# List of people from Bulawayo

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or around the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
* John H Abeles (born 1945), physician, medical investor, philanthropist
* Ignatius Arnoz (1885–1950), Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Percelle Ascott (born 1993), actor and writer
* Gift Banda (born 1969), politician
* Lewis Banda (born 1982), sprinter
* Roy Barbour (born 1935), field hockey player
* Leo Baron (1916–1985), lawyer, Royal Air Force officer and contract bridge player
* Marshall P. Baron (1934–1977), painter
* Tinker Beets (born 1941), field hockey player and cricketer
* Berita (born 1991), singer, songwriter and music producer
* Mkhululi Bhebhe (born 1984), contemporary gospel music vocalist
* Erich Bloch (1939–2014), economist and columnist
* Graham Boynton, journalist, consultant, travel writer and editor
* Elias Broomberg (1915–1977), businessman and politician
* Robin Brown (born 1951), cricketer
* Angus Buchan (born 1947), author and evangelist
* NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981), writer
* Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), scout and world-traveling adventurer
* David Candler (1924–2008), first-class cricketer, mathematician, educator and clergyman
* Warren Carne (born 1975), cyclist
* Charlene, Princess of Monaco (born 1978), wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
* Brian Chikwava (born 1971), writer and musician
* Charles Coghlan (1863–1927), lawyer, first Premier of Southern Rhodesia; honoured by burial near Cecil Rhodes's grave, at "World's View" in the Matopo Hills near Bulawayo
* David Coltart (born 1957), former Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture (2008–2013)
* Charles Coventry (born 1983), cricketer
* Kirsty Coventry (born 1983), world-record swimmer
* James Cowden (born 1869), politician
* Eddie Cross (born 1940), economist and founder member of the mainstream Movement for Democratic Change party led by Nelson Chamisa; currently the Policy Coordinator General
* Harry Davies (1878–1957), politician
* Harry Elinder Davies (1915–2005)
* Chelsy Davy (born 1985), businesswoman, former girlfriend of Prince Harry
* Brendon Dawson (born 1967), rugby union footballer
* Diana Dean (born 1942), Canadian artist
* Luthuli Dlamini (born 1966), film and television actor
* Mildred Reason Dube (died 2022), politician
* John Eaton (1902–1981), Royal Navy officer
* John Edmond (born 1936), folk singer and retired soldier
* Graham Edwards (born 1970), cricketer
* Chris Ellison (born 1954), lawyer and former politician
* Lucia Evans (born 1982), winner of the 2006 Irish TV talent show You're A Star, born in Bulawayo
* Stanley Fischer (born 1943), governor of the Bank of Israel
* Duncan Fletcher (born 1948), cricketer, former coach of England national cricket team and Indian national cricket team
* Roy Garden (born 1961), lawn and indoor bowler
* Adrian Garvey (born 1968), rugby union player
* Maureen George (born 1955), field hockey player
* Norman Geras (1943–2013), professor of political philosophy, University of Manchester; UK blogger (normblog)
* Humphrey Gibbs (1902–1990), GCVO, KCMG, farmer, Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia (1959–1970)
* Precious Gondwe (born 1987), lawyer and businesswoman
* Carole Gray (born 1938), dancer and film actress
* Teenage Hadebe (born 1995), footballer
* Elizabeth Haran (born 1954), Australian novelist
* James G. Haskins (1914–1990), politician and businessman
* Charles Helm (1844–1915), missionary
* Graeme Hick (born 1966), Zimbabwean-born English cricketer
* Jason Hitz (born 1980), cricketer and rugby union player
* David Houghton (born 1957), former Zimbabwean cricketer and coach of Zimbabwean cricket team
* Derek Hudson (1934–2005), conductor
* Susan Huggett (born 1954), field hockey player
* Kubi Indi, development activist and businesswoman
* Hank Irvine (born 1943), tennis player
* Tendayi Jembere, actor
* Graham Johnson (born 1950), pianist, recognised as one of the world's leading vocal accompanists; world authority on the song repertoire
* Tony Johnstone (born 1956), golfer
* Heinrich Karlen (1922–2012), Swiss Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Watson Khupe (1962/1963–2022), activist and politician
* Thokozani Khuphe (born 1963), politician, trade unionist and the President of the MDC-T breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change
* Giovanni Matteo Konings (died 1929), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Hilda Kuper (1911–1992), social anthropologist
* Felisitus Kwangwa (born 1995), netball player
* Paul Le Roux (born 1972), programmer, former criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
* Doris Lessing (1919–2013), novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
* John Love (1924–2005), Formula One driver and team owner
* David Lowe (born 1960), retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer
* Precious Lunga (born 1974), epidemiologist, entrepreneur, and CEO/co-founder of Baobab Circle
* Hector Macdonald (1915–2011), judge
* Phineas Makhurane (1939–2018), academic and chairman of the Zimbabwe National Council for Higher Education
* Charles Manyuchi (born 1989), boxer
* Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019), singer
* Muchadeyi Masunda (born 1952), businessman and politician
