Zamba is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Zamba (1954-1977); animal actor best known as
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
trademark
Leo the Lion (from 1957 to the present); also appeared in movies such as ''
King of Kings
King of Kings; grc-gre, Βασιλεὺς Βασιλέων, Basileùs Basiléōn; hy, արքայից արքա, ark'ayits ark'a; sa, महाराजाधिराज, Mahārājadhirāja; ka, მეფეთ მეფე, ''Mepet mepe'' ...
'' (1961), ''
The Lion'' (1962), ''
Zebra in the Kitchen
''Zebra in the Kitchen'' is a 1965 American children's film produced and directed by Ivan Tors and starring Jay North in his first leading feature-film role. It also stars Martin Milner and Andy Devine, with costars Joyce Meadows and Jim Davis (a ...
'' (1965), ''
Fluffy'' (1965), and ''
Napoleon and Samantha
''Napoleon and Samantha'' is a 1972 American adventure drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Stewart Raffill. Filmed in and around John Day, Oregon, it stars Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster (in her feature film debut) in the tit ...
'' (1972); as well as the ''
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
'' TV series starring
Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce Ely (born June 21, 1938) is an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas, and raised in Amarillo.
Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series ''Tarzan'' and for playing the lead role in ...
and a 1966 commercial for
Dreyfus Investments.
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Zamba Zembola
Zamba Zembola (born c. 1780) is the supposed author of an 1847 slave narrative, ''The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina'', which describes his kidnapping and 40 years of labor as a ...
, author of an 1847 slave narrative, The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina
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Ermelinda Zamba
Ermelinda Zamba (born 28 August 1981) is a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Zamba qualified for the Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle, women's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summ ...
(born 1981), Mozambican swimmer
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Frieda Zamba
Frieda Zamba is a four-time world surfing champion from the United States. She won three titles in a row from 1984 to 1986, then won again in 1988. She lives in Costa Rica.
Frieda Zamba was the youngest female to win a pro tour contest and the ...
(born 1965), American surfer
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GNL Zamba (born 1986), Ugandan hip hop artist
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