List of Famous people born in Zambia

Kenneth Kaunda

First Name Kenneth
Died on June 17, 2021 (aged 51)

Kenneth David Kaunda, also known as KK, is a Zambian former politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.

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Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Robert John Lange
First Name Robert
Last Name Lange
Born on November 11, 1948 (age 75)

Robert John "Mutt" Lange is a Zambian-born South African record producer and songwriter. He is known for his work in the studio and innovations in multitrack recording and producing many of rock's most famous albums. He has produced albums for, or otherwise worked with, artists such as AC/DC, Def Leppard, The Boomtown Rats, Foreigner, Michael Bolton, The Cars, Bryan Adams, Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Ocean, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, The Corrs, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Now United, Nickelback, and Muse. He also wrote and produced songs with his then-wife, Canadian singer Shania Twain. Her 1997 album Come On Over, which he produced, is the best-selling country music album, the best-selling studio album by a female act, the best-selling album of the 1990s, and the 9th best-selling album in the United States.

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Robert Earnshaw

First Name Robert
Last Name Earnshaw
Born on April 6, 1981 (age 42)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Robert Earnshaw is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League Cup, the FA Cup, and for his country in an international match.

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Amy Holmes

First Name Amy
Last Name Holmes
Born on July 25, 1973 (age 50)

Amy Mulenga Holmes is a Zambian-born American journalist and political commentator. Holmes co-hosts, with fellow commentator Michael Gerson, a politically conservative-oriented talk show on PBS titled In Principle. She is a former contributor to NBC News.

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Mike Harris

First Name Mike
Last Name Harris
Born on May 25, 1939
Died on November 8, 2021 (aged 82)

Mike Harris was a South African racing driver. He took part in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1962 South African Grand Prix, from which he retired.

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Kabange Mupopo

First Name Kabange
Born on September 21, 1992 (age 31)
Born in Zambia

Kabange Mupopo is a Zambian sprinter and football player, who won a gold in the 400m at the 2015 All-Africa Games.

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Barbra Banda

First Name Barbra
Born on March 20, 2000 (age 24)

Barbra Banda is a Zambian footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Shanghai Shengli and the Zambia women's national team.

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Edgar Lungu

Edgar Chagwa Lungu
First Name Edgar
Last Name Lungu
Born on November 11, 1956 (age 67)

Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician who has been the President of Zambia since 25 January 2015. Under President Michael Sata, Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014, Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe, for the January 2015 presidential by-election, which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election, he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.

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Dambisa Moyo

First Name Dambisa

Dambisa Felicia Moyo is a Zambian economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and global affairs. She currently serves on the boards of Chevron Corporation and the 3M Company. She worked for two years at the World Bank and eight years at Goldman Sachs before becoming an author and international public speaker. She has written four New York Times bestselling books: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (2009), How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead (2011), Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012), and the most recent Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018). She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and an MBA from American University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a DPhil in economics from the University of Oxford.

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Enock Mwepu

First Name Enock
Born on January 1, 1998 (age 26)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Enock Mwepu is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion and the Zambian national team.

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