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Most Famous People from Namibia
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Namibia 82
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Ranked by cross-verified academic notability — how it works
By the numbers
82 notable people in this slice of the dataset.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Namibia during each.
Notable births in Namibia peaked in the 1980s with 21 people.
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Politics & Law is Namibia's biggest group — 52% of all notables (43).
Namibia over-indexes on politics & law — 2.5× the global rate.
Each band shows a profession family's share of Namibia's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.