Rose

female, deceased (2007)
Rose was a goat from the Hai Malakal suburb of Juba, the capital of the Sudanese region of South Sudan, who became an internet phenomenon when a...
Lydia Polgreen

Lydia Polgreen

female, 34 years old
Lydia Frances Polgreen (born 1975) is an American journalist who has been the West Africa bureau chief of "The New York Times", based in Dakar,...
Hassan Al-Banna

Hassan Al-Banna

male, deceased (1949)
Imam Hassan al Banna was an Egyptian social and political reformer best known as founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hassan al-Banna was the founder...
Luol Deng

Luol Deng

male, 24 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Luol Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls,...
Paul Salopek

Paul Salopek

male, 47 years old
Paul Salopek is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer. Salopek was raised in central Mexico. He has reported for the "Chicago Tribune" since...
Kevin Carter

Kevin Carter

male, deceased (1994)
Kevin Carter (September 13,1960 - July 27,1994) was an award-winning South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. Carter began...
Manute Bol

Manute Bol

male, 47 years old
Manute Bol is a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. Until the debut of Gheorghe Mureşan (who was supposedly a few millimeters taller), B...
Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus

male, deceased (1554)
Leo Africanus was the Christianised name of Hasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi (Hasan, son of Muhammed, the Weigher from Fez) (Granada 1488? -...
Gino Strada

Gino Strada

male, 61 years old
Gino Strada (b. "Luigi Strada" April 21, 1948 in Sesto San Giovanni-Milan, Italy) is a war surgeon and founder of the UN-recognized Italian NGO...
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

male, 69 years old
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (born November 21, 1940), is a Mauritanian diplomat and United Nations official. Ould-Abdallah graduated from scondary school...