List of Zulu people

This is a list of notable Zulu people.

Kings, Chiefs, princes and princesses

 * King Zulu kaMalandela, founder of the Zulu clan
 * King Shaka kaSenzangakhona, founder of the Zulu Nation
 * King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
 * King Senzangakhona kaJama, Zulu king and father of Shaka
 * Mcwayizeni Zulu, Zulu prince
 * Mkabayi kaJama, Zulu princess and sister of Senzangakhona
 * Nandi, Mhlongo princess and mother of Shaka
 * Magogo kaDinuzulu, Zulu princess and mother of Mangosuthu Buthelezi
 * Nomusa kaBhekuzulu, Zulu princess, Regent Queen of AmaRharhabe and sister of Zwelithini
 * Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Buthelezi prince
 * Bhambatha kaMancinza, Zulu chief
 * Dabulamanzi kaMpande, Zulu commander
 * Dingiswayo, Mthethwa chief, mentor of Shaka Zulu
 * Albert Lutuli, chief of Zulu Christian
 * Langa KaXaba, the Ndwandwe, king nation
 * Matshobana KaMangete, the chief of the Northern Khumalo
 * Sigananda kaSokufa, Zulu aristocrat
 * Zwangendaba, Shaka's general
 * Zwide kaLanga, the Ndwandwe king nation
 * Ntshingwayo Khoza, InDuna of Khoza
 * Umhlangana kaSenzangakhona, Zulu prince
 * Ndlela kaSompisi, InDuna for Shaka and Dingaan
 * Nongalaza KaNondela, inDuna for Mpande
 * Zibhebhu kaMaphitha, Zulu chief
 * Mbongeleni Zondi, Zulu chief and great-grandson of Inkosi Bambatha kaMancinza
 * Nothando Dube as known as Inkhosikati LaDube, member of the House of Dlamini as the twelfth wife of King Mswati III of Eswatini

