This is a list of famous or notableZambians, or people of Zambian descent, or people who have influenced Zambia listed in the following categories, and in no particular order:
Chieftainships are listed here. These articles cover all holders of the traditional titles; prominent individual holders may also have their own articles, usually in People in the History of Zambia below.
Evans Sinjela Journalist
Derrick Sinjela Photo-Journalist Rainbow Newspaper Zambia Limited (RNZL), Kwilanzi Newspaper (KNZ), Zambian Developmental Media Alliance (ZADEMA), Zambian Children Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD), Journalists Against Piracy In Zambia (JAPIZ)
Simon Banda Kwacha Magazine Zambia (KMZ).
Henry Chunza Times of Zambia (ToZ) Chief Photo-Journalist
Wilbur Smith – Zambian-born (Ndola) British/South African author
Jeff Whitley – Zambian-born played for Northern Ireland
Other prominent figures in the history of Zambia
This is a list of deceased historical figures (or sub-lists of them) in Zambia and its antecedent territories, and combines Zambians, Africans and non-Zambians including British people and Northern Rhodesians.[citation needed]
Robert Edward Codrington – colonial administrator of the two territories ruled by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) which later became Zambia
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Stewart Gore-Browne – called Chipembele by Africans, soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes – English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa and an ardent believer in colonialism and imperialism, founder of the state of Rhodesia
Sebetwane – Basotho chief who fled from Shaka Zulu, eventually conquering and settling in Western Province
Mamochisane – daughter of Sebetwane, succeeded him as Makololo queen
Sekeletu – Makololo King of Barotseland in western Zambia from about 1851 to his death in 1863
Alfred Sharpe – British administrator and agent for Cecil Rhodes