List of Famous people born in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s.

Kevin Patrick Curran was a Rhodesian cricketer. He played seven first-class cricket matches for Rhodesia between 1947 and 1955. His son, Kevin, played One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Zimbabwe national cricket team, and his grandsons, Tom and Sam, have played Test cricket for England.

Richard James Cosnett is a Zimbabwean-Australian actor. He is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Elias Harper in Quantico and Eddie Thawne in The Flash.

Sir Michael John Berridge was a British physiologist and biochemist.