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==List of notable Agikĩkũyũ and people of Gĩkũyũ descent== [[File:Wangari Maathai in 2001.jpg|thumb|upright|Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai]] ===Activism, authorship, academics and science=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> * [[Wangari Maathai]], Nobel Laureate, first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=Wangari Maathai {{!}} Biography, Nobel Peace Prize, Books, Green Belt Movement, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> First Kenyan woman to earn a Ph.D.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> * Professor [[Stephen Kiama]] University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor 2020 - to date * [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-01 |title=Ngugi wa Thiong’o {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngugi-wa-Thiongo |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Gikuyu-language author, father of author and professor [[Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mukomawangugi.com/ |title=HOME |publisher=Mukoma Wa Ngugi |date=13 July 2013 |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> * [[Wanjiku Kabira]], literature professor and gender rights activist * [[Maina wa Kinyatti]], historian and one of the foremost researchers on the [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau]] * [[Micere Githae Mugo]], author, activist, literary critic and professor of literature at [[Syracuse University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Africa's literary giant Prof. Micere Githae Mugo dies at 81 |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/07/01/africas-literary-giant-prof-micere-githae-mugo-dies-at-81/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Wanjiru Kihoro]], economist, feminist and political activist * [[Njoki Wainaina]], founder and first executive director of the [[FEMNET|African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)]] * [[Wangui wa Goro]], academic and social critic * [[Joseph Maina Mungai]], pioneer medical researcher in East Africa * [[Ng'endo Mwangi]], Kenya's first woman physician. The Mwangi Cultural Center at the [[Smith College]] in [[Massachusetts]] is named in her honor * [[Carole Wainaina|Carole Wamuyu Wainaina]], [[Assistant Secretary-General]] for Human Resources Management at the [[United Nations]] * [[Helen Gichohi]], ecologist and President of the [[African Wildlife Foundation]] * [[Olive Mugenda]], first woman to head a public university in the [[African Great Lakes]] region * [[Florence Wambugu]], plant pathologist and virologist * [[Thumbi Ndung'u]], [[AIDS research|HIV/AIDS researcher]] and the first to clone [[Subtypes of HIV|HIV subtype C]]. Recipient of the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]'s International Early Career Scientist award * [[Dorothy Wanja Nyingi]], [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]] and recipient of the [[Ordre des Palmes académiques]] (Order of Academic Palms) * [[Kimani Maruge]], oldest person in the world to start primary school after enrolling in first grade aged 84 * [[David Muchoki Kanja]], the first Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the United Nations * [[Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki|Muthoni Wanyeki]], political scientist and human rights activist * [[Simon Gikandi]], English professor at [[Princeton University]] * [[Gibson Kamau Kuria]], lawyer and recipient of the [[Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award]] * [[Paul Muite]], lawyer, politician, multiparty activist and former presidential candidate<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Muite Recognized at the HRD Awards 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award « Defenders Coalition |url=https://defenderscoalition.org/paul-muite-recognized-at-the-hrd-awards-2023-lifetime-achievement-award/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Judy Thongori]], lawyer and women's rights activist * [[Maina Kiai]], lawyer, human rights activist and United Nations [[Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association]] * [[Michael Ndurumo]], deaf educator and the third deaf person from Africa to obtain a Ph.D. * [[Ngugi wa Mirii]], playwright * [[Koigi wa Wamwere]], author, politician and human rights activist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koigi wa Wamwere |url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/person/koigi-wa-wamwere/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Meja Mwangi]], author * [[Rebeka Njau]], author and playwright. Her one-act play ''The Scar'' (1965), which condemns female genital mutilation, is considered the first play written by a Kenyan woman. * [[Boniface Mwangi]], photojournalist and sociopolitical activist * [[Ann Njogu]], human rights and constitutional reform activist * * [[John Githongo]], anti-corruption activist * [[Gitura Mwaura]], author, poet <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> ===Arts and media=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> * [[Wangechi Mutu]], artist and sculptor * [[Ingrid Mwangi]], Kenyan-German artist * [[Wanuri Kahiu]], film director * [[Wahome Mutahi]], humorist popularly known as ''Whispers'' after satirical column he wrote<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Whispers 15 Years On: How Satire Can Further Civic Discourse {{!}} Heinrich Böll Stiftung {{!}} Nairobi Office Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania |url=https://ke.boell.org/en/2018/08/13/celebrating-whispers-15-years-how-satire-can-further-civic-discourse |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=ke.boell.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-11 |title=Whispers: Celebrating legendary humorist Wahome Mutahi 15 years on |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/whispers-celebrating-legendary-humorist-wahome-mutahi-15-years-on-206617 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> * [[Jeff Koinange]], [[Emmy]] Award-winning journalist * [[Julie Gichuru]], news anchor and entrepreneur * [[The Apprentice (U.S. season 10)|Liza Mũcherũ-Wisner]], a semi-finalist in [[The Apprentice (U.S. season 10)|''The Apprentice'' Season 10]] * [[Edi Gathegi]], stage, film and television actor * [[Tom Morello]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning guitarist, son of [[Ngethe Njoroge]] * [[Eric Wainaina (musician)|Eric Wainana]], musician * [[Janet Mbugua]], news anchor * [[David Mathenge]], musician popularly known as "Nameless" * [[Stella Mwangi]], Kenyan-Norwegian musician known by the stage name ''STL''. Represented Norway in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] * [[Wahu]], musician * [[Avril (singer)|Avril]], musician and actress * [[Amani (musician)|Amani]], musician * [[Jaguar (musician)|Jaguar]], musician * [[Joseph Kamaru]], musician * [[Daniel Kamau|Daniel Kamau Mwai "DK"]], musician * [[Queen Jane (musician)|Queen Jane]], musician * [[Abbas Kubaff]], hip hop artist * [[Wangechi]], rapper * [[Victoria Kimani]], musician and actress * [[Patricia Kihoro]], musician, actress and radio personality * [[Size 8]], musician and actress (mother: Esther Njeri Munyali (Kikuyu), father: Samuel Kirui Munyali (Ugandan from Mbale)) * [[Mustafa Olpak]], Writer, Turkish Human rights activist descended from Kikuyu slaves in Crete <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> ===Business and economics=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> * [[Patrick Njoroge]], the ninth Governor of the [[Central Bank of Kenya]] and has been in office since June 19, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Njoroge |url=https://live.banquemondiale.org/fr/experts/p/patrick-njoroge#:~:text=Patrick%20Njoroge%20is%20the%20ninth,first%20Kenya%20Banking%20Sector%20Charter. |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=World Bank Live |language=fr}}</ref> * [[Peter Ndegwa (business executive)|Peter Ndegwa]], current CEO of Safaricom PLC. the largest network service provider in East Africa. * [[Njuguna Ndung'u]], economics professor and former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya * [[Samuel Kamau Macharia]], founder and chairman of Royal Media Services, the largest private radio and television network in [[Eastern Africa]] * [[Philip Ndegwa]], entrepreneur, internationally respected economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya * [[Peter Munga]], founder and chairman of [[Equity Group Holdings Limited]], Eastern Africa's second largest bank by customers after [[Commercial Bank of Ethiopia|C.B.E.]] * [[James Mwangi]], group CEO and largest individual shareholder at Equity Group Holdings Limited * [[Eunice Mathu|Eunice Njambi Mathu]], founder and editor-in-chief of Parents Africa Magazine * [[Nelson Muguku|Nelson Muguku Njoroge]], entrepreneur * [[Pius Ngugi|Pius Ngugi Mbugua]], entrepreneur and owner of the Kenya Nut Company, one of the world's largest macadamia nut exporters * [[Chris Kirubi]], industrialist and largest individual shareholder at [[Centum Investment Company Limited]], the largest listed private equity firm in East