List of Famous people born in Maputo, Mozambique

Dimitri Tsafendas

First Name Dimitri
Last Name Tsafendas
Born on January 14, 1918
Died on October 7, 1999 (aged 81)
Born in Mozambique

Dimitri Tsafendas was a Greek-Mozambican lifelong political militant and the assassin of Prime Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966. Tsafendas, while working as a parliamentary messenger, stabbed Verwoerd to death during a sitting of the House of Assembly in Cape Town.

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Teresa Heinz Kerry

First Name Teresa
Last Name Kerry
Born on October 5, 1938 (age 86)
Born in Mozambique

Teresa Heinz, also known as Teresa Heinz Kerry, is a Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former U.S. Senator John Heinz and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State, longtime U.S. Senator, and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. Heinz is Chair of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.

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Eusébio

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira
Born on January 25, 1942
Died on January 5, 2014 (aged 71)
Born in Mozambique
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira GCIH GCM was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. Eusébio is considered by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time. During his professional career, he scored 733 goals in 745 matches. Nicknamed the Black Panther, the Black Pearl, or o Rei, he was famous for his speed, technique, athleticism and his ferocious right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer. He is considered S.L. Benfica's greatest ever player, Portugal national team's greatest, and one of the first world-class African-born players.

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Mexer

Edson André Sitoe, known as Mexer, is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays for French club FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the Mozambique national team as a centre back.

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Lucio Andrice Muandula

First Name Lucio
Last Name Muandula
Born on October 9, 1959 (age 65)
Born in Mozambique
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Maria Mutola

First Name Maria
Last Name Mutola
Born on October 27, 1972 (age 52)
Born in Mozambique
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. She is a three-time world champion in this event and a one-time Olympic champion.

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Kurt Couto

First Name Kurt
Last Name Couto
Born on May 14, 1985 (age 39)
Born in Mozambique
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Kurt Leonel da Rocha Couto is an athlete from Mozambique who specializes in 400 metres hurdles.

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Mariza

Born on December 16, 1973 (age 50)
Born in Mozambique

Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH, known professionally as Mariza, is a Portuguese fado singer.

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José Craveirinha

First Name José
Last Name Craveirinha
Died on February 6, 2003 (aged 33)
Born in Mozambique

José Craveirinha was a Mozambican journalist, story writer and poet, who is today considered the greatest poet of Mozambique. His poems, written in Portuguese, address such issues as racism and the Portuguese colonial domination of Mozambique. A supporter of the anti-Portuguese group FRELIMO during the colonial wars, he was imprisoned in the 1960s. He was one of the African pioneers of the Négritude movement, and published six books of poetry between 1964 and 1997. Craveirinha also wrote under the pseudonyms Mário Vieira, José Cravo, Jesuíno Cravo, J. Cravo, J.C., Abílio Cossa, and José G. Vetrinha.

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António Calvário

First Name António
Last Name Calvário
Born on October 17, 1938 (age 86)
Born in Mozambique

António Calvário da Paz is a Portuguese singer and artist from the late 1950s and 1960s. He represented Portugal in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, in Denmark, with the song "Oração".

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