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text: Below is a list of the winners of the top prize for each international versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. This list contains 215 winners.

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Edition
Winner
Broadcast date
Notes
Top prize

 Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Khaled al Mulla[1]
000000002001-11-21-0000November 21, 2001

1,000,000 Saudi Riyal

 Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Mohammad Tanirah[2]
000000002002-03-15-0000March 15, 2002

1,000,000 Saudi Riyal

 Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Sidi Ahmed Weld Ali[3]
000000002003-01-02-0000January 2, 2003

1,000,000 Saudi Riyal

 Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon
Kenaan Matar[4]
000000002007-05-15-0000May 15, 2007

2,000,000 Saudi Riyal

 Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Mohammad Abdelwahab Hamzeh[5]
000000002010-03-23-0000March 23, 2010
First SR1,000,000 winner in the new season First winner of the 12-question format.
1,000,000 Saudi Riyal

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Rob "Coach" Fulton[6]
000000002005-10-17-0000October 17, 2005
First winner in Australia after six and a half years.
A$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Martin Flood[6]
000000002005-11-14-0000November 14, 2005
Allegations of cheating marred his top prize win, but he was cleared. Also the last winner of the original Australian version.
A$1,000,000

 Millionaire Hot Seat
Edwin Daly[7]
000000002016-08-29-0000August 29, 2016
Fifth Winner in the Hot Seat Format. First Australian winner after almost 11 years.
A$1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Anton Sutterlüty[8]
000000002001-02-19-0000February 19, 2001

öS 10,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Christiane de Piero[9]
000000002002-11-11-0000November 11, 2002

€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Sigrid Weiß-Lutz[10]
000000002003-05-09-0000May 9, 2003

€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Monica Weinzettl[11][12]
000000002003-10-18-0000October 18, 2003
Promi-Ausgabe #7. Donated the prize to St. Stephen's Cathedral
€50,000

 Die Millionenshow
Karin Huber[13]
000000002003-11-03-0000November 3, 2003

€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Elfriede ("El") Awadalla[14]
000000002005-03-14-0000March 14, 2005

€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Heide Gondek[15]
000000002006-09-18-0000September 18, 2006

€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Philip Aschner[16]
000000002007-10-20-0000October 20, 2007
Junior-Special
€100,000

 Die Millionenshow
Marion Eidenhammer[17]
000000002008-06-28-0000June 28, 2008
Junior-Special
€100,000

 Die Millionenshow
Stefan Schwaiger[18]
000000002009-05-23-0000May 23, 2009
Junior-Special
€100,000

 Die Millionenshow
Andreas Goldberger and Nina Hartmann[19]
000000002011-10-24-0000October 24, 2011
Promi-Ausgabe #23.
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Thomas Geierspichler and Günther Matzinger[20]
000000002012-10-22-0000October 22, 2012
Promi-Ausgabe #27. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Andrea Spatzek[21]
000000002012-11-26-0000November 26, 2012
Promi-Ausgabe #28. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Sonya Kraus[22]
000000002013-05-13-0000May 13, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #30. Prize donated to Life Ball
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Peter Stöger and Ulrike Kriegler[23]
000000002013-10-21-0000October 21, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #31. Prize donated to Austrian Sports Aid
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Stephan Eberharter[24]
000000002013-12-02-0000December 2, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #32. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Mathias Stockinger[25]
000000002013-12-09-0000December 9, 2013
First non-celebrity winner after 7 years
€1,000,000

 Die Millionenshow
Kristina Sprenger[26]
000000002014-02-10-0000February 10, 2014
Promi-Ausgabe #33. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Angelika Kirchschlager[27]
000000002015-02-02-0000February 2, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #37. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Julia Cencig[28]
000000002015-02-02-0000February 2, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #37. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Die Millionenshow
Dietrich Siegl[29]
000000002015-11-23-0000November 23, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #40. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000

 Qui sera millionnaire? (French Version)
Katia Savignano[30][31]
000000002001-06-04-0000June 4, 2001

BEF 10,000,000

 Wie wordt multimiljonair? (Dutch Version)
Ingrid Vervaeck[32]
000000002000-10-10-0000October 10, 2000

BEF 20,000,000

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Gonzalo Miranda[33][34]
000000002002-09-09-0000September 9, 2002
First and also last winner.
100,000,000 Chilean Pesos

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Juan Dario Jaramillo Sánchez[35][36][37]
000000002002-10-28-0000October 28, 2002
First child winner on Colombian Millionaire
210,000,000 Colombian Pesos

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Enrique Carlos Castillo[38]
000000002006-10-30-0000October 30, 2006

210,000,000 Colombian Pesos

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
David Huertas[39]
000000002011-10-29-0000October 29, 2011

300,000,000 Colombian Pesos

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Willy Pérez[40][41]
000000002010-06-29-0000June 29, 2010
Winner of special 2010 World Cup edition. First and also last winner.
25,000,000 colón

 Tko želi biti milijunaš?
Mira Bićanić[42][43]
000000002003-06-14-0000June 14, 2003
First and also last winner.
1,000,000 kuna

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Brøndum Laursen[44]
000000002001-10-08-0000October 8, 2001
First winner in the Danish version
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[45]
000000002002-09-16-0000September 16, 2002
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to DCA
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko[46]
000000002004-01-01-0000January 1, 2004
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to AIDS Foundation
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand[47]
000000002005-03-21-0000March 21, 2005
Winners in Special edition "Me and my best"
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder[48]
000000002005-10-03-0000October 3, 2005
Donated half the prize to a school organization
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Peter Kierkegaard, Helle Knudsen and Alexander Cortes[49][50]
000000002007-10-15-0000October 15, 2007
Junior edition #1
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Julie, Ulrik and Sia[51]
000000002007-11-24-0000November 24, 2007
Junior edition #2
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel[52]
000000002008-03-15-0000March 15, 2008
Junior edition #3
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Simon Ron Dalsgaard, Emil Aleksej Belinson and Marcus Heinrich Abrahamsen[53]
000000002008-05-09-0000May 9, 2008
Junior edition #4
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik[54]
000000002010-10-11-0000October 11, 2010
Winners in celebrity edition. Prize donated to Peres Center for Peace
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen[55]
000000002012-03-12-0000March 12, 2012

1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer[56]
000000002012-10-22-0000October 22, 2012
Winners in celebrity edition. Prize donated to Breast Cancer Society
2,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Bjarke Refslund and Thure Kjær[57]
000000002013-04-19-0000April 19, 2013
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Morten Resen and Ellen Nybo[58]
000000002013-09-30-0000September 30, 2013
Winners in 25th channel anniversary.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[59]
000000002013-10-28-0000October 28, 2013
Winners in charity edition. Prize fonated to DCA, and they became second millionaires after 16 September 2002.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Daniel Paske and Jasmin Sharzad[60]
000000002015-03-03-0000March 3, 2015
Winners in Dating edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Pilmark and Henrik Koefoed[61]
000000002016-03-06-0000March 6, 2016
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 Hvem vil være millionær?
Tommy Kenter and Lise Baastrup[62]
000000002016-05-08-0000May 8, 2016
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Maria Fernanda Compte[63]
000000002002-11-24-0000November 24, 2002
First and also last winner.
US$25,000

 Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Frédéric Grégoire[64]
000000002000-09-30-0000September 30, 2000
First winner.
4,000,000 French Franc

 Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Louis[65]
000000002000-11-04-0000November 4, 2000
Second winner.
4,000,000 French Franc

 Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Marie Friedel[66]
000000002004-08-27-0000August 27, 2004
Third and last winner.
€1,000,000

 Vis Unda 20000?
Manana Maisuradze[67]
000000002002-01-01-00002002

20,000 Lari

 Vis Unda 20000?
Garry Kasparov and Daria Tarasova[68]
000000002011-02-22-0000February 22, 2011
First celebrity winners. Episode was in Russian with Georgian subtitles.
20,000 Lari

 Wer wird Millionär?
Eckhard Freise[69]
000000002000-12-02-0000December 2, 2000

DM 1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Marlene Grabherr[70]
000000002001-05-20-0000May 20, 2001

DM 1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Gerhard Krammer[71]
000000002002-10-18-0000October 18, 2002

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Dr. Maria Elisabeth Wienströer[72]
000000002004-03-29-0000March 29, 2004

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Stefan Lang[73]
000000002006-10-09-0000October 9, 2006

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Timur Hahn[74]
000000002007-01-08-0000January 8, 2007

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Oliver Pocher[75]
000000002008-05-30-0000May 30, 2008
Promi-Special #16
€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Thomas Gottschalk[76]
000000002008-11-20-0000November 20, 2008
Promi-Special #17
€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Ralf Schnoor[77]
000000002010-11-26-0000November 26, 2010

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Barbara Schöneberger[78]
000000002011-05-30-0000May 30, 2011
Promi-Special #22
€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Sebastian Langrock[79]
000000002013-03-11-0000March 11, 2013

€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Thorsten Fischer[80]
000000002014-10-17-0000October 17, 2014
15-year anniversary special episode
€1,000,000

 Wer wird Millionär?
Nadja Sidikjar[81]
000000002015-11-13-0000November 13, 2015
First winner of Jackpot-Special #2
€1,538,450

 Wer wird Millionär?
Leon Windscheid[82]
000000002015-12-07-0000December 7, 2015

€1,000,000

 Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos
Giorgios Georgopoulos[83]
000000002001-10-02-0000October 2, 2001
First winner.
₯ 50,000,000

 Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos
Stelios Stergiou[83]
000000002003-11-21-0000November 21, 2003
Second and last winner.
€150,000

 Baak Maan Fu Yung
James Wong and Petrina Fung[84]
000000002001-07-15-0000July 15, 2001
Celebrity charity special
HK$1,000,000

 Baak Maan Fu Yung
Stephen Chow and Lee Man[85][86]
000000002001-08-20-0000August 20, 2001
Shaolin Soccer charity special
HK$1,000,000

 Baak Maan Fu Yung
Chan Hon-cheung "Christ"[87]
000000002001-11-02-0000November 2, 2001
First of the two non-celebrity winners in Hong Kong
HK$1,000,000

 Baak Maan Fu Yung
Cheng Tak-cheung[88]
000000002003-02-07-0000February 7, 2003
Million dollar tournament. Last of the four winners of the Hong Kong version.
HK$1,000,000

 Legyen Ön is milliomos!
Gábor Cserey[89]
000000002006-03-23-0000March 23, 2006
First and last winner
40,000,000 Ft

 Viltu vinna milljón?
Sveinn Valgeirsson[90]
000000002002-03-24-0000March 24, 2002
First Winner.
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona

 Viltu vinna milljón?
Paolo Turchi[91]
000000002003-03-30-0000March 30, 2003
Second Winner.
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona

 Viltu vinna milljón?
Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson and Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson[92]
000000002004-04-11-0000April 11, 2004
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to Childhood Cancer Support Association "SKB"
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Harshvardhan Navathe[93][94][95][96]
000000002000-09-18-0000September 18, 2000

10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Vijay Raul and Arundhati[97]
000000002001-05-02-0000May 2, 2001
Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Patni
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Ravi Mohan Saini[98][99][100]
000000002001-07-08-0000July 8, 2001
Winner of KBC Junior
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Sushil Kumar[101]
000000002011-11-02-0000November 2, 2011
First winner of the 13-question format. And fourth winner after 10 years.
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Sanmjeet Kaur Sahani[102]
000000002013-01-12-0000January 12, 2013
Second and last winner of the 13-question format.
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)

 Kaun Banega Crorepati
Achin and Sarthak Narula[103][104]
000000002014-10-09-0000October 9, 2014
Highest Asian top prize in Millionaire franchise to date. First winners of the 14-question format and last winners of 14-question format.
70,000,000 Rs. (7 crore)

 Kannadada Kotyadhipati
Hussain Basha[105]
000000002013-04-29-0000April 29, 2013

10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
Sanooja Rajan[106][107]
000000002013-05-01-0000May 1, 2013

10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati
Mahadev Jadhav and Anita Jadhav[108]
000000002014-03-17-0000March 17, 2014

10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao[109]
000000002011-07-08-0000July 8, 2011
Celebrity edition
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Ke Bani Crorepati
Rajesh Singh[110]
000000002011-07-27-0000July 27, 2011

10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)

 Mi Rotseh Lehiot Mylyoner?
Izhar Nevo[111][112]
000000002000-08-07-0000August 7, 2000
Only winner of the Israeli version. First winner from a country located in the Middle East.
1,000,000 ₪

 Chi vuol essere miliardario?
Francesca Cinelli[113]
000000002001-03-18-0000March 18, 2001
First winner.
₤ 1,000,000,000

 Chi vuol essere milionario?
Davide Pavesi[114]
000000002004-10-17-0000October 17, 2004
Second winner.
€1,000,000

 Chi vuol essere milionario?
Michela De Paoli[115][116][117]
000000002011-01-27-0000January 27, 2011
Third and last winner. She used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million euro.
€1,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Yasuyuki Kunimitsu[118]
000000002000-07-27-0000July 27, 2000
First ever Asian Millionaire top prize winner
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Yoshiaki Nagata[citation needed]
000000002000-08-10-0000August 10, 2000