Politicians and activists

 * Edward Bhengu, founder member of the PAC
 * Sibusiso Bengu, Minister of Education, ambassador to Germany
 * Mangosuthu Buthelezi, founder and first president of the Inkatha Freedom Party
 * Bheki Cele, former national S.A. police commissioner and police minister
 * Siyabonga Cwele, former minister of communication; intelligence service; state security; home affairs
 * Thoko Didiza, former Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs and Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
 * Jackson Mthembu, former Minister in the Presidency
 * Bathabile Dlamini, ANC Women's League leader
 * Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission
 * John Langalibalele Dube, first President of the African National Congress, founder of the Ohlange Institute, educator
 * Nokutela Dube, wife of John L. Dube, founder of the Ohlange Institute
 * Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs
 * Archie Gumede, lawyer, politician, activist
 * Josiah Tshangana Gumede, politician and father of Archie Gumede
 * Zandile Gumede, former Mayor of Durban
 * Harry Gwala, ANC and communist activist
 * Nkululeko Gwala, political activist
 * Princess Constance Magogo Sibilile Mantithi Ngangezinye kaDinuzulu, Zulu princess, ethnomusicologist and composer
 * Velenkosini Hlabisa, Inkatha Freedom Party leader
 * Mbali Ntuli, member of the Democratic Alliance
 * Mxolisi Kaunda, Mayor of Durban
 * Makoti Khawula, EFF Member of Parliament and former anti-apartheid activist
 * Ntombikayise Priscilla Khubeka, anti-apartheid activist
 * Duma Kumalo, South African human rights activist and one of the Sharpeville Six
 * Dumisani Kumalo, South African politician
 * Ellen Kuzwayo, political activist
 * Anton Lembede, political activist
 * Chief Albert Luthuli, President of the African National Congress and first South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 * Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, founder of the National Freedom Party (splinter from the IFP)
 * Moses Mabhida, political activist
 * Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge, South African politician, former Deputy Minister of Defence and former Deputy Minister of Health
 * Amos Masondo, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces
 * Veronica Mate-Sobukwe, political activist and wife of Robert Sobukwe
 * Joseph Mathunjwa, trade union leader and the head of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)
 * Lindiwe Mazibuko, South African politician and musician
 * Seth Mazibuko, political activist
 * Tryphina Mboxela Jokweni, political activist
 * Senzo Mchunu, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * Willies Mchunu, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * Bandile Mdlalose, 2014 general secretary of the South African shackdwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo
 * Frank Mdlalose, first former premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * Richard Mdluli, former head of Police Crime Intelligence
 * Bertha Mkhize, political activist
 * Florence Mkhize, political activist
 * Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize, South African activist, politician, shop steward and wife to late Saul Mkhize
 * Zweli Mkhize, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal and former treasure of ANC
 * Obed Mlaba, former Mayor of Durban
 * Johnson Mlambo, revolutionary
 * Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, first female deputy president of South Africa (2005-2008)
 * Zwakele Mncwango, former Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
 * James Mpanza, political activist
 * Saul Msane, South African politician and intellectual
 * Bongani Msomi, UDM secretary
 * Ricardo Mthembu, political activist
 * Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Arts and Culture
 * Eric Mtshali, political activist
 * Siphiwe Mvuyane, IFP member and police officer
 * Sibusiso Ndebele, former Minister of Correctional Services, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * Phila Portia Ndwandwe, anti-apartheid activist
 * Chris Ngcobo, former head of Police Intelligence
 * Sipho Ngwenya, political activist
 * Ben Ngubane, former chair of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, and former premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * Mxolisi Nxasana, Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa
 * Sizwe Nxasana, South African businessman
 * Mzala Nxumalo, political activist
 * Dorothy Nyembe, political activist
 * Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education
 * Nqobile Nzuza, resident in the Marikana Land Occupation
 * Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Performance, Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration
 * Pixley ka Isaka Seme, founder of the African National Congress and first black lawyer in South Africa
 * Sihle Zikalala, premier of KwaZulu-Natal
 * S'bu Zikode, co-founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo
 * Andrew Zondo, former Umkhonto we Sizwe activist
 * Lindiwe Zulu, South Africa's Minister of Small Business Development
 * Jacob Zuma, former President of the Republic of South Africa

Religion leaders

 * Nicholas Bhengu, Assemblies of God founder
 * John L. Dube, Christian preacher
 * Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, Catholic priest
 * Saul Msane, Wesleyan Methodist Church member
 * Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu traditional healer
 * Selby Mvusi, theologian and artist
 * Isaiah Shembe, Church of Nazareth founder

Business and professional figures

 * Robert Gumede
 * Khanyi Dhlomo, TV host and the founder and CEO of Ndalo Media and Ndalo Luxury Ventures
 * Sizwe Nxasana, former CEO of First Rand, Telkom (South Africa) & former chairman of NSFAS.
 * Phuthuma Nhleko, former CEO of the MTN Group
 * Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO of the Dutch mining group, IchorCoal N.V., CEO of the JSE Limited & Chairperson of Alexander Forbes
 * Duduzane Zuma, businessman and son of Jacob Zuma
 * Khulubuse Zuma, businessman and nephew of Jacob Zuma

Academics, educators, and writers

 * Zodwa Dlamini, biochemist
 * Zodwa Dlamini, scientist
 * Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo, author, educator
 * Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo, author
 * Nokutela Dube, educator, Christian preacher
 * Magema Magwaza Fuze, author
 * Mafika Gwala, poet, editor
 * John Hlophe, judge president of the Western Division
 * Bheki W. J. Langa, diplomatic
 * Mandla Langa, poet
 * Pius Langa, former chief justice
 * Sizwe Mabizela, vice-chancellor of Rhodes University
 * Tholie Madala, judge in the Constitutional Court of South Africa
 * Dunstan Mlambo, judge president of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa
 * Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, author
 * Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, author and Zulu traditional healer
 * Njabulo Ndebele, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, writer
 * Sandile Ngcobo, former chief justice
 * Lewis Nkosi, South African writer
 * Mxolisi Nxasana, former National Prosecuting Authority director
 * Henry Nxumalo, investigating journalist
 * Sibusiso Nyembezi, Zulu writer, novelist, poetry and scholar
 * Menzi Simelane, former National Prosecuting Authority director
 * Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, poet and novelist
 * Raymond Zondo, Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa

Actors, TV & radio personalities

 * Nomzamo Mbatha, actress
 * Thembinkosi Mthembu, actor
 * Dumisani Dlamini, actor
 * Baby Cele, actress
 * Henry Cele, actor
 * Pallance Dladla, actor
 * Minnie Dlamini-Jones, on-air personality, actress and model
 * Gugu Gumede, actress
 * Kelly Khumalo, singer and actress
 * Leleti Khumalo, actress
 * Siyabonga Thwala, actor
 * Hamilton Dhlamini, actor
 * Sindi Dlathu, actress, singer and producer
 * Ayanda Borotho, actress
 * Themba Ndaba, actor
 * Linda Mtoba, actress
 * Celeste Ntuli, actress and comedian
 * Dawn Thandeka King, actress
 * Vusi Kunene, actor
 * Khaya Dladla, actor/actress
 * Nandi Madida, actress
 * Mandla Maseko, aviator
 * Bridget Masinga, 2002 Miss South Africa 2nd princess, actress, businesswoman
 * Gugu Mbatha-Raw, actress
 * Nomzamo Mbatha, actress and model
 * Zamani Mbatha, actor
 * Nomonde Mbusi, actress
 * Ndaba Mhlongo, actor
 * Somizi Mhlongo, actor
 * Gcina Mhlophe, actress, storyteller, poet and politician
 * Bafana Mlangeni, actor
 * Don Eric Mlangeni, actor
 * Roland Mqwebu, actor
 * Masoja Msiza, actor
 * Duma Ndlovu, filmmaker, playwright, director and screenwriter
 * Mbongeni Ngema, writer, lyricist, composer, director and theatre producer
 * Shadrack Ngema, actor and sport commentator
 * Menzi Ngubane, actor
 * Mimi Ndiweni, actress
 * Jessica Nkosi, actress
 * Lindani Nkosi, actor
 * Lalela Mswane, Miss South Africa 2021
 * Winnie Ntshaba, actress
 * Nandi Nyembe, actress
 * Lunga Shabalala, actor and television personality
 * Sjava, actor and musician
 * Siyabonga Shibe, actor
 * Linda Sibiya, radio host, radio producer, DJ, television producer, television host and broadcaster
 * Linda Sokhulu, actress
 * Thando Thabethe, actress, radio and television personality
 * Pearl Thusi, actress, model, radio, and television personality
 * Mary Twala, actress
 * Thishiwe Ziqubu, actress
 * Eddie Zondi, radio personality and music composer
 * Thandeka Zulu, actress
 * Zuluboy, actor
 * Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube, actress and producer

