# List of Zambians

This is a list of famous or notable Zambians, or people of Zambian descent, or people who have influenced Zambia listed in the following categories, and in no particular order:

## Businesspeople

* Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba
* Saviour Chibiya
* Hakainde Hichilema
* Rajan Mahtani
* Sylvia Masebo
* Clever Mpoha
* Susan Mulikita

## 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
* Dr. Guy Scott – Acting President – October 2014–January 2015
* Edgar Lungu – President – 2015–2021
* Hakainde Hichilema – President – 2021–Current

#### 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 – 2015–2021
* Mutale Nalumango – Vice President – 2021–Current

#### 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

* Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika – former minister/democratic campaigner
* Anderson Mazoka – former opposition leader (1998–2006)
* Austin Liato – former minister/labour leader, former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Besa Mumba – youngest female commercial pilot
* Besnat Jere – former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Chibesa Kankasa – Zambian freedom fighter and politician
* Crispin Shumina – former MP, former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Dickson Jere – former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, under Rupiah Banda
* Edward Makuka Nkoloso – former director of Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
* Elias Chipimo Jnr – retired opposition leader
* Gladys Nyirongo – former Lands Minister
* Hakainde Hichilema – opposition leader (2006–2021 (Became president))
* Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika – diplomat, former UNICEF Regional Adviser for Africa, Presidential Candidate (2001)
* Kabinga Pande – former Foreign Affairs Minister
* Kalombo Mwansa – former Foreign Affairs Minister
* Luke Mwananshiku – former Finance Minister
* M. K. Mubanga – former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Mundia Sikatana – former Justice Minister
* Ompie Nkumbula-Lieventhal – former MP, former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Patrick Anthony Mwewa Chikusu – Deputy Minister of Health in the Republic of Zambia
* Peter Daka – Minister of science and technology, former Pan-African Parliament MP
* Ronnie Shikapwasha – former Information Minister
* Susan Nakazwe – former Mayor of Lusaka
* Thokozile Muwamba – first female fighter pilot
* Vaughan Gething - former First Minister of Wales
* Nina Tapula, Zambia's first female military pilot

### 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.
Other notable traditional leaders include:
* Chitimukulu
* Mwata Kazembe
* Chief Kanongesha
* Chief Monze
* Litunga
* Paramount Chief Mpezeni
* Chief Mporokoso

## 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

* Abel Kanyamuna
* Ackim Musenge
* Alex Chola
* Andrew Sinkala
* Andrew Tembo
* Ashos Melu
* Barbara Banda
* Billy Mwanza
* Bizwell Phiri
* Boniface Simutowe
* Brighton Sinyangwe
* Charly Musonda
* Chaswe Nsofwa
* Chris Katongo
* Clifford Mulenga
* Clive Hachilensa
* Collins Mbesuma
* David Chabala
* Davies Phiri
* Dennis Lota
* Derby Makinka
* Dick Chama
* Dickson Makwaza
* Dominic Yobe
* Donwell Yobe
* Edwin Mbaso
* Efford Chabala
* Elijah Litana
* Elijah Tana
* Emmanuel Mayuka
* Emmanuel Mwape
* Emmanuel Zulu
* Emment Kapengwe
* Enock Mwepu
* Eston Mulenga
* Evans Katebe
* Fashion Sakala
* Felix Katongo
* Fighton Simukonda
* Francis Kasonde
* Frederick Kashimoto
* Freddie Mwila
* George Kolala
* Ghost Mulenga
* Gibby Mbasela
* Gift Kampamba
* Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu
* Godfrey Kangwa
* Guus Til
* Harry Milanzi
* Henry Nyambe Mulenga
* Hijani Himoonde
* Hillary Makasa
* Ian Bakala
* Isaac Chansa
* Jacob Mulenga
* James Chamanga
* Jericho Shinde
* John Soko
* Johnson Bwalya
* Jones Chilengi
* Jones Mwewa
* Joseph Musonda
* Kaiser Kalambo
* Kalililo Kakonje
* Kalusha Bwalya
* Kapambwe Mulenga
* Kelvin Mutale
* Kenan Simambe
* Kennedy Mweene
* Kenneth Malitoli
* Laughter Chilembe
* Linos Chalwe
* Lucky Msiska
* Lushomo Mweemba
* Mark Sinyangwe
* Misheck Lungu
* Mordon Malitoli
* Moses Masuwa
* Moses Sichone
* Moses Simwala
* Mumamba Numba
* Mwape Miti
* Noah Chivuta
* Numba Mwila
* Patrick Phiri
* Patrick Banda
* Patson Daka
* Perry Mubanga
* Perry Mutapa
* Peter Kaumba
* Phillimon Chepita
* Rabson Mucheleng'anga
* Rainford Kalaba
* Richard Mwanza
* Richard Stephenson
* Robert Earnshaw
* Robert Watiyakeni
* Rodgers Kola
* Rotson Kilambe
* Samuel Chomba
* Samuel "Zoom" Ndhlovu
* Stophira Sunzu
* Timothy Mwitwa
* Vincent Chileshe
* Whiteson Changwe
* Willie Phiri
* Winter Mumba
* Wisdom Mumba Chansa
* Zacharia Simukonda
* Zeddy Saileti