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Naoko Imao[citation needed]
000000002000-11-02-0000November 2, 2000

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Hiroshi Hase[citation needed]
000000002000-11-23-0000November 23, 2000
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuyuki Nose[119]
000000002001-02-15-0000February 15, 2001

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kotaro Kobayashi[citation needed]
000000002001-09-06-0000September 6, 2001
Kids Edition
¥1,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Katsuhiro Minamigawa[citation needed]
000000002001-09-06-0000September 6, 2001
Kids Edition
¥1,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Hitomi Sakamoto[citation needed]
000000002001-12-13-0000December 13, 2001

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Akishi Kikuchi[citation needed]
000000002002-06-27-0000June 27, 2002

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Michiko Eguchi[120]
000000002002-08-01-0000August 1, 2002

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Naomi Osada[citation needed]
000000002002-11-14-0000November 14, 2002

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Shoko Mishima[121]
000000002003-05-08-0000May 8, 2003

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Sayu Tanabashi[citation needed]
000000002003-09-04-0000September 4, 2003
Kids Edition
¥500,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Natsumi Kataoka[citation needed]
000000002003-09-04-0000September 4, 2003
Kids Edition
¥500,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Daichi Suzuki[citation needed]
000000002003-09-18-0000September 18, 2003

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Tsuyoshi Shinjo[122]
000000002004-01-02-0000January 2, 2004
Professional baseball player
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Jo Kihara[citation needed]
000000002004-08-26-0000August 26, 2004
Kids Edition
¥500,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Takafumi Horie[123]
000000002004-12-30-0000December 30, 2004
Former CEO of Livedoor
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuko Hosoki[citation needed]
000000002004-12-30-0000December 30, 2004

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Masaaki Sakai[citation needed]
000000002005-04-07-0000April 7, 2005

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Yasuo Tanaka[124]
000000002005-04-07-0000April 7, 2005
Author and governor of Nagano Prefecture
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kikuchi Tomohisa[citation needed]
000000002005-04-28-0000April 28, 2005

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Masahiko Hamada[citation needed]
000000002005-05-26-0000May 26, 2005

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima[citation needed]
000000002005-05-26-0000May 26, 2005
Pair players (mother and daughter)
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kotaro Koizumi[citation needed]
000000002006-01-02-0000January 2, 2006
Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Yūko Asano[citation needed]
000000002006-03-23-0000March 23, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Junko Nozoe[citation needed]
000000002006-06-29-0000June 29, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Keiko Ohi[citation needed]
000000002006-07-27-0000July 27, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Dai Tamesue[citation needed]
000000002006-09-14-0000September 14, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Bandō Mitsugorō X[citation needed]
000000002006-10-05-0000October 5, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Dewi Sukarno[125]
000000002006-10-26-0000October 26, 2006

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Misako Konno[citation needed]
000000002007-02-15-0000February 15, 2007

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Shōsuke Tanihara[citation needed]
000000002007-07-05-0000July 5, 2007

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Sumiko Fuji[citation needed]
000000002008-03-27-0000March 27, 2008

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuo Tokumitsu[citation needed]
000000002008-03-27-0000March 27, 2008

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Takeshi Kitano[126]
000000002009-01-30-0000January 30, 2009
Only person to answer the final question incorrectly once, and later return and win the top prize.
¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Hikari Ota[127]
000000002009-04-01-0000April 1, 2009

¥10,000,000

 Quiz $ Millionaire
Mana Ashida[128]
000000002013-01-02-0000January 2, 2013
Celebrity Kids Edition. Youngest top-prize winner (at the time of recording) in the Millionaire franchise worldwide. (8 years and 6 months old)
¥1,000,000

 Kto vozmyot million
Saule Akhmetova[129][130]
000000002002-04-11-0000April 11, 2002
First woman who won 5,000,000 Tenge
5,000,000 Tenge

 Kto vozmyot million
Irina Stalnaya[131]
000000002003-07-24-0000July 24, 2003
Second woman who won 5,000,000 Tenge and also last winner.
5,000,000 Tenge

 Gribi būt miljonārs?
Elita Rumpe[132][133]
000000002002-12-18-0000December 18, 2002

10,000 Latvian Lats

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Lucía Sánchez[134][135]
000000002010-04-22-0000April 22, 2010
First winner on new format.
3,000,000 Mexican Pesos

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Rafael Lira[citation needed]
000000002012-04-21-0000April 21, 2012
Second and last winner of new format.
1,500,000 Mexican Pesos

 Lotto Weekend Miljonairs
Hans Peters[136]
000000002001-01-06-0000January 6, 2001
First and also last winner.
NLG 1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Chimuanya "Aroma" Ufodike[137]
000000002009-09-11-0000September 11, 2009
First and also last winner.
₦10,000,000

 Vil du bli millionær?
Anne Louise Lien and Hans Erik Borgenvik[138]
000000002003-03-10-0000March 10, 2003
First winners in Norway.
2,000,000 Norwegian Krone

 Vil du bli millionær?
Bjørn Lien[139]
000000002010-01-19-0000January 19, 2010
First winner in the Hot Seat format. And second last winner after 6.5 years.
1,000,000 Norwegian Krone

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Sharon Cuneta[140]
000000002010-01-09-0000January 9, 2010
Celebrity contestant who made a second appearance in the franchise. Won P1,000,000 (14th question) during her first appearance on December 25, 2001.
2,000,000 Philippine Pesos

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Karl Jonathan Aguilar[141]
000000002011-09-18-0000September 18, 2011

2,000,000 Philippine Pesos

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Eduardo Gaeilo Pajinag, Jr.[142]
000000002013-10-20-0000October 20, 2013
First winner under Risk format outside Germany.
2,000,000 Philippine Pesos

 Milionerzy
Krzysztof Wójcik[143]
000000002010-03-28-0000March 28, 2010
Second and last winner of the 12-question format. First and only (so far) winner after 11 years.
1,000,000 zł

 Quem quer ser milionário?
Renata Morgado[citation needed]
000000002000-05-01-0000May 2000
First female top-prize winner in the franchise. Also the first ever European and non-English-speaking Millionaire winner.
50,000,000 Portuguese escudos

 Quem quer ser milionário?
Ana Damásio[citation needed]
000000002000-09-01-0000September 2000
Second female top-prize winner in the franchise
50,000,000 Portuguese escudos

 Quem quer ser milionário?
José Fernandes[citation needed]
000000002001-04-01-0000April 2001

50,000,000 Portuguese escudos

 Quem quer ser milionário?
António Franco[144]
000000002003-12-29-0000December 29, 2003

