Notable Natives and Residents
See also category: People from Gaborone- Alec Campbell, archaeologist and museum curator
- Kgosi Gaborone, Motswana chief, after whom the city is named
- Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe and Miss Universe Botswana 1999
- Sumaiyah Marope, Miss Botswana 2009
- Matsieng, a Setswana traditional music group, formed in Gaborone
- Thamsanga Mnyele, member of the African National Congress and artist
- Dirang Moloi, member of the Botswana national football team
- Joel Mogorosi, football player
- Vernon Nkadimeng, member of the African National Congress, killed in Gaborone by the apartheid police
- Abednico Powell, football player
- Dipsy Selolwane, football player
- Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Gaborone, Botswana since 1981
- Alister Walker, squash player
- Emma Wareus, first runner-up to Miss World 2010
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