Africa<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nsehe |first=Mfonobong |title=Meet Chris Kirubi, Mr. Kenya |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2011/11/16/meet-chris-kirubi-mr-kenya/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> * [[Jane Wanjiru Michuki]], lawyer and investor * [[Duncan Ndegwa|Duncan Nderitu Ndegwa]], former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya * [[Betty Gikonyo|Betty Muthoni Gikonyo]], co-founder and group CEO at Karen Hospital * [[Simon Gicharu]], founder of [[Mount Kenya University]], East and Central Africa's largest private university<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Simon Gicharu, CBS : Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development |url=https://kicd.ac.ke/council/prof-elishiba-kimani/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=kicd.ac.ke}}</ref> * [[Tabitha Karanja]], Current Nakuru Senator, founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries, Kenya's second-largest brewery * [[Gerishon Kirima|Gerishon Kamau Kirima]], real estate magnate * [[Eddah Gachukia|Eddah Waceke Gachukia]], educationist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Riara Group of Schools * [[Esther Passaris|Esther Muthoni Passaris]], businesswoman and politician * [[Wanjiku Mugane]], businesswoman and investment banker. Co-founder of First Africa Group which was later bought by [[Standard Chartered]] * [[Dorcas Muthoni]], an inductee to the [[Internet Hall of Fame]] * [[Benson Wairegi]], group CEO at [[Britam Holdings|Britam Holdings plc]] * [[John Gachora]], group CEO at [[NIC Bank Group]] * [[Wilfred Kiboro]], chairman of the board of directors at [[Nation Media Group]], East Africa's largest media house. Former group CEO * [[Mugo Kibati]], group CEO of [[Sanlam Kenya Plc]] and chairman of [[Lake Turkana Wind Power Station|Lake Turkana Wind Power]] * [[Joseph Mucheru]], former Google Sub-Saharan Africa Lead and current Cabinet Secretary for ICT in Kenya * [[Dominic Kiarie]], former group CEO, [[UAP Holdings]] <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> ===Politics, military and resistance=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> * [[Rigathi Gachagua]] former deputy President of Kenya *[[Ndindi Nyoro]], Current Kiharu MP *[[John Kiarie Waweru]], Current Dagoretti South MP. *[[Alice Wahome]], Current CS for Water, Sanitation and irrigation. *[[Irungu Kang'ata]], Current Murang'a Governor. *[[Susan Kihika]], Current Nakuru County Governor. * [[Johnson Gicheru]], former [[Chief Justice of Kenya]] * [[Stanley Munga Githunguri]], politician and businessman * [[Waiyaki Wa Hinga|Waiyaki wa Hinga]], 19th century leader * [[Waruhiu Itote]] also known as ''General China''. Mau Mau resistance leader * [[Bildad Kaggia]], freedom-fighter and politician. Member of the Mau Mau Central Committee and the [[Kapenguria Six]] * [[Mutahi Kagwe]], politician * [[Julius Waweru Karangi]], retired General and former [[Chief of the General Staff (Kenya)|Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces]] * [[Josephat Karanja]], former Vice-president * [[Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki]], politician * [[Josiah Mwangi Kariuki]], businessman and socialist politician * [[Muthui Kariuki]], former spokesman for the Government of Kenya * [[Martha Karua|Martha Wangari Karua]], politician and former presidential candidate * [[Lucy Gichuhi|Lucy Muringo Gichuhi]], first person of Black African descent to be elected to the Australian Parliament * [[Kung'u Karumba]], freedom-fighter and member of the Kapenguria Six * [[Njenga Karume]], politician and businessman * [[Peter Kenneth]], politician, businessman and former presidential candidate * [[Jomo Kenyatta]], first President of Kenya, father of Uhuru Kenyatta * [[Margaret Kenyatta]], fourth First Lady of Kenya, wife of Uhuru Kenyatta * [[Uhuru Kenyatta]], fourth President of Kenya, former Deputy Prime Minister<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=Uhuru Kenyatta {{!