€250,000

 Quem quer ser milionário?
José Maria Souto de Moura[145][146][147]
000000002014-02-07-0000February 7, 2014
First winner after 11 years and last winner.
€100,000

 Vrei să fii miliardar?
Mihai Popa[148]
000000002001-04-15-0000April 15, 2001

1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu

 Vrei să fii miliardar?
Tudor Hurezeanu[149]
000000002002-04-08-0000April 8, 2002

1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Igor Sazeyev[150]
000000002001-03-12-0000March 12, 2001
First winner in Russia
1,000,000 Rubles

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Irina Chudinovskih and Yury Chudinovskih[151]
000000002003-01-18-0000January 18, 2003
Couples version.
1,000,000 Rubles

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Svetlana Yaroslavtseva[152]
000000002006-02-19-0000February 19, 2006
First woman who won 3.000.000 Rubles. Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
3,000,000 Rubles

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Timur Budayev[153][154]
000000002010-04-17-0000April 17, 2010
First man who won 3.000.000 Rubles. Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
3,000,000 Rubles

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Bari Alibasov and Alexander "Danko" Fadeev[155][156]
000000002013-11-23-0000November 23, 2013
First celebrity winners in the Russian version with Risk format
3,000,000 Rubles

 Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Yulianna Karaulova and Timur Solovyov[157][158][159]
000000002017-12-02-0000December 2, 2017
Second celebrity winners in the Russian version with Risk format
3,000,000 Rubles

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Peter Lazar[160]
000000002001-10-01-0000October 2001

SIT 10,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Akim Kysselef[161]
000000002002-04-01-0000April 2002

SIT 10,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Matjaž Tanko[162]
000000002002-03-29-0000March 29, 2002

SIT 10,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Gorazd Škerbinek[163]
000000002002-11-01-0000November 2002

SIT 10,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Aleš Jankovič[164]
000000002003-03-30-0000March 30, 2003
Firefighters edition
SIT 10,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Jaro Leskovsek[165]
000000002004-05-16-0000May 16, 2004

SIT 15,000,000

 Lepo je biti milijonar
Viktor Niko[citation needed]
000000002005-07-01-0000July 2005

SIT 15,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
David Paterson[166]
000000002000-03-19-0000March 19, 2000
First winner outside the USA. And also last winner.
1,000,000 Rand

 ¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15
Enrique Chicote[167]
000000002000-05-21-0000May 21, 2000
Used the phone-a-friend lifeline to call his wife on the last question, letting her know that he'd won, and first winner on Spanish version.
₧ 50,000,000

 ¿Quién Quiere Ser El Millonario?
Paco Reverte[168]
000000002012-03-15-0000March 15, 2012
Fourth winner in the "Hot Seat" format. First winner in Spain in almost twelve years.
€100,000

 Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi (Sinhalese)
Apeksha Kumari[169]
000000002013-02-22-0000February 22, 2013
First winner
2,000,000 Sri Lankan Rupee

 Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi (Sinhalese)
Moksha Madusanka[170]
000000002017-07-02-0000July 2, 2017
Second and last winner after 4 years.
2,000,000 Sri Lankan Rupee

 Postkodmiljonären
Per Hörberg[171]
000000002006-02-17-0000February 17, 2006
First winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Torgny Segerstedt[172]
000000002008-03-01-0000March 1, 2008
Second winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Olle Laurell[173]
000000002009-12-04-0000December 4, 2009
Third winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Jan Sundström[174]
000000002010-12-17-0000December 17, 2010
Fourth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Mattias Östermann[175]
000000002012-03-02-0000March 2, 2012
Fitfh winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Lena Angviken[176]
000000002012-09-29-0000September 29, 2012
Sixth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Birgitta Hedström[177][178]
000000002014-04-11-0000April 11, 2014
Seventh winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Alexandra Pascalidou and Lena Ag[179]
000000002014-11-15-0000November 15, 2014
Celebrity Special #1. And also Eighth winners.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Postkodmiljonären
Ylva Orrmell[180]
000000002017-02-18-0000February 18, 2017
Ninth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona

 Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon
Sergey Karabinsky[181]
000000002003-06-06-0000June 6, 2003
First winner of the Ukrainian version.
1,000,000 Moldovan leu = 372,000 Hryvnia

 Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk[182][183]
000000002005-01-22-0000January 22, 2005
First celebrity contestant. Top prize donated to orphanages in Ukraine. Second winner after 1.5 years
1,000,000 Hryvnia

 Milyoner - Garyache Krislo
Nadezhda Beldiy[184]
000000002011-08-06-0000August 6, 2011
Third top winner in the hot seat format. First and also last winner after 6 years.
1,000,000 Hryvnia

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Judith Keppel[185]
000000002000-11-20-0000November 20, 2000
First winner in the original UK version.
£1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
David Edwards[186]
000000002001-04-21-0000April 21, 2001
First male winner in the UK.
£1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Robert Brydges[187]
000000002001-09-29-0000September 29, 2001
First contestant to win on the United Kingdom version since the Charles Ingram affair. He had one lifeline at the Million pound question.
£1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Pat Gibson[188]
000000002004-04-24-0000April 24, 2004
Had two out of three lifelines at the jackpot question.
£1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Ingram Wilcox[189]
000000002006-09-23-0000September 23, 2006
Last winner in the original UK version. Also the last contestant to face the final question under the 15-question format in the UK, and also the last contestant to win the top prize before the clock format was introduced on 3 August 2010.
£1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
John Carpenter[190]
000000001999-11-19-0000November 19, 1999
First ever top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. He did not use a lifeline until his fifteenth and final question, when he called his father to tell him he would win the million.
US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Dan Blonsky[190]
000000002000-01-18-0000January 18, 2000

US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Joe Trela[190]
000000002000-03-23-0000March 23, 2000

US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Bob House[190]
000000002000-06-13-0000June 13, 2000

US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kim Hunt[190]
000000002000-07-06-0000July 6, 2000

US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
David Goodman[190]
000000002000-07-11-0000July 11, 2000
First Millionaire winner since John Carpenter to go 14 straight questions without using a lifeline. He used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million.
US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kevin Olmstead[191]
000000002001-04-10-0000April 10, 2001
Biggest winner on the U.S. version, with a $2.18 million jackpot. He was the biggest top prize winner on a network television game show in U.S. history until Andrew Kravis overtook the record on September 19, 2013. Also the highest winning of Millionaire worldwide so far.
US$2,180,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Bernie Cullen[192]
000000002001-04-15-0000April 15, 2001
Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Ed Toutant[193]
000000002001-09-07-0000September 7, 2001
Originally ruled to have answered a $16,000 question incorrectly in January 2001 and left with $1,000. It was later discovered that there was a mistake in his $16,000 question and was invited back to play for the $1.86 million he originally was going for.
US$1,860,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kevin Smith[194]
000000002003-02-18-0000February 18, 2003
First male winner of the syndicated series.
US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Nancy Christy[195]
000000002003-05-09-0000May 9, 2003
First and so far only female top-prize winner in the United States.
US$1,000,000

