List of Famous people born in Angola

Seninho

Born on July 1, 1949
Died on July 4, 2020 (aged 71)

Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim, commonly known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.

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Afonso I of Kongo

First Name Afonso
Last Name Kongo
Born on January 1, 1456
Died on January 1, 1543 (aged 87)

Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba or Funsu Nzinga Mvemba, also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543.

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Mandume Ya Ndemufayo

First Name Mandume
Born on January 1, 1894
Died on February 6, 1917 (aged 23)

Mandume ya Ndemufayo was the last king of the Oukwanyama, a subset of the Ovambo people of southern Angola and northern Namibia. Ya Ndemufayo took over the kingdom in 1911 and his reign lasted until 1917 when he died of either suicide or machine gun fire while he was under attack from South African forces. Ya Ndemufayo is honoured as a national hero in both Angola and Namibia.

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Adalberto Costa Júnior

First Name Adalberto
Born on May 8, 1962 (age 64)

Adalberto Costa Júnior is an Angolan politician, current president of UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola.

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Zacarias Kamwenho

First Name Zacarias
Last Name Kamwenho
Born on September 5, 1934 (age 91)

Zacarias Kamwenho is an Angolan emeritus Archbishop and peace activist. He had an important role in the peace process that led to the end of the Angolan Civil War in 2002.

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Alexandre do Nascimento

First Name Alexandre
Last Name Nascimento
Born on March 1, 1925 (age 101)
Born in Angola

Alexandre do Nascimento is an Angolan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Luanda from 1986 to 2001 and was made a cardinal in 1983.

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Isaías Samakuva

First Name Isaías
Born on July 8, 1946 (age 79)
Born in Angola

Isaías Henrique Ngola Samakuva is an Angolan politician who was the President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) from June 2003 to November 2019.

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Yola Araújo

Yola Catiana Moreira de Araújo
First Name Yola
Born on June 13, 1978 (age 47)
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Freddy

Frederico Castro Roque dos Santos, known as Freddy, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a forward.

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Manuel Vicente

First Name Manuel
Last Name Vicente
Born on May 15, 1956 (age 69)

Manuel Domingos Vicente is an Angolan politician who served as Vice President of Angola between September 2012 and September 2017. Previously he was chief executive officer of Sonangol, Angola's state oil company, from 1999 to 2012, and he briefly served in the government as Minister of State for Economic Coordination in 2012.

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