title: Okello
text: # Okello
  
  Okello (also spelled Okelo) is a common surname of the Luo and Ateker peoples of Uganda, Kenya and Sudan. It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Okello Oculi (born 1942), Ugandan novelist and poet
  * Allan Okello (born 2000), Ugandan footballer
  * David Okello (born 1986), Kenyan footballer
  * Emmy Okello (born 1977), Ugandan consultant physician
  * James Okello (born 1990), Ugandan basketball player
  * John Okello (1937–1971), Ugandan-born leader of the Zanzibar revolution
  * Noble Okello (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
  * Tito Okello (1914–1996), former head of state of Uganda
  * Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929–1990), former head of state of Uganda
  * Henry Oryem Okello (born 1960), Ugandan politician
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Okello, a character in the 1972 film Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  