Sport figures

 * Makhosonke Bhengu, footballer
 * Phumelele Bhengu, footballer
 * Bafo Biyela, footballer
 * Gideon Buthelezi, boxer
 * Amanda Dlamini, footballer
 * Ayanda Dlamini, footballer
 * Thamsanqa Gabuza, footballer
 * Siboniso Gaxa, footballer
 * Siboniso Gumede, footballer
 * Two-Boys Gumede, footballer
 * Mhlengi Gwala, triathlete
 * Andile Jali, footballer
 * Mabhuti Khenyeza, footballer
 * Doctor Khumalo, footballer
 * Brilliant Khuzwayo, footballer
 * Njabulo Ngcobo, footballer
 * Mbulelo Mabizela, footballer
 * Thulani Malinga, boxer
 * Peter Mathebula, boxer
 * Senzo Meyiwa, footballer
 * Wiseman Meyiwa, footballer
 * Brighton Mhlongo, footballer
 * Helman Mkhalele, footballer
 * Siyabonga Mpontshane, footballer
 * Moruti Mthalane, boxer
 * Emmanuel Ngobese, footballer
 * Mlungisi Ngubane, footballer
 * Siphelele Mthembu, footballer
 * Siyabonga Nkosi, footballer
 * Siyabonga Nomvethe, footballer
 * Luyanda Ntshangase, footballer
 * Siyabonga Sangweni, footballer
 * Thabani Mthembu, footballer
 * Thamsanqa Sangweni, footballer
 * Thulani Hlatshwayo, footballer
 * Lucas Sithole, tennis
 * Lucas Sithole, sculptor
 * Lucas Radebe, footballer
 * Samkelo Radebe, Paralympic runner and gold medalist
 * Siphiwe Tshabalala, footballer
 * Benedict Vilakazi, footballer
 * Sibusiso Vilakazi, footballer
 * Cedric Xulu, footballer
 * Siyanda Xulu, footballer
 * Dumisani Zuma, footballer
 * Sibusiso Zuma, footballer
 * Bongani Zungu, footballer
 * Themba Zwane, footballer

Musicians

 * Ladysmith Black Mambazo, musicians
 * Toya Delazy, singer, pianist, dancer, and performer
 * Lucky Dube, reggae musician and Rastafarian
 * Blxckie, rapper
 * Azana, musician
 * Babes Wodumo, Gqom musician
 * Big Nuz, music group
 * Big Zulu, musician
 * Black Coffee, record producer and DJ
 * Doja Cat, (half Zulu, half Jewish), American musician
 * Sun-El Musician, musician
 * DJ Clock, musician
 * DJ Lag, Dj
 * DJ Tira, musician
 * DJ Zinhle, Dj and businesswoman
 * Blaq Diamond, music duo
 * Nandi Madida, musician and businesswoman
 * Imithente, musicians
 * Izingane Zoma, musicians
 * Magogo kaDinuzulu, Zulu princess and artist
 * Jabu Khanyile, musician
 * Babes Wodumo, musician
 * Kelly Khumalo, musician
 * K.O, rapper, musician
 * Killer Kau, musician
 * Sibongile Khumalo, musician
 * Thokozani Langa, musician
 * Solomon Linda
 * Nomcebo Zikode, musician
 * Bhekumuzi Luthuli, musician
 * Sipho Mabuse, musician
 * Mandoza, musician
 * Vusi Mahlasela, musician
 * Mfaz'Omnyama, musician
 * Phumlani Mgobhozi, musician
 * Busi Mhlongo, virtuoso singer, dancer and composer
 * Somizi Mhlongo, television personality
 * Bheki Mseleku, musician
 * Sjava, musician and actor
 * Nasty C, musician, rapper, songwriter and record producer
 * Patrick Ngcobo, musician
 * Shiyani Ngcobo, musician
 * Zanefa Ngidi, musician
 * Professor, musician, formally half of Tzozo and Professor
 * Riky Rick, rapper
 * Tyla, (of Zulu, Indian, Mauritian and Irish origin) singer-songwriter
 * Robert Sithole, musician
 * Zola, musician, poet, actor and presenter
 * Kwesta, rapper and songwriter
 * Khaya Mthethwa, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and the multi-instrumentalist
 * Okmalumkoolkat, rapper
 * Sello Twala, musician
 * Vusi Ximba, musician
 * Zakes Bantwini, musician
 * Zakwe, musician
 * Zuluboy, musician
 * Mlindo the Vocalist, musician
 * Simmy, singer-songwriter, musician
 * Distruction Boyz, DJ duo

Criminals

 * Sibusiso Duma
 * Simon Majola
 * Samuel Bongani Mfeka
 * Elifasi Msomi
 * Velaphi Ndlangamandla
 * Moses Sithole
 * Sipho Thwala
 * Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode