List of Famous people born in Zimbabwe
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.
Precious Lunga
Precious Lunga is a Zimbabwean epidemiologist, entrepreneur, and CEO/co-Founder of Baobab Circle. Between 2017 and 2018, she created Afya Pap, a mobile app offering personalized health education and coaching on chronic diseases. The app is used across seven countries in Africa, including Kenya and Uganda. As Head of Health at Econet Wireless in 2015, Lunga launched a 24/7 dial-a-doctor service in partnership with the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe to reach over 750,000 paying patients within a year of launch. Lunga is a Yale World Fellow and was featured as a speaker at the Southbank Centre's Women of the World Festival in London.
Perence Shiri
Perrance Shiri was a Zimbabwean air officer and government official who served as Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe from 1 December 2017 until his death on 29 July 2020. He was the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and member of the Joint Operations Command which exerts day-by-day control over Zimbabwe's government.
Paul Le Roux
Paul Calder Le Roux is a former programmer, former criminal cartel boss and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Nelson Chamisa
Nelson Chamisa is a Zimbabwean politician and the current President of the Movement for Democratic Change He served as Member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Kuwadzana East, Harare. Chamisa was the MDC Alliance's candidate for president in the 2018 general election, having previously been the leader of the party's youth assembly. On 31 March 2020, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled that Nelson Chamisa was not the legitimate MDC leader in a judgment that settles the drawn out leadership wrangle between him and Thokozani Khuphe.
Constantine Chiwenga
Constantine Chiwenga, is a Zimbabwean politician and former army general currently serving, since 2017, as the First Vice-President of Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In August 2020, he added the Health Ministry to his portfolio.
Kevin Curran
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.
Rick Cosnett
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.
Zororo Makamba
Zororo Makamba was a Zimbabwean journalist and the son of Irene and James Makamba.