List of Famous people born in Angola
Seninho
Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim, commonly known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Afonso I of Kongo
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.
Mandume Ya Ndemufayo
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.
Adalberto Costa Júnior
Adalberto Costa Júnior is an Angolan politician, current president of UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola.
Zacarias Kamwenho
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.
Alexandre do Nascimento
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.
Isaías Samakuva
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.
Yola Araújo
Freddy
Frederico Castro Roque dos Santos, known as Freddy, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a forward.
Manuel Vicente
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.