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Sam Murray[196]
000000002009-11-20-0000November 20, 2009
Murray did not go all the way to a million the first time, winning $50,000; then returned to win the question in the "Million Dollar Tournament of Ten." He was also 8th seed in the tournament at the time of his winning. First and only millionaire of the clock format in the franchise.
US$1,000,000

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Giovanni Grosso[197]
000000002002-03-20-0000March 20, 2002
First ever top-prize winner in South America.
100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Antonio Ríos[198]
000000002002-05-22-0000May 22, 2002

100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Eugenio Vargas[197]
000000002004-12-22-0000December 22, 2004

100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Zulay Marcano[199]
000000002006-03-29-0000March 29, 2006

200,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Luis Olavarrieta[citation needed]
000000002008-12-31-0000December 31, 2008
Celebrity edition
200,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
María Alejandra Requena[citation needed]
000000002008-12-31-0000December 31, 2008
Celebrity edition
200,000 Venezuelan Bolívar

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Hildamar Parra and Alfonso Medina[citation needed]
000000002009-12-24-0000December 24, 2009
Celebrity edition
weekend trip to Margarita

 ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Carlos Felipe Alvarez and Nacarid Escalona[citation needed]
000000002009-12-24-0000December 24, 2009
Celebrity edition
weekend trip to Margarita

 Ai là triệu phú - Ghế nóng
Unknown Player[200][better source needed]
000000002011-05-24-0000May 24, 2011
Second top winner in the hot seat format.
₫120,000,000

 Ai là triệu phú
Phương Thanh[201]
000000002013-09-07-0000September 7, 2013
VTV's 43rd anniversary special. Rather than a monetary prize, Thanh was offered the opportunity to "work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day".
"work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day"

text: Stripped winnings

text: Some players had answered the top prize question correctly, but did not actually win the prize because of ineligibility, legal issues, or elimination from a contest.

text:
Edition
Name of player
Date
Notes

 Koi iska da stane bogat
Asen Kisimov[202]
000000002002-06-13-0000June 13, 2002
His daughter, Iskra Angelova, worked for Nova TV, which airs the show, a violation of the eligibility requirements, and was forced to return the prize money. Employees of the local broadcaster, production company or distributor, sponsors, and Sony (which owns the franchise) are not eligible to participate in the show. As Angelov is the only Bulgarian to answer the final question correctly, no one in this version actually won the top prize.

 เกมเศรษฐี
Lertlak Panchanawaporn[203][204]
000000002002-03-22-0000March 22, 2002
A computer error led the player to being fed all the right answers. The cable feeding the player the answers on the computer screen was supposed to be hooked up to the presenter's computer. The player had noticed that the right answers were constantly highlighted on her computer screen and won the million this way. The show's producers took the million away from the player, but she was allowed to play again, but won only 25,000 baht (answered five questions).

 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Charles Ingram
000000002003-04-21-0000April 21, 2003
He was accused of cheating by using different coughing patterns from fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock while playing the game. He was found guilty of fraud in the 2001 scandal and was stripped of his winnings. The episode was originally scheduled to air September 18, 2001 but did not actually air until April 21, 2003. Was part of the final original episode.


document_title: List of The Lion King characters

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text: List of The Lion King characters

text: Summary[edit]

text:
This table shows the principal characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film or TV series, or that the character's presence in the film or TV series has not yet been announced.
A S indicates the singing voice of the role.
A Y indicates a younger version of the role.
A YS indicates the singing voice for a younger version the role.
A C indicates a brief cameo appearance.

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text:
Character
Films
Television series

The Lion King
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
The Lion King 1½
The Lion Guard:
Return of the Roar
The Lion King
Timon & Pumbaa
The Lion Guard

1994
1998
2004
2015
2019
1995–98
2015–present

Simba
Matthew Broderick

Joseph WilliamsS

Jonathan Taylor ThomasY

Jason WeaverYS
Matthew Broderick

Cam ClarkeS
Matthew Broderick

Matt WeinbergY
Rob Lowe
Donald Glover

J.D. McCraryY
Cam Clarke
Rob Lowe

Nala
Moira Kelly

Sally DworskyS

Niketa CalameY

Laura WilliamsYS
Moira Kelly
Gabrielle Union
Beyoncé

Shahadi Wright JosephY

Gabrielle Union

Timon
Nathan Lane
Kevin Schon
Billy Eichner
Nathan Lane (1995)

Quinton Flynn (1995)

Kevin Schon
(1995–98)
Kevin Schon

Pumbaa
Ernie Sabella
Seth Rogen
Ernie Sabella

Mufasa
James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Gary Anthony Williams

Rafiki
Robert Guillaume
Khary Payton
John Kani
Robert Guillaume
Khary Payton

Zazu
Rowan Atkinson
Edward Hibbert
Jeff Bennett
John Oliver
Edward Hibbert
Jeff Bennett

Sarabi
Madge Sinclair

Alfre Woodard

Scar
Jeremy Irons
Jim CummingsC

Chiwetel Ejiofor

David Oyelowo

Shenzi
Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Florence Kasumba
Tress MacNeille

