List of Kenyans
The following list gives a categorised overview of notable people from Kenya.
Freedom heroes
Koitalel Arap Samoei
Me Katilili Wa Menza, mother of colonial resistance
Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi
Field Marshal Musa Mwariama
General Waruhiu Itote (General China)
Jomo Kenyatta
J.M. Kariuki
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Ramogi Achieng Oneko
Paul Ngei
Tom Mboya
Masinde Muliro
Kubu Kubu
Politicians
Barack Obama, US President, 2009 - to date (Obama held both U.S. and Kenyan citizenship as a child, but lost his Kenyan citizenship automatically on his 23rd birthday.)
Moody Awori, Vice President, August, 2003 – December 2007
Nicholas Biwott, Member of Parliament, former Cabinet Ministère
Cyrus Jirongo
Josephat Karanja, Vice President 1988–1989
J. M. Kariuki, assassinated 1975
Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the first President, Jomo Kenyatta and 4th President of Kenya, 2013-present
Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya Dec 2002 – March 2013
Michael Wamalwa Kijana, Vice President 3 January 2003 – Aug 2003