* Isabella Matambanadzo (born 1973), writer, gender and feminist activist
* Judah Mazive (born 1998), rugby league footballer
* John McChlery, mayor of Bulawayo and later member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council for Marandellas in the early 20th century
* Ian McIntosh (1938–2023), rugby union coach
* Patricia McKillop (born 1956), field hockey player
* Dianna Melrose (born 1952), British diplomat who has served as the British High Commissioner to Tanzania and as the British Ambassador to Cuba
* Mary Metcalfe (born 1954), politician, educator, and academic
* Keegan Meth (born 1988), professional cricketer
* Cont Mhlanga (1957/1958–2022), playwright and founder of Amakhosi Theater
* Vusa Mkhaya (born 1974), singer and songwriter
* Raj Modi (born 1959), businessman and politician
* Daniel Molokele (born 1975), pro-democracy human rights lawyer
* Chido Cleopatra Mpemba (born 1988), Special Envoy for Youth at the African Union Commission
* David Mungoshi (1949–2020), novelist, actor, poet and teacher
* August Musarurwa (born 1968), composer of the tune "Skokiaan"
* Tsitsi Muzenda (born 1950), politician, senator of Midlands Province and daughter of the former Vice-President of Zimbabwe, Simon Muzenda
* Benjani Mwaruwari (born 1978), footballer and former Zimbabwe team captain; also played for Portsmouth FC
* Marvelous Nakamba (born 1994), footballer in the Premier League for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwe national team; born in Hwange, but raised in Bulawayo
* Cleopas Ncube (born 1983), wrestler
* Japhet Ndabeni Ncube, politician
* Pius Ncube (born 1946), Roman Catholic archbishop
* Trevor Ncube (born 1962), entrepreneur
* Callistus Ndlovu (1936–2019), academic, diplomat, and politician
* Lindela Ndlovu (died 2015), biochemist and Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology
* Peter Ndlovu (born 1973), footballer, former Zimbabwe team captain; considered to be the best Zimbabwean player of all time
* Lazarus Nkala (1927–1975), trade union leader, activist, and revolutionary
* John Nkomo (1934–2013), politician
* Ian Noble (born 1972), rugby union and rugby league footballer
* Lewin Nyatanga (born 1988), Zimbabwean-born Welsh footballer
* Terence Parkin (born 1980), swimmer
* Virginia Phiri (born 1954), feminist writer
* Alexander Pines (born 1945), professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
* Nick Price (born 1957), former world number one golfer, World Golf Hall of Fame member
* Clive Puzey (born 1941), racing driver
* Zoe Ramushu (born 1990), writer, director, producer, actress and multimedia journalist
* Surendran Reddy (1962–2010), musician, composer and performer
* Leo Cardwell Ross (1910–1975), Secretary for Information, Immigration and Tourism in the Rhodesian Government 1965–1972
* Daniel Rowland (born 1984), long-distance trail runner
* Rozalla (born 1964), dance music performer
* Irene Sabatini (born 1967), fiction author
* Sabrina (born 1969), pop singer
* Robin Sampson (born 1940), archer
* Ron Sandler (born 1952), CEO of Lloyd's of London; chairman of Northern Rock Bank
* Allan Savory (born 1935), biologist
* Adolph Schmitt (1905–1976), German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Shingai Shoniwa (born 1981), rock musician
* Ernest Sibanda (born 1925), either the first or one of the first black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in what is today Zimbabwe
* Ryan Sissons (born 1988), triathlete
* Bobby Skinstad (born 1976), rugby union player
* Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), CBE, FRSE, writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
* David Smith (born 1957), rugby union footballer
* Joseph Sonnabend (1933–2021), physician, researcher, part of the team which discovered interferon
* Yolanda Sonnabend (1935–2015), theatre and ballet designer and painter, primarily of portraits
* Buffalo Souljah (born 1983), reggae recording artist and songwriter
* Heath Streak (1974–2023), cricketer and former captain of Zimbabwe team; current bowling coach of the Bangladesh team
* Wally Stuttaford, politician
* Gavin Sutherland (born 1979), archer
* Robert Clarkson Tredgold (1899–1977), barrister, judge and politician
* Novuyo Tshuma (born 1988), writer and professor of creative writing
* Zeb Tsikira, real estate entrepreneur living in Canada; author
* Graeme Turner (born 1964), cricketer
* Yung Tyran, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer
* Deandra van der Colff (born 1993), swimmer
* Des van Jaarsveldt (born 1929), rugby union player
* Jaggie van Staden (born 1942), boxer
* Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), award-winning author
* Wayne Visser (born 1970), writer, speaker, film producer, academic, editor of poetry, social entrepreneur and futurist focused on sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and creating integrated value
* Pat Walkden (born 1946), tennis player
* Maureen Thelma Watson (1925–1994), politician
* Nicola Watson (born 1955), accountant and politician
* Mike Williams (born 1991), rugby player
* Sean Williams (born 1986), Zimbabwean cricketer
* Archibald Wilson (1921–2014), fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II
* Peter Wilson (born 1944), first-class cricketer and field hockey player
* Nitefreak (born 1991), DJ and music producer