List of Zambians
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| Motto: One Zambia, One Nation | ||||
| Anthem: Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free | ||||
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| Capital | Lusaka 15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E | |||
| ISO 3166 code | ZM | |||
This is a list of famous or notable Zambians, or people of Zambian descent, or people who have had an impact on Zambia listed in the following categories, and in no particular order:
Politics
Politicians
Presidents
- Kenneth David Kaunda - President - 1964-1991
- Frederick Titus Jacob Chiluba - President - 1991-2001
- Levy Patrick Mwanawasa - President - 2001-2008
- Rupiah Bwezani Banda - President - 2008-2011
- Michael Chilufya Sata - President - 2011-2014
- Edgar Lungu - President - 2015–Present
Vice Presidents
- Reuben Chitandika Kamanga - Vice President - 1964–1967
- Simon Kapwepwe - Vice President -1967–1970
- Mainza Mathias Chona - Vice President - 1970–1973
(post abolished thereafter and reintroduced in 1991) - Levy Patrick Mwanawasa - Vice President - 1991–1994
- Godfrey Miyanda - Vice President - 1994–1997
- Christon Tembo - Vice President - 1997–2001
- Enoch P. Kavindele - Vice President - 2001–2003
- Nevers Mumba - Vice President - 2003–2004
- Lupando Katoloshi Mwape - Vice President - 2004–2006
- Rupiah Bwezani Banda - Vice President - 2006–2008
- George Kunda - Vice President - 2008–2011
- Dr. Guy Scott - Vice President - 2011-2014
- Inonge Wina Vice President - 2015-
Prime ministers
- Mainza Chona - Prime Minister, 1973–1975, 1977–1978
- Elijah Mudenda Prime Minister, 1975–1977
- Daniel Lisulo - Prime Minister, 1978–1981
- Nalumino Mundia - Prime Minister, 1981-1985
- Kebby Musokotwane - Prime Minister, 1985–1989, Secretary-General, UNIP 1989-1991, Opposition President, 1992
- Malimba Masheke Prime Minister, 1989–1991 (post abolished thereafter)
Others
- Emmanuel Mwamba-Former Permanent Secretary, Former Spokesperson to Dr. Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba, Journalist,
- Dickson Jere - Former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, under Rupiah Banda
- Elias Chipimo Jnr - Opposition Leader
- Peter Daka - Minister of science and technology,Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Hakainde Hichilema - Opposition Leader, 2006-
- Besnat Jere - Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Austin Liato - Former Minister/Labour Leader,Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Anderson Mazoka - Former opposition leader (1998-2006)
- Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika - Former Minister/Democratic Campaigner
- Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika - Diplomat, Former UNICEF Regional Adviser for Africa, Presidential Candidate (2001)
- M. K. Mubanga - Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Luke Mwananshiku - Former Finance Minister
- Kalombo Mwansa - Former Foreign Affairs Minister
- Susan Nakazwe - Former Mayor of Lusaka
- Edward Makuka Nkoloso - Former director of Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
- Ompie Nkumbula-Lieventhal - Former MP, Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Gladys Nyirongo - Former Lands Minister
- Kabinga Pande - Former Foreign Affairs Minister
- Ronnie Shikapwasha - Former Information Minister
- Crispin Shumina - Former MP, Former Pan-African Parliament MP
- Mundia Sikatana - Former Justice Minister
- Judith Kangoma-Kapijimpanga - Former MP, Former Minister od Community Development&Social Welfare/Former Lands Minister/Former Science &Technology & Vocational Training Minister/Diplomat
Traditional rulers
- Chieftainships are listed here. These articles cover all holders of the traditional titles; prominent individual holders may also have their own articles, usually in People in the History of Zambia below.
Main article: List of Mbunda Chiefs in Zambia
- Chitimukulu
- Mwata Kazembe
- Chief Kanongesha
- Chief Monze
- Litunga
- Paramount Chief Mpezeni
- Chief Mporokoso
- Chief Muyombe
Religious Figures
- Emmanuel Milingo - Christian leader, has established the 'Married Priests Now' organisation in the USA
- Adrian Mung'andu - Catholic archbishop of Lusaka
Sports
Footballers
- Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu - footballer and coach
- Dick Chama
- Moses Simwala
- Peter Kaumba
- Moses Simwala
- Wisdom Mumba Chansa - footballer
- Ian Bakala
- Kalusha Bwalya
- Johnson Bwalya
- David Chabala
- Linos Chalwe
- James Chamanga
- Isaac Chansa
- Phillimon Chepita
- Laughter Chilembe
- Noah Chivuta
- Clive Hachilensa
- Hijani Himoonde
- Kalililo Kakonje
- Francis Kasonde
- Chris Katongo
- Felix Katongo
- Rotson Kilambe
- George Kolala
- Stophira Sunzu
- Rodgers Kola
- Dennis Lota
- Misheck Lungu
- Hillary Makasa
- Collins Mbesuma
- Harry Milanzi
- Mwape Miti
- Perry Mubanga
- Dominic Yobe
- Rabson Mucheleng'anga
- Clifford Mulenga
- Jacob Mulenga
- Henry Nyambe Mulenga
- Charly Musonda
- Joseph Musonda
- Perry Mutapa
- Billy Mwanza
- Kennedy Mweene
- Chaswe Nsofwa
- Mumamba Numba
- Davies Phiri
- Lawrence Phiri
- Moses Sichone
- Zacharia Simukonda
- Andrew Sinkala
- Mark Sinyangwe
- Elijah Tana
- Andrew Tembo
- Kapambwe Mulenga
- Emmanuel Zulu
- Emment Kapengwe
