Mukasa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adolphus Ludigo-Mukasa Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa, also known as Adolofu Mukasa Ludigo (c. 1861 – June 3, 1886), Adolf Mukasa Ludigo was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith. Life Ludigo-Mkasa was a Munyoro from Misenyi Village in Myeri Katoosa Catholic p ...

(1861–1886), Ugandan Roman Catholic martyred for his faith *

Mukasa Mbidde Fred Mukasa Mbidde (born 15 October 1974) is a Ugandan lawyer, human-rights activist, mass communication specialist, motivational speaker and politician. He is an elected member of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), representin ...

(born 1973), Ugandan lawyer, human-rights activist, politician *

Ashe Mukasa Ashe Mukasa (born April 1952) is a former Ugandan football midfielder who played for Uganda in the 1978 African Cup of Nations. Career Born in the Lungujja neighborhood of Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city o ...

(born 1952), former Ugandan football midfielder *

Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (3 June 1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was the 31st Kabaka of Buganda who ruled f ...

(1868–1903), Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and from 1889 until 1897 *

Ham Mukasa Ham Mukasa also referred to as Hamu Mukasa (c. 1870–1956) was a vizier in the court of Mutesa I of Buganda (in present-day Uganda) and later secretary to Apolo Kagwa. He was fluent in both English and Swahili. He wrote one of the first glo ...

(1868–1956), page in the court of Mutesa I of Buganda and later secretary to Apolo Kagwa *

Joseph Mukasa Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe (1860 – 15 November 1885) was a Ugandan Catholic martyr and the majordomo at the court of Mwanga II of Buganda, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. The Missionaries of Africa came to Uganda in 1879. Balikudd ...

Balikuddembe (1860–1885), Ugandan Roman Catholic recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church *

Roger Mukasa Roger Galwanao Mukasa (born 22 August 1989) is a Ugandan international cricketer. Mukasa bats and bowls right-handed and also occasionally plays as a wicket-keeper. He has represented Uganda in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. His shi ...

, (born 1989), Ugandan cricketer *

Ruben Spartas Mukasa Bishop Christopher (secular name Ruben Spartas Mukasa, born Reuben Mukasa Mugimba Sobanja; 1899 – 4 June 1982) was an early-20th-century religious reformer in Uganda. He had been part of the King's African Rifles of the British Army, but came t ...

(1899–1982), religious reformer in Uganda *

Wilson Muruli Mukasa Wilson Muruli Mukasa (born 5 July 1952) is a Ugandan politician. He has been Cabinet Minister of Public Service in the Ugandan Cabinet since 6 June 2016. He has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Gender and Social Issues from 1 March 2015 ...

, Ugandan politician *

Joseph Mukasa Zuza Joseph Mukasa Zuza (2 October 1955 – 15 January 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Landana, Malembo, Zuza, Angola was ordained in 1982 to serve in the Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi. He was appointed Bishop of the Mzuzu Diocese in 1995. He ...

(1955–2015), Roman Catholic bishop * Nathan Mukasa (born 2004), Ugandan/Trinidadian businessman *

Mukasa (deity) Mukasa, known as Mugasa in the Runyakitara/Rutara languages, is a member of the pantheon of gods or ''balubaale'' in Baganda traditional religion and is considered the god of prosperity, harvest, fertility, and health. In several accounts, he is ...

, Buganda god of prosperity, harvest, fertility, and health

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