Banzai
Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin

Keegan-Michael Key[a]
Rob Paulsen

Ed
Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

Eric Andre[b]
Jim Cummings

Gopher
Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

Kiara

Neve Campbell

Liz CallawayS

Michelle HornY

Charity SanoyYS

Eden Riegel

Eden Riegel

Kovu

James Marsden

Gene MillerS

Ryan O'DonohueY

James Marsden

Nuka

Andy Dick

Andy Dick

Vitani

Jennifer Lien

Lacey ChabertY

Crysta MacalushYS

Lacey Chabert

Zira

Suzanne Pleshette

Nika Futterman

Ma

Julie Kavner

Uncle Max

Jerry Stiller

Kion

Max Charles

Max Charles

Bunga

Joshua Rush

Joshua Rush

Fuli

Diamond White

Diamond White

Beshte

Dusan Brown

Dusan Brown

Ono

Atticus Shaffer

Atticus Shaffer

Zuri

Madison Pettis

Madison Pettis

Tiifu

Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland

Janja

Andrew Kishino

Andrew Kishino

Cheezi

Vargus Mason

Vargus Mason

Chungu

Kevin Schon

Kevin Schon

Mzingo

Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis

Big Baboon

Ford Riley

Dee Bradley Baker

Laini

Meghan Strange

Meghan Strange

Quint

Corey Burton

Speedy the Snail

Corey Burton

Fred

S. Scott Bullock

Boss Beaver

Brad Garrett

Irwin

Charlie Adler

Toucan Dan

Jeff Bennett

Cheetata

Rob Paulsen

Cheetato

Jim Cummings

Smolder the Bear

Jim Cummings

The Three Natives

Jeff Bennett

Nne

Beau Black

Tano

Dee Bradley Baker

Jasiri

Maia Mitchell

Madoa

Maisie Klompus

Tunu

Crimson Hart

Wema

Fiona Hart

Makuu

Blair Underwood

Makini

Landry Bender

Basi

Kevin Michael Richardson

Mtoto

Jason Felbinger

Ma Tembo

Lynette Dupree

Kiburi

Common

Tamka

Nolan North

Reirei

Ana Gasteyer

Goigoi

Phil LaMarr

Dogo

Jacob Guenther

Ushari

Christian Slater

Makucha

Steven Blum

Badili

Jack McBrayer

Mapigano

Jorge Diaz

Mjomba

Charlie Adler

Ogopa

Marieve Herington

Haya

Ogie Banks

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Jump up ^ Banzai was renamed "Kamari" for the 2019 film, but is the same character.
Jump up ^ Ed was renamed "Azizi" for the 2019 film, but is the same character.

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text: Introduced in The Lion King (1994)[edit]

text: Simba[edit]

text: Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick in the films, Cam Clarke in Timon & Pumbaa,Rob Lowe in The Lion Guard, and Donald Glover in the 2019 remake) is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi. Simba grows up to take Mufasa's place as King of Pride Rock and becomes the father of Kiara and Kion.

text: Nala[edit]

text: Nala (voiced by Moira Kelly) is a childhood friend of Simba and the daughter of Sarafina. Although she is a prominent character in The Lion King, she makes minor appearances in The Lion King ll: Simba's Pride, The Lion King 1½, and The Lion Guard.

text: In the first film, she is portrayed as Simba's childhood friend. After helping Simba enter the elephant graveyard, she has to be rescued by Mufasa when the hyenas attack them. Several years later, Nala encounters Simba as a young adult and develops a romance with Simba after encountering him in the jungle. After returning to Pride Rock, she helps Simba defeat Scar and take his rightful place as King of Pride Rock. In Simba's Pride, Nala is depicted as slightly older, calmer and less overprotective than her mate.

text: Timon and Pumbaa[edit]

text: Timon and Pumbaa (voiced by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella in the films and TV series, respectively) are a meerkat and warthog duo. Although they are supporting characters in the first two films, they are featured as the main characters in The Lion King 1½ as well as in the Timon & Pumbaa TV series. In the first film they become friends with Simba and teach him the basics of life in the jungle. After helping Simba stop Scar's tyrannical reign, the two become Simba's royal advisors and adoptive uncles of the honey badger, Bunga.

text: Scar[edit]

text: Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons in The Lion King and Jim Cummings in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride) is the main antagonist of The Lion King franchise, Simba's nemesis and paternal uncle, Mufasa's rival and younger brother, the hyenas' former leader and boss, and Zira's mate. In The Lion King, he kills Mufasa and then tries to kill Simba and he becomes "King of the Pride Lands". However, years later, Simba returns to Pride Rock and, after learning of Scar's true colors, overthrows Scar to become King of the Pride Lands. The Lion Guard reveals that Scar was once the leader of the titular group and, like his great-nephew Kion, once possessed the Roar of the Elders. He lost the Roar of the Elders after using it to destroy the other members of the guard. In Season 2 of The Lion Guard, Scar appears as flames supporting the hyenas and other animals of the outlands.

text: Mufasa[edit]

text: Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones in the films and Gary Anthony Williams in The Lion Guard) is Scar's older brother, Sarabi's husband and Simba's father who is introduced as the King of the Pride Lands. The name "Mufasa" means "King" in the Manazoto language. In The Lion King, he teaches Simba on what a king is supposed to be. However, Mufasa is killed after being thrown into a wildebeest stampede by Scar. He returns as a ghostly apparition in the clouds to help Simba return to the Pride Lands and remember who he is as King.

text: According to Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, they knew that Jones' voice was powerful similar to the lion roar. Jones is scheduled to reprise his role in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the film directed by Jon Favreau.[1]

text: Sarabi[edit]

text: Sarabi (voiced by Madge Sinclair) is Mufasa's wife and Simba's mother. Her name means "mirage" in Swahili. In The Lion King, she serves as the Queen of Pride Rock. Years after Scar usurps the throne, Sarabi helps Simba fight against Scar and his hyenas. When Simba defeats Scar, Nala becomes Queen and Sarabi becomes Queen Mother.

text: Zazu[edit]

text: Zazu (voiced by Rowan Atkinson in The Lion King, Edward Hibbert in Timon & Pumbaa, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and The Lion King 1½, and Jeff Bennett in The Lion Guard) is a red-billed hornbill[2] and majordomo to Mufasa and later Simba. After Mufasa's death, Zazu becomes a prisoner of Scar before Pumbaa releases him when Simba returns to the Pride Lands. He eventually acts as a scout and advises Simba on royal protocol. In the musical, Zazu is a puppet controlled by an actor dressed in blue striped clothes and a bowler hat, much like a stereotypical butler. Zazu's blue feathers have been replaced with white and the puppet is partially constructed from parachute silk with a slinky contained in the neck for ease in movement.[3]

text: Rafiki[edit]

text: Rafiki (voiced by Robert Guillaume in the films and Timon & Pumbaa and Khary Payton in The Lion Guard), whose name means "friend" in Swahili, is a mandrill with an unnaturally long tail. He lives in a baobab tree in the Pride Lands and performs shamanistic services for the lions of Pride Rock.

text: In The Lion King, Rafiki is introduced in the opening scene when he travels to Pride Rock to perform newborn Simba's presentation ceremony. During the film, Rafiki sings a nonsense chant: "Asante sana, squash banana, wewe nugu, mimi hapana." This is a Swahili playground rhyme which translates to "Thank you very much (squash banana), you're a baboon and I'm not!" Like "hakuna matata" (no worries), the chant was heard by the filmmakers on their research trip to Kenya. Rafiki travels to the jungle where Simba lives with Timon and Pumbaa, and teaches him lessons about learning from the past. During the battle for Pride Rock, Rafiki saves Simba from a hyena. At the end of the film, Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub.

