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.
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
Sir 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