Notable People
- Hasheem Thabeet – Oklahoma City Thunder basketball center
- Harieth Paul – fashion model
- Marin Hinkle – actress, Two and a Half Men television show
- Nairn McEwan – Scotland rugby union player and second national coach was born in Dar es Salaam.
- Roald Dahl – famous writer, lived and fought in Dar es Salaam (World War II) for five years.
- David Adjaye – London-based architect, born in Dar es Salaam in 1966.
- Rachel Luttrell – actress, Stargate Atlantis, born in Dar es Salaam in 1971.
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