Lourenço Marques

male
Lourenço Marques was a 16th century Portuguese trader.
Pascoal Mocumbi

Pascoal Mocumbi

male, 68 years old
Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 1994 until 2004. His traditional name was Mahykete. He is the son of Manuel...

José Craveirinha

male, deceased (2003)
José Craveirinha, was born at Maputo in Mozambique and is today considered the greatest poet of that country. The child of a Portuguese father and a...
Maria Mutola

Maria Mutola

female, 37 years old
Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who has specialised in the 800 m.
Ruth First

Ruth First

female, deceased (1982)
Ruth First (May 4 1925 - August 17 1982) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her...
Mari Alkatiri

Mari Alkatiri

male, 60 years old
Mari Bim Amude Alkatiri (born 26 November 1949) was the first Prime Minister of an internationally-recognized East Timor. He resigned on 26 June,...
Eduardo Pitta

Eduardo Pitta

male
Eduardo Pitta is a Portuguese poet, fiction writer, essayist, and contributor to Lisbon's newspaper "Público". He was born in Lourenço Marques (M...
Paulina Chiziane

Paulina Chiziane

female, 54 years old
Paulina Chiziane is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. She studied at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo. She was...
Patrick Mazimhaka

Patrick Mazimhaka

male, 61 years old
Patrick Kayumbu Mazimhaka is Deputy Chairperson of the African Union's African Commission. Mr. Mazimhaka was born on April 26, 1948 in Rwanda. He...
Luis Bernardo Honwana

Luis Bernardo Honwana

male
Luis Bernado Honwana is a Mozambican author. He was born Luís Augusto Bernardo Manuel in Lourenço Marques (now named Maputo), Mozambique, one of th...