List of Famous people born in Zimbabwe

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until it gained its independence as Zambia in 1964.

Ismail ibn Musa Menk, also known as Mufti Menk, is a Muslim cleric from Zimbabwe and head of the country's fatwa department.

Elizabeth Muriel Chase was a Zimbabwean field hockey player and member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Previously, she represented South Africa.

Cara Black is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe who played until 2015. She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA and 11 ITF titles in that discipline. A former No. 1 ranked women's doubles player in the WTA Rankings, she has won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles combined. By winning the mixed doubles title at the 2010 Australian Open, Black became the third woman in the Open Era to complete a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. Having won one singles title on tour, she also peaked at no. 31 in the singles rankings in March 1999.

Wayne Hamilton Black, is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe.

Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.

Alexander Theodore Callinicos is a Zimbabwean-born British political theorist and activist. In an academic capacity, he serves as Professor of European Studies at King's College London. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its International Secretary. He is also editor of International Socialism, the SWP's theoretical journal, and has published a number of books.

Sir Michael John Berridge was a British physiologist and biochemist.

Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a British-Zimbabwean writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues.

Samuel Rahamin Levy (1929–2012) was a Zimbabwean businessman and property developer best known for his construction of the Sam Levy's Village shopping mall in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, in 1990. A self-made millionaire, at the time of his death he was reputed to be one of the richest people in Zimbabwe.