List of Famous people born in Harare Province, Zimbabwe
Gary Ballance
Gary Ballance is a Zimbabwean-born-British cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg break bowler, who currently plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England. He was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. Ballance is also known to have frequently used racial slurs.
Bona Mugabe
Nyepudzayi Bona Mugabe is a Zimbabwean businesswoman. She is the only daughter of former and late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Grace Mugabe, who also have two sons. She shares a name with Robert Mugabe's mother.
Thom Evans
Thom Evans is a former Scottish international rugby union player and model. He last played on the wing for Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League. Evans' rugby career ended aged 24 on his tenth appearance for Scotland when he suffered a serious neck injury.
Colin de Grandhomme
Colin de Grandhomme is a Zimbabwean-born-New Zealand cricketer, who plays in all formats of the game.
Tendai Mtawarira
Tendai Mtawarira is a Zimbabwean-born South African professional rugby union player who plays for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby and previously for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby. He was born in Zimbabwe and qualified for South Africa on residency grounds, before later acquiring South African citizenship. Mtawarira, a prop, is known by the nickname The Beast.
Benjani Mwaruwari
Mpenjani ‘Mpe’ Mwaruwari, often known simply as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Tino Kadewere
Tinotenda "Tino" Kadewere is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 side Lyon and the Zimbabwe national team as a striker and a winger.
Khama Billiat
Khama Billiat is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. He also plays for the Zimbabwe national team.
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins is a Zimbabwe-born British author, best known for her best-selling psychological thriller novel The Girl on the Train (2015), which deals with themes of domestic violence, alcohol, and drug abuse. The novel was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt in 2016. Hawkins' second thriller novel, Into the Water, was released in 2017.
Matthew Rusike
Tyrell Matthew Benjamin Rusike, commonly known as Matthew Rusike is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for Stabæk.