1890 - 1979

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• Chief BabyanaNdebele Chief and King Lobengula's trusted Induna Babyana was one of King Lobengula induna's who seconded the King when he travelled to London, United Kingdom in the company of Johannes Colenbrander a...1890 - 197917 November 2016
• Aston ChichesterFirst Archbishop Of Salisbury and Chishawasha Seminary Founder Aston Ignatius Chichester joined the Jesuits in 1913 and became a school teacher at Jesuit schools in England. In 1929 he travelled to So...1890 - 197917 November 2016
• John ChancellorFirst British Governor of Southern Rhodesia John Chancellor trained at the Royal Military Academy and joined the Royal Engineers in 1890 after which he served in Egypt and India. He became Governor of...1890 - 197917 November 2016
• George CawstonBritish South Africa Company Founder Member George Cawston was a stockbroker and barrister millionaire in his day who made his fortune by being a founding member and director of the British South Afri...1890 - 197917 November 2016
• David CarnegieMissionary, Interpreter and Author Reverend Carnegie emigrated to South Africa as a missionary for the London Mission Society. Later he worked at Hope Fountain with Reverend C.D Helm, he served as cha...1890 - 197917 November 2016
• Quintin BrandCo-Pilot of the first aeroplane to land in Zimbabwe Brand qualified as a pilot in 1916 and joined the Royal Flying Corps after serving in the South African airforce. He served in the First World War w...1890 - 197914 November 2016
• Borrow Henry JohnPioneer and Former Proprietor of the Borrowdale Estate Henry Borrow emigrated to farm in South Africa in 1882, while there he joined the 2nd Mounted Rifles (Carringtons Horse) and traveled to Bechuana...1890 - 197914 November 2016
• Alexander BoogiePioneer Prospector Alexander Boogie arrived in South Africa in 1883 and worked on the Rand for a while. In 1888 he travelled to Matabeleland with a Mr J Cooper-Chadwick to negotiate for a mining conce...1890 - 197914 November 2016
• Otto BeitBusinessman and Otto Beitbridge Chirundu namey Otto Beit was younger brother to Alfred Beit. Born in Harmburg Germany 7 December 1865 he travelled in 1890 to South Africa where he lived and worked on....1890 - 197914 November 2016
• Thomas Oliver Beattie (Rev)First Scout Master Thomas Beattie was an Anglican vicar. He arrived in Rhodesia in 1910 from London. He worked in Bulawayo and while there he founded the 1st scout troop only 2 years after Baden–Powel...1890 - 197913 November 2016
• Robert BealPioneer Column Soldier Robert Beal was a pioneer column soldier. Born in Durham, England on 29 March 1859 he travelled to Africa and served in Bechuanaland with the Warren expedition and joined ‘ B ‘....1890 - 197913 November 2016
• Thomas Hugh BeadleLawyer, Politician and Chief Justice of Rhodesia 1961-77 Thomas Beadle was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia on the 6th of February 1905. He did his early education in the country and later went to...1890 - 197913 November 2016
• Evelyn BaringGovernor of Southern Rhodesia (1942-1944) Evelyn Baring was born in London on the 29th September 1903 and received his education in Winchester and later at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. In....1890 - 197913 November 2016
• Francis Richard Townley BalfourAnglican Chaplain to Pioneer Column Balfour was born on the 21st June 1846 in the United Kingdom and received his education at Harrow and later Cambridge University. In 1890 he was attached by the Bri...1890 - 197913 November 2016
• Noel BrettelNoel Brettel was born in 1908 in England, United Kingdom. He received the PEN award twice and is greatly regarded to have been one of the leading poets of the Rhodesian colonial period, after Arthur S...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• John Lionel BlakistonJohn Blakiston was born in Sussex, England on 24 June 1867. He was educated at Tonridge and Kings College in the United Kingdom. He traveled to South America in 1890 and in 1893 to South Africa. While...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Dyson BlairScientist Dyson Blair was born in 1907 in Fiji. He trained and qualified as a medical doctor in Edinburg, Scotland . Dr Blair was in 1931 appointed as the Government of Rhodesia medical officer. He so...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Henry BirchenoughBritish South Africa Company Director, English Businessman and Public Servant Sir Henry Birchenough was born in England, in the United Kingdom on 7 March 1853. He was educated at the University of Oxf...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Marshall BaronMarshall Baron was born on August 3 1934 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. He received his high school education in Zimbabwe and later moved to Cape Town in South Africa to study law. He excelled in three fields...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Mark BarthelemyMark Barthelemy was born on 16 January 1857 in France. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1874 and came to South Africa in 1886. He arrived in Fort Victoria in 1892 and was later asked to begin a schoo...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-PowellRobert Baden-Powell was born the son of a professor at Oxford, he was educated at Charter House and in 1876 joined the army and served in India. In 1884 he visited Natal, and returned to Europe . He r...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• George ArnoldGeorge Arnold at the age of 30, on 11 November 1911, took up the appointment as Curator of the newly built Rhodesia Museum in Eighth Avenue, Bulawayo. He continued to serve the museum as Curator, Dire...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Walter AlexanderWalter trained and qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at Bute Medical Building (part of St Andrews University) in 1919 and emigrated to S Africa. He arrived in Southern Rhodesia in 1925 as the Chief Me...1890 - 197914 October 2016
• Alderson EdwinAlderson joined the British army in 1876, he left Britain for Natal in South Africa in 1881 and later served several years in Egypt. He served in the first Anglo- Boer war in 1881. In 1896 as a Lieute...1890 - 197914 October 2016