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Happyton Bonyongwe (born 1960), retired major general of the Zimbabwe National Army; Dumiso Dabengwa (1939–2019), former head of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) intelligence; Azim Daudpota (1933–2017), Pakistani commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe; Ken Flower (died 1987), head of the Central Intelligence Organisation
The name "Zimbabwe", based on a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, an ancient ruined city in the country's south-east, was first recorded as a term of national reference in 1960, when it was coined by the black nationalist Michael Mawema, [5] whose Zimbabwe National Party became the first to officially use the name in 1961. [6]
This list also includes names of people from Harare, Zimbabwe under the city's former name, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe: Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964 (Rochester University Press, 2008). Sibanda, Eliakim M. The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia (2004). Wiseman, Henry; Taylor, Alastair M. (1981).
People from Zimbabwe by province (12 C); Rhodesian people (16 C, 9 P) * Lists of Zimbabwean people (4 C, 1 P) + Zimbabwean LGBTQ people (6 P) Zimbabwean men (2 C)
Grace Mugabe (born 1965), former first lady of Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe (1924–2019), former President of Zimbabwe and leader of ZANU-PF; Sally Mugabe (1931–1992), former first lady of Zimbabwe; Joyce Mujuru (born 1955), founder and president of the National People's Party former first vice-president, Solomon Mujuru (1945–2011), former ...
The name "Zimbabwe" stems from a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, a medieval city in the country's south-east.Two different theories address the origin of the word. Many sources hold that "Zimbabwe" derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone").
Lists of people by city in Zimbabwe (1 P) Pages in category "Lists of Zimbabwean people" This category contains only the following page.