This is the list the notable academics and alumni of Makerere University, the oldest university in Uganda. It is limited to those with articles in Wikipedia.

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Eric Adriko Eric Tiyo Sekebuga Adriko is a Ugandan industrialist, mechanical engineer, businessman, academic and politician. Effective 12 September 2016, he serves as the Chancellor of Muni University, one of the public universities in the country. Backgro ...

* Thomas Aisu * Rubby Opio Aweri *

Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe (born 24 May 1975) is a Ugandan politician and engineer. He represents Kibale County, Kamwenge District in the parliament of Uganda. He was elected on the ticket of National Resistance Movement in 2017. In the eleventh pa ...

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Venansius Baryamureeba Venansius Baryamureeba (born 18 May 1969) is a Ugandan mathematician, computer scientist, academic, and academic administrator. He was the Acting vice chancellor of the Uganda Technology and Management University, a private university in Uganda ...

Noble Banadda Noble Banadda (14 May 1975 – 1 July 2021) was a Ugandan biosystems engineer, researcher and academic, who was a professor of biosystems engineering at Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. He was appointed a ful ...

Waswa Balunywa Juma Waswa Balunywa (born 3 December 1955) is a Ugandan economist, banker,humanitarian, scholar in management, leadership and entrepreneurship. He was also an academic administrator and worked as the Principal (academia), Principal of Makerere ...

* Gilbert Bukenya * Pauline Byakika *

Abed Bwanika Abed Bwanika (born 1 August 1967) is a Ugandan veterinarian, politician, and pastor. He is the President of the People's Development Party, an opposition political party in Uganda. Background and education Bwanika was born on 1 August 1967 in ...

William Bazeyo William Bazeyo is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, researcher, and academic administrator. From September 2017 until October 2020, he was the deputy vice chancellor in charge of finance and administration at Makerere Un ...

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William Canby William Cameron Canby Jr. (born May 22, 1931) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona. As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and ...

Colin Chapman (primatologist) Colin A. Chapman is a professor at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an Honorary Lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda, a Member of the Committee of Research and Expl ...

* David Cook (literary critic)

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Hugh Dinwiddy Hugh Pochin Dinwiddy, (16 October 1912 – 31 October 2009) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1933 and 1935. He was the last man alive to play f ...

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Moses Ebuk Dr Moses Ebuk is a Ugandan neurophysiologist, academic and diplomat. Ebuk, a neurophysiologist, was a lecturer in the College of Health Sciences at the Makerere University in Mulago. In 2005, Ebuk was appointed as Ambassador of Uganda to the Demo ...

* Eric Berry Edney

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* Oliver Furley

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Arthur Gakwandi Arthur Gakwandi is a novelist, short story writer and diplomat.

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* Denis Hills

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Charles Ibingira Professor Charles Ibingira is a Ugandan surgeon, academic and medical administrator. He is the Principal of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He was appointed to that position in November 2015, on a four-year renewable contract. ...

Richard Idro Richard Iwa Idro is a Ugandan pediatric neurologist, researcher and academic, who serves as an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Early life and education I ...

Robert Ikoja-Odongo Professor Robert Ikoja-Odongo, also Robert Ikoja Odongo or simply Robert Ikoja (born 1950), is a Ugandan academic and academic administrator. He is the current Vice Chancellor of Soroti University, a public University in Uganda. Background and ed ...

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* John F. Mugisha

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* Charles Kabugo * Werikhe Kafabusa *

Mondo Kagonyera George Mondo Kagonyera, also Mondo Kagonyera, is a Ugandan veterinarian, politician, academic, and university administrator. He is the immediate past chancellor of Makerere University, the oldest and largest university in Uganda. He was appointed ...

Senteza Kajubi George William Senteza Kajubi, BA, Dip.Ed, MSc, ScD, (24 December 1926 – 1 May 2012) was a university administrator, academic, and community leader in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. Background He was born in ...

* James Katorobo *

Maggie Kigozi Margaret Blick Kigozi, commonly known as Maggie Kigozi, is a Ugandan medical doctor, business consultant, educator, and sportswoman. She is a consultant at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). She formerly served as ...

Richard Kanyerezi Richard Bwogi Masembe Kanyerezi MBChB, MD, FRCP, (13 September 1934 – 30 December 2019), was a Ugandan physician and academic. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of Kampala Hospital, a private hospital that he co-founde ...