text: In the sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Rafiki is more closely involved with the affairs and politics of the prides and is often seen with the lions. Mufasa's spirit persuades him to bring Simba's daughter Kiara and Zira's son Kovu together as a way of uniting the prides. Rafiki tries to make them fall in love by singing to them about a place called "Upendi", which means "love" in Swahili. In the end, he blesses the union of Kovu and Kiara and Kovu is welcomed into the pride. Rafiki appears briefly in The Lion King 1½, teaching Timon the philosophy of "Hakuna Matata", talking to Timon's mother about her son, and later convincing Timon to follow Simba to Pride Rock to confront Scar.

text: In the musical, the character of Rafiki was significantly modified. Because director Julie Taymor felt that the story lacked a strong female character, Rafiki was changed into a female mandrill and sangoma. She acts as narrator throughout the story, at one point speaking to the audience in a click language for comic effect. She sings the opening song "Circle of Life", a keening song called "Rafiki Mourns" following Mufasa's death, and a brief part in Nala's song "Shadowland", when she blesses Nala for her journey to find help. Instead of detecting Simba's scent on dust, Rafiki hears Simba's song "Endless Night" on the wind. Rafiki finds Simba and shows him that his father lives on in him through the song "He Lives in You". She is present during the battle, fighting a hyena, and adorns Simba with the king's mantle after his victory. And the play ends with her at the presentation of Simba and Nala's newborn cub.

text: Rafiki makes occasional appearances in the Timon and Pumbaa TV series and has his own segments called "Rafiki Fables" in the same show. He appears briefly in the Pride Lands world of Kingdom Hearts II.

text: Rafiki serves as a recurring character in The Lion Guard, where he has an apprentice named Makini.

text: Shenzi, Banzai and Ed[edit]

text: Shenzi (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in the films and Tress MacNeille in Timon & Pumbaa and Kingdom Hearts II), Banzai (voiced by Cheech Marin in the films and Kingdom Hearts II and Rob Paulsen in Timon & Pumbaa) and Ed (voiced by Jim Cummings) are the three spotted hyenas who make up Scar's henchmen. After Scar promises them that they will have food, the hyenas trigger the wildebeest stampede and chase Simba out of Pride Rock. When Simba returns to Pride Rock, Shenzi and Banzai are defeated by Pumbaa. The three turn on Scar when the latter tries to blame them for Mufasa's death and the ruin of the Pride Lands, and eat him alive during a thunderstorm.

text: In the 2019 film Florence Kasumba has been cast as Shenzi, while Banzai and Ed have been renamed Kamari and Azizi and will be portrayed by Keegan-Michael Key and Eric Andre, respectively.

text: Gopher[edit]

text: Gopher (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a gopher who works for Zazu as an informant. In the film he is seen warning Zazu that the hyenas have invaded the Pride Lands. His scene is expanded in the 2003 special edition. He appears during the song The Morning Report and is spotted by Simba who tries to pounce him, but Gopher pops back inside the dirt. Gopher reappears, trying to get Mufasa's attention, but Simba notices him again, to which the gopher hides back in the dirt. For the third time, Gopher reappears near a small rock, and Simba notices him again to try to pounce him, Gopher disappears to which Simba hits his head on the rock.

text: The character is expanded in the television series. He acts as Zazu's primary lieutenant, even sharing Zazu's home within a large tree. He is seen reporting to Zazu on the movements of elephants. In one episode Gopher is (temporarily) given Zazu's job after Zazu makes an error while counting the animal population. Cummings reprises his role for these episodes.

text: Introduced in Timon & Pumbaa (1995–98)[edit]

text: Quint[edit]

text: Quint (voiced by Corey Burton) is Timon and Pumbaa's archenemy, a sneaky, muscular man with black hair, a pink nose, and a shaven face, and he has varying roles. His wears different clothes in each episode because of the different jobs he has, but he is often seen wearing a hat. He also has different first names that show what his jobs are (in which they all happen to start with C).

text: Quint is a con artist who tricks Timon into stealing a gold nugget Pumbaa found in the episode "Yukon Con", a criminal who stole a suitcase that has $1,290,000 in the episode "How to Beat the High Costa Rica", an evil clock inspector who wants to get revenge on a timekeeper in the episode "Swiss Missed", a French chef who wants to make Speedy the Snail an escargot in the episode "French Fried", etc. In the episode "The Pain in Spain", two Quints are seen together, which may prove that there is more than one of him.

text: In some episodes, Quint appears to be a respectable man with an honest job, but he still seems to annoy Timon and Pumbaa. Notably in Season 2, Quint's face appears to be clean-shaven, except in the episode "Klondike Con" when he becomes a gold thief. Also, in the episode "Escape From Newark", his nose is the same color as his body for the first time.

text: Speedy the Snail[edit]

text: Speedy (voiced by Corey Burton) is a talking grayish/bluish snail with a shiny red shell and a yellow fedora. Timon and Pumbaa plan to eat him at first, but his ability to speak and sing and his bon viveur, good-humored attitude gets him to become friends with them. Timon gives him the name "Speedy", because he thinks that it would be a brilliant incongruity. Speedy always finds himself in danger, such as becoming a French gourmet snail and an earring out of his shell, and it's always up for Timon and Pumbaa to save him.

text: In the episode "The Man from J.U.N.G.L.E.", Speedy is revealed to be a superhero called Super Duper Hero X after Timon and Pumbaa were captured by his nemesis Chromosome Quint. Every episode featuring Speedy end with Timon and Pumbaa saying bye to Speedy when they return him home, a seagull capturing Speedy, and then Timon and Pumbaa trying to save him once again. Speedy's voice was based on that of Bing Crosby. Speedy also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Washington Applesauce".

text: Fred[edit]

text: Fred (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) is a meerkat who is Timon's other best friend back at the meerkat colony. He is a practical joker, employing such gags as the hand buzzer, the squirting flower, and the whoopee cushion. He also loved Timon's hyena jokes. When Fred visits Timon and Pumbaa, he pulls more practical jokes on the duo, such as impersonating Timon's mother or impersonating a Billy Goat guard. Timon and Pumbaa, however, don't find Fred's jokes very funny and they often overpower him. Aside from pulling practical jokes, Fred enjoys doing all sorts of activities, such as playing Turtle Tennis and Fishing for Flamingos. He also mentions that he and Timon have always gone Bowling for Buzzards.

text: At the meerkat colony, Fred's duty was to guard the Duke Meerkat's castle, although on the day the Duke left the colony, he snuck away to get a snack and convinced Timon that it was now his chance to go on a date with Princess Tatiana. When the Duke banished Timon from the colony after a cobra kidnapped the princess, Fred's new duty was to guard the back gate, which indicates that he has been demoted for failing to protect the castle.

