his father was Kenyan) Struggle for Independence
Administrators
Charles Njonjo Longest serving Attorney General James Karugu shortest serving Attorney General Joseph Kamere Attorney General Justice Guy Mathew Muli Attorney General Amos Wako Attorney General Mohammed Hussein Ali Police Commissioner Jonah Anguka Nakuru District Commissioner Abdul Majid Cockar Former Chief Justice Zacchaeus Chesoni Former Chief Justice
Writers
Ngugi wa Thiongo Meja Mwangi M.G. Vassanji Grace Ogot Binyavanga Wainaina founder and editor of Kwani?, a literary magazine and winner of Caine Prize 2002 for african Writting Wahome Mutahi journalist and humorist Parselelo Kantai Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor winner Caine Prize 2003
Religious Leaders
Reverend Mutava Musyimi Secretary Geneneral National Council of Churches. Sheikh Khalid Balala Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga Archbishop John Njenga Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki
Sportspersons
Seraphino Antao the first Kenyan gold medalist Matthew Birir Amos Biwott Richard Chelimo Joyce Chepchumba Paul Ereng Julius Kariuki Kipchoge Keino Ezekiel Kemboi Joseph Keter Wilson Kipketer (born and raised in Kenya, now a citizen of Denmark) Wilson Boit Kipketer Moses Kiptanui Ismael Kirui Samson Kitur Daniel Komen Julius Korir Paul Korir Reuben Kosgei Bernard Lagat Tegla Loroupe Edith Masai Catherine Ndereba Noah Ngeny Margaret Okayo Yobes Ondieki Henry Rono Peter Rono Moses Tanui William Tanui Naftali Temu Paul Tergat
Others
Wangari Maathai, (born 1940), environmentalist, women rights activist, politician and Nobel Prize winner 2004 Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, (1870-1931) the most famous of the original white settlers in Kenya. Louis SB Leakey, paleontologist Mary Douglas Leakey, paleontologist Dr. Meave G Leakey, paleontologist Dr. Richard Leakey, palaeontologist, environmentalist, politician and former Director of Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) Prof. Onesmus Mutungi Chairman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights. Lawyer and former Dean of the Law Faculty at Nairobi University. Prof. Yash Pal Ghai constitutional lawyer Joseph Kigamwa