Namibian celebrities
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Lazarus Shiimi, known by his stage name Gazza, is one of the most commercially successful and best selling recording artists in Namibia. Gazza was born on 10 March 1977 in Oshakati (North of Namibia) in a family of seven. At that time, he had to live
Sunday Shipushu (born 13 March 1983), well known as Sunny Boy is a Namibian rapper from Ongwediva. Sunny Boy performs a brand of music known as hikwa, which he engineered by fusing hip hop and Kwaito. He rose to fame after collaborating with Gazza on
Marichen Jolandi Luiperth (born 1986) is a Namibian beauty queen who represented Namibia in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China. She graduated with a focus in Information Studies from the University of Namibia with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, “Easy Eric Sell”) is the stage name of Eric Sell a Namibian German Kwaito artist and rapper.
Torsten George van Jaarsveld (born 30 June 1987) is a Namibian rugby union footballer. He plays mostly as a hooker or flanker. He represents the Free State Cheetahs in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competition and the Cheetahs
Collin Benjamin (born 3 August 1978 in Windhoek) is a retired Namibian football midfielder. He most recently played for German side TSV 1860 München as well as the Namibia national football team.
Manfred Starke (born 21 February 1991 in Windhoek) is a German Namibian footballer who plays for Carl Zeiss Jena.
Veronica Cecilia de Klerk (born 26 November 1947) is a Namibian women’s rights activist. Veronica Cecilia De Klerk is a former television news presenter and actuality radio programme presenter with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation in Namibia and
N!xau, a San from the Kalahari Desert, was discovered by director Jamie Uys and cast in the lead role in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). He received only a few hundred dollars for his work in that film, but was astute enough to negotiat
Oliver Hanjorge Risser (born 17 September 1980) is a Namibian international footballer who plays for Belgian Third Division B side KFC Oosterzonen. Risser is a defensive midfielder, and can also play in central defence. He is of German descent.
Michelle McLean (born July 31, 1972 in Windhoek) is a Namibian writer, TV Host, model and beauty queen who was