This is a list of notable Tumbuka people, a Bantu people of Southern Africa.

Sports

• Mwayi Kumwenda (Malawian best female international netball player)
• Bridget Kumwenda (female netball player)
• Chiukepo Msowoya (Malawian footballer)
• Robert Ng'ambi (former Malawian footballer)
• Tamika Mkandawire (former professional footballer)
• Loreen Ngwira (netball player)
• Towera Vinkhumbo (netball player)

Politicians

• Chakufwa Chihana (human rights activist, pro-democracy advocate, trade unionist and politician)
• Rose Chibambo (Malawian prominent female politician)

• Dindi Gowa Nyasulu ( engineer, politician and former head of AFORD)
• Rodwell Munyenyembe (politician and former Speaker of the National Assembly)

Religious leaders

• Sheperd Bushiri (prophet and businessman)

Ministers

• Goodall Gondwe (economist and former Minister of Finance of Malawi)
• Agnes Nyalonje (Minister of Education of Malawi)