The Most Famous
CELEBRITIES from Botswana
This page contains a list of the greatest Motswana Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 265 Celebrities, 1 of which were born in Botswana. This makes Botswana the birth place of the 52nd most number of Celebrities behind Iceland, and Slovakia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Motswana Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Motswana Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mpule Kwelagobe (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 36.28, Mpule Kwelagobe is the most famous Motswana Celebrity. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (born 14 November 1979) is a Motswana investor, businesswoman, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1999. She was the first black African woman to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the first woman from Botswana to win, and the first from a nation making their debut in nearly four decades. Kwelagobe had previously been crowned Miss Botswana 1997 and Miss Universe Botswana 1999, and competed in Miss World 1997. Kwelagobe has been recognized as a human health rights activist, especially for her fight against HIV/AIDS and advocacy for youth and women to have greater access to sexual reproductive education and services. She is the co-founder of QuesS Capital LLC, a private equity firm with investments in financial services, renewable energy and agriculture in Africa and South Asia.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Motswana celebrities born between 1979 and 1979. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Motswana celebrities include Mpule Kwelagobe.