### Athletes

* Samuel Matete
* Muzala Samukonga
* Racheal Nachula
* Tonny Wamulwa
* Obed Mutanya
* Fackson Nkandu
* Godfrey Siamusiye

### Boxers

* Cassius Chiyanika
* Charm Chiteule
* Chisanda Mutti
* Davis Mwale
* Felix Bwalya
* Hastings Bwalya
* Keith Mwila
* Kennedy Kanyanta
* Lottie Mwale
* Lucky Mutale
* Precious Makina
* Catherine Phiri
* Esther Phiri

### Other sports

* Corné Krige captain of South African rugby Springbok world cup
* Ellis Chibuye
* Felix Bwalya
* George Gregan captain of Australian rugby team
* Madalitso Muthiya
* Obed Mutanya
* PG Nana
* Samuel Matete world champion 400m hurdles
* Yunus Badat
* Amon Simutowe
* Bob Hesford England rugby
* Daffyd James Wales rugby
* Phil Edmonds England cricket
* Neal Radford England cricket
* Jeff Whitley Northern Ireland football
* Robert Earnshaw Wales football
* Ian McCallum South Africa rugby Springbok
* Roy McCallum South Africa rugby Springbok
* Satwant Singh International rally driver
* Steve Arneil youngest ever international rugby player aged 16 and karate expert

## Musicians

* Backxwash, Zambian-Canadian rapper
* Denise Chaila, Irish and Zambian rapper, singer, poet, grime, and hip hop artist
* Matthew Ngosa
* Paul Ngozi, musician, band leader of the Ngozi Family rock band
* Sampa The Great, singer, rapper, songwriter
* Yo Maps

## Authors

* Dambisa Moyo
* Field Ruwe
* Binwell Sinyangwe
* Wilbur Smith
* Ellen Banda-Aaku
* Namwali Serpell
* Fwanyanga Mulikita
* Kenneth Kaunda
* Andrew Kaumba

## Chess players

* Amon Simutowe

## Zambian lawyers

* Likando Kalaluka - Attorney General of the republic of Zambia from 2015 to 2021
* Chipokota Mwanawasa - Special Assistant to the Zambian President for Public Policy from 2021 to date.
* Nelly Mutti
* Bokani Soko - Prominent business and lawyer

## Media and TV

* Jonah Buyoya - Zambian journalist
* Mary Mbewe - Zambian journalist, and executive editor
* Smokey Haangala - Zambian journalist, poet, writer, composer, musician

## Physicians

* Aaron Mujajati
* Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma, medical doctor, and organization founder

## Other people born in/related to Zambia

* Steve Arneil – Karate Kyokushin practitioner born in South Africa, but lived in Zambia
* Joseph and Luka Banda – Conjoined twins
* Lukwesa Burak – Sky News anchor based in London
* Norman Carr – British wildlife conservationist who set up national parks in Zambia
* John Edmond – Zambian-born Rhodesian singer
* Phil Edmonds – English cricketer born in Lusaka
* Robert Earnshaw – Zambian-born Welsh international football player
* Stanley Fischer – Zambian-born Deputy Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Governor of the Bank of Israel
* Tawny Gray – sculptor
* George Gregan – Zambian-born captain of the Australian Wallabies Rugby Union team
* Amy Holmes – Zambian-born (Zambian father, American mother), The Blaze news anchor and CNN political contributor
* Daffyd James – Zambian-born Welsh international rugby player
* V. M. Jones – Author
* Arthur Kalaluka – military officer
* Corné Krige – Zambian-born South African Springboks Rugby Union team captain
* Robert Lange – Zambian-born record producer and songwriter
* Chilu Lemba – Radio and TV presenter
* Rozalla Miller – British/Zimbabwean singer born to a Zambian mother
* Dambisa Moyo – International economist and best-selling author, born and raised in Lusaka
* Martin Mubanga – Zambian extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
* Monica Musonda – Lawyer turned entrepreneur
* Rungano Nyoni – Zambian-born Welsh director
* Nsofwa Petronella Sampa – Psychological counselor and HIV activist
* Emeli Sandé – British singer, Zambian father
* Denise Scott Brown – Zambian-born American architect
* David Shepherd – British conservationist who has painted Zambian wildlife
* Kapelwa Sikota (1928–2006) – First Zambian registered nurse
* Hammerskjoeld Simwinga – Conservationist/environmentalist
* Peter Amos Siwo – Pioneering graduate and civil servant
* Wilbur Smith – Zambian-born (Ndola) British/South African author
* Jeff Whitley – Zambian-born played for Northern Ireland

## 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, 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
* Michael Mataka – first native Zambian to become police commissioner
* Mwata Kazembe – Chief 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 – Mbunda chief who led his tribesmen from north-eastern Angola to Bulozi, western Zambia around 1795.
* Cecil Rhodes – English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa and an ardent believer in colonialism and imperialism, 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, 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 trade union and settler politician
* Rohan Oza creator of Vitamin Water in the US, sold to Coke a cola