Gamal Nasser
1918 – 1970
Egyptian

Prime minister, president. He became a symbol of Arab nationalism.

Contemporaries
Born 1938Ngugi wa Thiong'o
1906–1949Hassan al-Banna
Born 1931Desmond Tutu
1893–1958Johannes Strijdom
Born 1944Mongane Serote
1918–1981Anwar Sadat
1883–1955José Ortega y Gasset
1922–1999Julius Nyerere
1930–1997Sese Mobutu
Born 1937Haile Mengistu
1918–2013Nelson Mandela
1925–1985Alex La Guma
1937–1986Bessie Head
1942–1993Chris Hani
1925–1982Ruth First
Born 1944Buchi Emecheta
1951–1990Samuel Doe
1866–1951Robert Broom
Born 1939Breyten Breytenbach
Born 1927Sydney Brenner
1921–1996Eddine Bokassa
Born 1945Allan Boesak
1932–1973Abebe Bikila
1946–1977Stephen Biko
1918–2012Ahmed Ben Bella
1925–2003Idi Amin