Jean-Kasongo Banza (born 1974), retired professional football player from the DR Congo
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Alexandre Banza (1932–1969), Central African military officer and politician
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M'banza-Kongo, formerly known as São Salvador, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
Pope John Paul II visited the site during his tour of Angola in 1992.
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During the reign of Afonso I, stone buildings were added, including a palace and several churches.
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Another interesting site of historical significance is the memorial to King Afonso I's mother near the airport, which commemorates a popular legend that began in the 1680s that the king had buried his mother alive because she was not willing to give up an "idol" which she wore around her neck.
Portuguese news agency Lusa said the aircraft had taken off from the Angolan capital, Luanda, and was trying to land at M'banza-Kongo in the province of Zaire, which is in northern Angola near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As commander of the Camp Kassaï military base in 1965, Banza helped Jean-Bédel Bokassa overthrow the government of President David Dacko.
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the military ruler of the Central African Republic in the 1960s and 1970s, sent the family of Alexandre Banza to Birao after Banza attempted to overthrow him.
Both brothers attended the Jesuit college at São Salvador (modern M'banza-Kongo) soon after it was opened in 1620 where they studied with the Jesuit priest João de Paiva.
As Pedro IV had recently re-established himself as the King of Kongo by conquering São Salvador, João declined to recognise him and continued his claim to the kingdom and decided to march his armies down to face King Pedro.
The Manikongo's seat of power was M'banza-Kongo, (also São Salvador in 1570–1975) the present-day capital of Zaire Province in Angola, from where he would appoint governors for the provinces in the Kingdom and receive tribute from neighbouring subjects.
This line would start at downtown Luanda and reach the Congo mouth at Soyo and then Cabinda via a wide Eastward curve passing via Caxito, Ucua, Quibaxe, Dange, Uíge, Songo, Lucunga, Madimba, Zaire, M'banza-Kongo, Quiende, Lufico to Soyo.
Seke-Banza Territory is an administrative area in the Bas-Fleuve District, Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the north of the city of Matadi.