Editing Maasai people (section)

== Notable Maasai ==

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* [[Linus Kaikai]] - Kenyan journalist and Chair of the Kenya Editors Guild
* [[Francis Ole Kaparo]] – Former [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya]]
* [[James Ole Kiyiapi]] – associate professor at Moi University and permanent secretary in the Ministries of Education and Local Government
* [[Olekina Ledama]] – Founder, Maasai Education Discovery
* [[Stanley Shapashina Oloitiptip]] - Former Kenya politician and cabinet minister
* [[Josephine Lemoyan]] – social scientist, Tanzanian member of the 2017-2022 [[East African Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite news |ref={{harvid|''The Citizen''|2021}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Newest 'Kids' in Tanzania's Political Block |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/newest-kids-in-tanzania-s-political-block-2588788 |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=[[Mwananchi Communications|The Citizen]] |date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131183307/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/newest-kids-in-tanzania-s-political-block-2588788 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nice Nailantei Lengete]] – First woman to address the Maasai elders council at [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], and persuaded the council to ban [[female genital mutilation]] among the Maasai across Kenya and Tanzania
* [[Joseph Ole Lenku]] – Cabinet Secretary of Kenya for Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2012 to 2014
* [[Mbatian]] - Prophet after whom Batian Peak, the highest peak of [[Mount Kenya]], is named
* [[Katoo Ole Metito]] – Member of Parliament for [[Loitokitok|Kajiado South]] sub county
* [[Joseph Nkaissery]] – Former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya for Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2014 to his death in 2017
* [[William Ole Ntimama]] – Former Kenyan politician and leader of the Maa community
* [[Damaris Seleina Parsitau|Damaris Parsitau]] – gender equality advocate, feminist, and scholar
* [[David Rudisha]] – Middle-distance runner and 800-meter world record holder
*[[George Saitoti]] - former Vice-president of Kenya
*[[Moses ole Sakuda]] - Kenyan politician
* [[Jackson Ole Sapit]] - Sixth Archbishop and Primate of the [[Anglican Church of Kenya]]
* [[Edward Sokoine]] – [[Prime Minister of Tanzania]] from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1983 to 1984
*[[Sanaipei Tande]] - Kenyan musical artist