Lawrence Kazibwe Dr Lawrence Kazibwe is a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in the Uganda Ministry of Health. He is the deputy executive director of Kawempe General Hospital, in Kawempe Division, in northern Kampala, the capital and largest of Uganda. H ...

Nehemiah Katusiime Nehemiah Katusiime is an Ugandan consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in the Uganda Ministry of Health. He is the executive director of Kawempe General Hospital, in Kawempe Division, in northern Kampala, the capital and largest of Uganda. ...

* Sarah Kiguli * Elly Katunguka

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* Peter Lwabi

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Philemon Mateke Philemon Mateke (born in 1933), is a Ugandan politician. He is the current Minister of State for Regional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing Asuman Kiyingi, who was appointed State Mi ...

* Ali Mazrui *

Florence Muranga Florence Isabirye Muranga is a Ugandan biochemist, food scientist, academic and corporate executive, who serves as the executive director of the ''Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development'' (PIBID), a presidential project started ...

* Joseph Mugisha *

Maud Kamatenesi Mugisha Maud Kamatenesi Mugisha, is a Ugandan female Natural Scientist and academic administrator. She is the former Vice Chancellor of Bishop Stuart University (1st May 2014 - 23rd February 2023), a private Chartered institution of Higher Education in Ug ...

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Evelyn Nabunya Evelyn Christine Nabunya is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in the Uganda Ministry of Health, who serves as the executive director of the 450-bed Mulago Women's and Neonatal Referral Hospital. She was appointed to that po ...

Jolly Nankunda Jolly Kaharuza Nankunda, (born 1959), is a consultant pediatrician in the Uganda Ministry of Health, who serves as the Deputy Executive Director of the 450-bed Mulago Women's and Neonatal Referral Hospital. She was appointed to that position ...

* Grace Ndeezi * Stella Nyanzi * Augustus Nuwagaba * Apolo Nsibambi *

Barnabas Nawangwe Barnabas Nawangwe, (born 17 January 1956) is a Ugandan architect, academic and the current vice chancellor of the Makerere University, the largest public university of Uganda. He served his first five-year term from 2017 until August 2022. On 1 ...

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* Wafula Oguttu * Benjamin Josses Odoki * Celestino Obua * Ponsiano Ocama * Charles Olweny *

Mark Ouma Mark Muga Ouma (10 September 1960 – 10 July 2016) was a Ugandan-born Kenyan athletics journalist and philosophy academic. Born in Kampala, Uganda, to Bernadette and Joseph Ouma (an academic), Mark Ouma grew up studying in his birthplace, Kenya, a ...

* Denis Owen *

Raphael Owor Raphael Owor, MBChB, MD, FRCPath, ScD, is a Ugandan physician, pathologist, academic and medical researcher. He is the immediate past Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, serving in that capacity from 2003 until 2007. Prio ...

* Jackson Orem * Anne Atai Omoruto

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* John Ruganda

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Samuel Sejjaaka Samuel Kisakye Sejjaaka is a Ugandan accountant, academic and businessman. He is Principal and Country Team Leader at MAT ABACUS Business School. Between 1993 and 2014, he lectured at Uganda's oldest tertiary institution, Makerere University (la ...

* Hakim Sendagire *

David Serwadda David M. Serwadda is a Ugandan physician, medical researcher, academic, public health specialist and medical administrator. Currently he is a Professor of Public Health at Makerere University School of Public Health, one of the schools of Makere ...

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Hilda Tadria Hilda M. Tadria is a Ugandan women's rights activist, a gender and social development specialist, and the executive director of the Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women in Uganda (MEMPROW). She has advised NGOs worldwide on gender, ...

Justinian Tamusuza Justinian Tamusuza (born 1951) is a Ugandan composer of contemporary classical music. His music combines elements of traditional Ugandan music and Western music. He is best known for his first string quartet, which was included by the Kronos Quart ...

* Sylvia Tamale

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Rhoda Wanyenze Rhoda Wanyenze is a physician, public health consultant, academic and medical administrator, who serves as the Dean of Makerere University School of Public Health, a component school of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, which is ...

* Denis Williams * John Walugembe *

Timothy Wangusa Timothy Wangusa (born 1942) is a Ugandan poet and novelist. Wangusa was chairman of Uganda Writers Association and founder president of International PEN Uganda Centre. Early life and education Wangusa is an ethnic Mumasaaba, born in Bugisu, i ...

Fred Wabwire-Mangen Frederick Wabwire-Mangen is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist and medical researcher. Currently he is Professor of Epidemiology and Head of Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Makerere University School of Public Health. ...

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