Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

female, 69 years old
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist....
Martha Karua

Martha Karua

female
Martha Wangari Karua (1957-) is a Kenyan politician, and is a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. She is an MP...
Caroline Elkins

Caroline Elkins

female, 40 years old
Caroline Elkins (born 1969) is an associate professor of History at Harvard University. She studies the colonial encounter in Africa during the...
Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi

male, deceased (1957)
Dedan Kimathi Waciuri, self-proclaimed Field Marshal, (October 31, 1920 - February 18, 1957) was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against British...
Charles Njonjo

Charles Njonjo

male, 89 years old
Charles Mugane Njonjo (born 1920) is a former Kenyan Attorney General (1963 - 1979), and Minister for Constitutional Affairs (1980 - 1983). He is...
Harry Thuku

Harry Thuku

male, 24 years old
Harry Thuku was born in 1895 in Kenya into the Kikuyu ethnic group, one of the groups that lost the largest amount of land to white settlers during...
Denys Finch Hatton

Denys Finch Hatton

male, deceased (1931)
Denys George Finch Hatton (April 24, 1887 - May 14, 1931) was a big-game hunter, and presumably the lover of Karen Blixen (also known by her pen...
Henry Wanyoike

Henry Wanyoike

male
Henry Wanyoike is a Kenyan athlete. He is blind and competes in the Paralympics and in marathon racing. Wanyoike is one of the world’s fastest ru...
Wahome Mutahi

Wahome Mutahi

male, deceased (2003)
Wahome Mutahi (October 24 1954 - July 22 2003) was one of the most beloved humourists of Kenya. He was popularly known as "Whispers" after the name...
Stefanie Zweig

Stefanie Zweig

female, 77 years old
Stefanie Zweig (born 1932, Leobschütz (Głubczyce), Upper Silesia) is a German Jewish writer. She is not to be confused with the Austrian writer St...