- Boniface Simutowe
- Dick Chama
- Patrick Phiri
- Efford Chabala
- Peter Kaumba Power Dynamos
- Stone Nyirenda
- Lucky Msiska
Athletes
Boxers
- Hastings Bwalya
- Felix Bwalya
- Cassius Chiyanika
- Kennedy Kanyanta
- Keith Mwila
- Lottie Mwale
- Precious Makina
- Davis Mwale
- Lucky Mutale
Ester Phiri [1]
Other sports
- Yunus Badat
- Felix Bwalya
- Ellis Chibuye
- George Gregan
- Corné Krige
- Samuel Matete
- Obed Mutanya
- Madalitso Muthiya
- PG Nana
Artists
Authors
Chess Players
Musicians
- Alick Nkhata
- B FLOW Zambia
- Stevo
- Bobby East
- Victor Kachaka
- Chilu Lemba
- Mwesa Isaiah Mapoma
- Leo "K'millian" Moyo
- Samantha Mumba
- Jane Osbourne
- Corta Nac_City
- Rozalla
- Paul Ngozi
- Chef 187
- Alick Nkhata
- Emeli Sandé
- Lazarus Tembo
- Ballad Zulu
- Maiko Zulu
- Macky 2
- Ruff Kid
- Lily Tembo
- Slap Dee
Other Categories (Unclassified)
- Joseph and Luka Banda - Conjoined twins
- Lukwesa Burak - Sky News anchor based in London
- Chilu Lemba - Radio and TV presenter
- Martin Mubanga - Zambian extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Hammerskjoeld Simwinga — Conservationist/environmentalist
- Peter Amos Siwo – Pioneering graduate and civil servant
Other People born in/related to Zambia
- Oprah Winfery - American talk-show host with Zambian Ancestry.
- Norman Carr - British wildlife conservationist who set up national parks in Zambia
- Robert Earnshaw - Zambian-born Welsh international football player
- Phil Edmonds - English cricketer born in Lusaka
- Stanley Fischer - Zambian-born Governor of the Bank of Israel
- George Gregan - Zambian-born captain of the Australian Wallabies Rugby Union team
- Tawny Gray - Sculptor
- Daffyd James - Zambian-born Welsh international rugby player
- V. M. Jones - Author
- Corné Krige - Zambian-born South African Springboks Rugby Union team player
- Robert Lange - Zambian-born record producer and songwriter
- Dambisa Moyo - International economist and best-selling author, born and raised in Lusaka
- Julia Rose - Zambian-born US actress
- Rozalla - British/Zimbabwean singer born to a Zambian mother
- Denise Scott Brown - Zambian-born US architect
- David Shepherd - British artist and conservationist who has painted Zambian wildlife and locomotives
- Wilbur Smith - Zambian-born British/South African author
- Ahmad Thomson - Zambian-born British Muslim author
- Jeff Whitley - Zambian-born footballer
- Steve Arneil - Famous Karate Kyokushin practitioner born in South Africa, but lived in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) until he was 25
- John Edmond- Zambian-born Rhodesian singer
- Amy Holmes- Zambian-born (Zambian father, American mother) The Blaze news anchor and CNN political contributor
Other Prominent Figures in the History of Zambia
This is a list of deceased historical figures (or sub-lists of them) in Zambia and its antecedent territories, and combines Zambians, Africans and non-Zambians including British people and Northern Rhodesians.
- Robert Edward Codrington - Colonial Administrator of the two territories ruled by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) which later became Zambia
- Father Jean-Jacques Corbeil - Canadian missionary and ethnographer of Bemba culture
- Dan Crawford - Missionary pioneer
- Bishop Joseph Dupont - Missionary pioneer
- Sir Stewart Gore-Browne - Called Chipembele by Africans, was a soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia
- List of Governors of Northern Rhodesia
- List of Governors-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Evelyn Dennison Hone Last governor of Northern Rhodesia
- Alice Lenshina - Leader of the Lumpa religious sect
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck - Leader of German East Africa forces of World War I
- Lewanika - Litunga of the Lozi
- David Livingstone - British Scottish missionary-explorer
- Mwata Kazembe - Chiefs of the Kazembe-Lunda
- Mpezeni - Warrior-king of one of the largest Ngoni groups of central Africa
- Nalumino Mundia - Prime Minister, 1981–1985.
- Alick Nkhata - popular Zambian musician and broadcaster in the 1950s through to the mid-1970s
- Baldwin Nkumbula -
- Harry Nkumbula - Nationalist leader who assisted in the struggle for the independence of Northern Rhodesia from British colonialism
- Mwene Chitengi Chiyengele - Famous Mbunda chief who led his tribesmen from Mbundaland, now northeastern Angola to Bulozi, now western Zambia in and around the 1795.
- Cecil Rhodes - English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa and an ardent believer in colonialism and imperialism, and was the founder of the state of Rhodesia.
- Sebetwane - Basotho chief who fled from Shaka Zulu, eventually conquering and settling in Western Province
- Mamochisane - Daughter of Sebetwane and succeeded him as Makololo queen
- Sekeletu - Makololo king of Barotseland in western Zambia from about 1851 to his death in 1863
- Alfred Sharpe - British Administrator and agent for Cecil Rhodes
- Lawrence Aubrey Wallace
- Roy Welensky - Leader of white Trades Union and settler politician
See also
- Zambia
- Hammerskjoeld Simwinga—environmentalist
- History of Zambia
- List of Zambia-related topics
- List of Mbunda Chiefs in Zambia
References
- ↑ Ester Phiri<http://www.wban.org/biog/ephiri.htm>