List of Famous people born in Eastern Province, Rwanda

Paul Rusesabagina

First Name Paul
Last Name Rusesabagina
Born on June 15, 1954 (age 70)

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan politician, activist and humanitarian. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of these refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

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Georges Rutaganda

Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda
First Name Georges
Last Name Rutaganda
Born on November 27, 1958
Died on October 11, 2010 (aged 51)

Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda was the second vice-president of the Rwandan Hutu militia Interahamwe.

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Adrien Niyonshuti

First Name Adrien
Last Name Niyonshuti
Born on January 2, 1987 (age 38)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Adrien Niyonshuti is a Rwandan former professional bicycle racer, who rode professionally for Team Dimension Data from 2009 to 2017. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Skol Adrien Cycling Academy. Although he survived, six of Niyonshuti's brothers were killed in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Niyonshuti began riding a bicycle given to him by his uncle as a teenager, when he came to the attention of former professional cyclist Jacques Boyer in 2006 during the first Wooden Bike Classic.

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Antoine Kambanda

First Name Antoine
Last Name Kambanda
Born on November 10, 1958 (age 66)

Antoine Kambanda is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Kigali since January 2019. He had been Bishop of Kibungo from 2013 to 2018.

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