Famous Residents
- Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara), lead vocalist of British band Queen, was born in Stone Town.
- Ali Muhsin al-Barwani, first foreign minister of independent Zanzibar
- David Livingstone, explorer, missionary and colonialist.
- Tippu Tip, slave trader
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervour and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?”
—Christopher Hampton (b. 1946)
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)