This is a list of people associated with the University of Zambia.
Government edit
Heads of State edit
- Levy Mwanawasa, late Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
- Edgar Lungu, former Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
- Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
- Hakainde Hichilema, current Zambian President
Vice-Presidents edit
- Inonge Wina, former vice president of Zambia, obtained a BA degree at UNZA
- George Kunda, former vice president of Zambia
Cabinet level edit
- Nkandu Luo, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and former head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
- Margaret Mwanakatwe, Minister of Finance
- Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health
- Brian Mushimba, Minister of Higher Education
Supreme Court edit
- Ireen Mambilima, late Chief Justice of Zambia
- Florence Mumba, Judge of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and Justice of the Supreme Court of Zambia
Members of Parliament edit
- Jonas Chanda, Member of the National Assembly for Bwana Mkubwa
- Stanley Kakubo, Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi
- Highvie Hamududu, former Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa
International edit
- Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
- Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda
- Nahas Angula, Namibian Minister of Defence
- Brigitte Mabandla, former South African Minister of Public Enterprises
Ambassadors edit
- Monica Nashandi, Namibian ambassador and 1983 graduate
- Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States of America.
Opposition leaders edit
- Edith Nawakwi, Leader of the Forum for Democracy and Development and former Minister of Finance.
Business edit
- Mizinga Melu, Chief Executive Officer, Barclays Bank of Zambia
- Chibamba Kanyama, business Leader and writer
- Thandi Ndlovu, South African businesswoman and medical doctor
- Bokani Soko, Zambian businessman and sponsor of Lusaka Dynamos Football Club
Other alumni edit
- Edward Makuka Nkoloso, founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
- Mulenga Kapwepwe, patron of the arts
- Dambisa Moyo, economist
- Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University College London Medical School.
- Ellen Banda-Aaku, writer
- John Matshikiza, South African actor
- Muyoba Macwan, physicist
- Aaron Mujajati, physician
- Mushaukwa Mukunyandela, neurologist
- Michael Burawoy, sociologist