List of Zulus

This is a list of notable members of the Zulu ethnic group.

  • Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Zulu leader, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
  • Mnguni, the founder of the Nguni nation in southern Africa
  • Ntombhela kaMalandela, son of Malandela.
  • Mageba kaPhunga (d. 1745), son of Phunga, chief of the Zulu clan from 1727 to 1745.
  • Jama kaNdaba (d. 1781), son of Ndaba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1763 to 1781.
  • Senzangakhona kaJama (ca. 1762-1816), son of Jama, chief of the Zulu clan from 1781 to 1816.
  • Shaka kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1787-1828), son of Senzangakona, king from 1816 to 1828.
  • Dingane kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1795-1840), son of Senzangakona and half-brother of Shaka, king from 1828 to 1840.
  • Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798–1872), son of Senzangakona and half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, king from 1840 to 1872.
  • Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826-February 1884), son of Mpande, king from 1872 to 1884.
  • Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868–1913), son of Cetshwayo kaMpande, king from 1884 to 1913.
  • Solomon kaDinuzulu (1891–1933), son of Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, king from 1913 to 1933.
  • Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon (4 August 1924 – 17 September 1968), son of Solomon kaDinuzulu, king from 1948 to 1968.
  • Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu (b. 14 July 1948), son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, king since 1968.
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