Kamau
Kamau is part of the name of the following people, which goes back to the Kenyan people of the Kikuyu:
Kamau as the first name:
- Kamau Daaood , poet
- Kamau Muata Adilifu (* 1944), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Kamau Peterson (born 1978), American football player
- Kamau wa Ngengi (1893–1978), as Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya
Kamau as middle name:
- David Kamau Ng'ang'a (* 1955), auxiliary bishop in Nairobi (Kenya)
- Edward Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020), Barbadian writer
- George Kamau Muhoho (* 1938), General Director of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)
- Gibson Kamau Kuria (* 1947), Kenyan laureate of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award 1988
- Johnstone Kamau Ngengi, maiden name of Jomo Kenyatta , Kenya's first president
- Oscar Kamau Kingara († 2009), Kenyan civil rights activist
- Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (1986–2011), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic marathon champion
Kamau as the last name:
- Kwadwo Agymah Kamau , Barbadian novelist
- Ian Kamau , Canadian rap musician and artist from Toronto
- John Ngugi Kamau (* 1962), former Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic champion
- Joseph Kamau , Kenyan long distance runner
- Muiruri Kamau (* 1973), writer
- Patrick Kamau , Kenyan long distance runner
- Peter Kamau , drummer and percussionist
- Thomas Migwi Kamau (* 1978), Kenyan marathon runner
Kamau as a stage name:
- Kamau (musician) (* 1976), Brazilian rapper, mathematician and professional skateboarder
Kamau as a geographical name:
- Kamau Taurua is the Māori name of the largest island in New Zealand's Otago Harbor
See also:
- Kamau, der Afrikaner , GDR youth book (1962) by Götz R. Richter