}} Biography, Family, & Wealth {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Uhuru-Kenyatta |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * [[Ngina Kenyatta]] (Mama Ngina), former First Lady, wife of Jomo Kenyatta, mother of Uhuru Kenyatta * [[Lucy Kibaki]], former First Lady, wife of Mwai Kibaki * [[Mwai Kibaki]], third President of Kenya * [[Dedan Kimathi]], [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau]] resistance leader * [[Mbiyu Koinange]], former Minister of State, brother-in-law of Jomo Kenyatta, first Kenyan holder of a master's degree * [[Moses Kuria]], CS of Trade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11c3tfxzcq&hl=en-KE&q=Moses+Kuria&kgs=25ad8a0bd378eccb&shndl=0&source=sh/x/kp&entrypoint=sh/x/kp|title = Moses Kuria - Google Search}}</ref> * [[Arthur Magugu]], politician * [[Wangu wa Makeri]], female chief leader * [[Eliud Mathu]], first African member of the Kenyan Legislative Council (LegCo) * [[Kenneth Matiba]], businessman, politician, multiparty activist and former presidential candidate * [[John Njoroge Michuki]], politician and businessman * [[Githu Muigai]], Former Attorney General * [[Njoroge Mungai]], politician and businessman. Personal doctor and first cousin to [[Jomo Kenyatta]] * [[Chris Murungaru]], politician * [[John Michael Njenga Mututho]], politician and anti-[[alcohol abuse]] campaigner * [[David Mwiraria]], former finance minister and member of parliament * [[Njoki Susanna Ndung'u]], Judge of the [[Supreme Court of Kenya]] * [[Charles Njonjo]], former Attorney General and Minister for Constitutional Affairs * [[Wambui Otieno]], freedom fighter and the principal protagonist in landmark burial case * [[Charles Rubia]], former member of parliament and multiparty political activist * [[George Saitoti]], former Vice-president * [[Harry Thuku]], freedom-fighter and Independence Hero * [[Anne Waiguru]], Current Kirinyaga County Governor. * [[Gakaara wa Wanjaũ]], freedom fighter, author and historian <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> ===Religion=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> *[[Caesar Gatimu]], former Roman Catholic Bishop of [[Nyeri]] * [[Mugo wa Kibiru]], 19th century traditional healer and seer *[[Nicodemus Kirima]], Bishop of the [[Diocese of Nyeri]] * [[Manasses Kuria]], second African [[Anglican Church of Kenya|Anglican]] Archbishop. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20160907033153/http://www.dacb.org/stories/kenya/kuria_manasses.html biography] * [[John Njenga]], Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church * [[Judy Mbugua]], chair of the Pan African Christian Women Alliance (PACWA) * Dr. [[David Gitari]], third Archbishop and Primate of the [[Anglican Church of Kenya]] * [[Margaret Wanjiru]], Evangelical Bishop *Right Reverend Engineer [[Anthony Muheria]], Roman Catholic Archbishop in charge of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri, elder brother to [[Patrick Ngugi Njoroge]], the governor Central Bank of Kenya. *[[Paul Kariuki Njiru]] - Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote]] <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> ===Sports=== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> * [[Samuel Wanjiru]], first Kenyan to win the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal in the marathon, 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon Champion, 2009 [[London Marathon|London]] and [[New York Marathon]] Champion, 2009 [[Rotterdam Half Marathon]] champion<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Kamau WANJIRU {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/samuel-kamau-wanjiru-14209960 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * [[John Ngugi]], World Cross Country Champion four consecutive titles between 1986 and 1989 and five titles overall. 1988 Olympic Champion 5000 metres * [[Catherine Ndereba]], four-time Boston Marathon Champion, Olympic marathon silver medalist in 2004 and 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catherine NDEREBA {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/catherine-ndereba-14289341 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * [[Henry Wanyoike]], Paralympics Gold medalist over 5,000 meters, holder of various marathon and half marathon records * [[Douglas Wakiihuri]], [[1987 World Championships in Athletics]] Marathon Champion, 1988 Olympic Marathon silver medalist, 1990 [[London Marathon|London]] and [[New York Marathon]] Champion * [[Patrick Njiru]], rally driver with [[Subaru World Rally Team]] * [[Joseph Gikonyo]], 100 and 200 metres sprints gold medalist at 1990 African Championships. * [[Boniface Tumuti]], 400 metres hurdles gold medalist at the 2016 African Championships, silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics. * [[QueenArrow]], esports player, first woman in East Africa to be signed by a professional esports organisation * [[Cliff Nyakeya]], footballer who is an attacking midfielder/winger for Egyptian club [[ZED FC]] and the Kenya national team <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦--->
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