text: Fred appears in a total of four episodes: "Tanzania Zany", "Mombasa-In-Law", "Once Upon a Timon", and "Mind Over Matterhorn".

text: Boss Beaver[edit]

text: Boss Beaver (voiced by Brad Garrett) is an ill-tempered and cantankerous beaver with a white hard hat. His lifestyle is the exact opposite of Timon and Pumbaa's Hakuna Matata lifestyle: Boss Beaver likes to work while Timon and Pumbaa like to relax. He owns a lumber mill and an amusement park called "Boss Beaver's Log Land". Boss Beaver also has three mottos: "Makuta Hamaka", which means "work real hard", "safety first" and "you break it, you buy it."

text: Boss Beaver's favorite quote is "I am Boss Beaver and the reason they call me Boss Beaver is that I am your boss and I am a beaver. Therefore, I am Boss Beaver." In the episode "Amusement Bark", it is revealed that he has a mischievous son named Boy Beaver, who keeps breaking things at his amusement park and getting Timon blamed for it. Boss Beaver appears in a total of three episodes. He also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Washington Applesauce."

text: Irwin[edit]

text: Irwin (voiced by Charlie Adler) is a clumsy, accident-prone penguin with a green scarf and a brown hat. Timon and Pumbaa befriend him at a boat stop in Antarctica when they see that he has two extra tickets for the duo to get on the ship. When Irwin leaves his home with the duo, it is shown that he has obviously injured all of his penguin "friends", as they are all seen wearing bandages. Timon dislikes Irwin's clumsiness, and tries to get rid of him by tricking him into playing a game of Hide-and-Seek. Irwin accidentally causes the boat to sink and Timon and Pumbaa run into him on an island. Timon confronts the penguin and he tricks him into playing another game and Irwin accidentally causes the island to sink.

text: Irwin meets Timon and Pumbaa again at a Hakuna Matata Megamall. Due to his clumsiness, Timon and Pumbaa try to avoid him by hiding in various stores. Irwin appears in two episodes of the series: "Frantic Atlantic" and "Shopping Mauled."

text: Toucan Dan[edit]

text: Toucan Dan (Jeff Bennett) is a dangerously clever criminal mastermind lying toucan who wears a red fez. He is a convincing liar and impersonator and would also do anything to get someone in trouble. In his debut episode "I Don't Bolivia", he keeps tricking Timon into freeing him from his cage. Later in the episode, while Timon impersonates Toucan Dan in order to not be in trouble with the police, Toucan Dan impersonates Timon and this makes Pumbaa have to decide which one is the real Timon.

text: Toucan Dan makes his second and final appearance in the episode "Alcatraz Mataz". In that episode, he frames Timon and Pumbaa for stealing a train car full of beak polish and the police throw them in jail. Angry at Toucan Dan, Timon and Pumbaa escape to catch the toucan and make him tell the truth.

text: Rabbit[edit]

text: Rabbit (voiced by Charlie Adler) is a large and tall pink hare who appears to be very annoying, tiring. He made his debut in the episode "Mojave Desserted". In that episode, Timon and Pumbaa save his life when he was drowning in quicksand and he decides to repay the duo hand and foot. Annoyed by Rabbit, Timon and Pumbaa hatch a plan to put themselves in danger and have Rabbit save them and then leave them alone.

text: Rabbit makes his second and final appearance in the episode "Africa-Dabra!," this time appearing as an unsympathetic and ruthless magician. After Timon pulls him out of a hat, he teams up with the meerkat to become part of his magic act, telling him that he has been looking for a partner for years. When he gets annoyed by Pumbaa ruining the magic acts, he breaks up Timon and Pumbaa's friendship. When Pumbaa finds out that Timon would never truly said anything mean about him, he gets revenge on Rabbit by trapping him in a cage.

text: Vulture Police[edit]

text: The Vulture Police (voiced by Townsend Coleman and Brian Cummings) are recurring characters in the Timon & Pumbaa series. They appear in a total of six episodes. They make their first appearance in the episode "The Law of the Jungle," where they arrest Timon for using the Forbidden Stick to scratch his back and take him to a rhino judge who gives a number of test to see whether he's innocent or guilty. In the episode "Yosemite Remedy," Timon and Pumbaa go to the police after a criminal raccoon steals their suitcase full of valuables. When they handcuff the thief, he tells them that he didn't steal Timon and Pumbaa's suitcase, he found it. The police let him go but later arrest him again when they find out that he really stole the duo's suitcase.

text: In the episode "Alcatraz Mataz", the Vulture Police throw Timon and Pumbaa in jail after they were convinced by Toucan Dan that they stole the train car full of beak polish. After Timon and Pumbaa confront Toucan Dan, the police show up and realize that it was really Toucan Dan who stole the train car, so they arrest the toucan. However, they also throw Timon and Pumbaa back in jail since they escaped when they told them not to.

text: The Vulture Police make a brief appearance in the episode "Wide Awake in Wonderland," in the meerkat and warthog version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

text: Cheetata and Cheetato[edit]

text: Cheetata (voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Cheetato (voiced by Jim Cummings) are a pair of sophisticated twin cheetahs, reminiscent of Warner Bros' Goofy Gophers, speaking in British accents and using similar phrases ("Indubitably," "How very kind of you"). In order to tell them apart, not only do they have different voices, they also have different personalities: Cheetata appears to be more eager and aggressive while Cheetato seems more likely to think things through.

text: The cheetahs first appear in the episode "Cooked Goose", where they are annoyed by Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed getting in the way of their wildebeest hunt, so they try sending them on various wild goose chases. They also appear in "Gabon with the Wind," where they are convinced by Timon that he is going to catch Pumbaa for them, when he is actually going to find his friend so that they can both run away to safety.

text: In the episode "Boary Glory Days", Timon and Pumbaa use Cheetata and Cheetato to play a game of Predator Tag. While the cheetahs are chasing Timon and Pumbaa, the duo outsmarts the brothers by having them jump over a mud pool and fall into it.

text: The Three Natives[edit]

text: The Three Natives (voiced by Jeff Bennett) are a trio of tribes who are really university students. They have a leader (also voiced by Jeff Bennett) who is also a university student and who usually precedes what he says with "Bungala, bungala." The natives first appear in "Boara Boara". This episode shows that they used to have a warthog king of the island, which is unknown what might've happened to him. Therefore, the natives might have not seen their king in a really long time. When Timon and Pumbaa visit the island, the natives mistake Pumbaa for their long-lost king and they make Timon his servant. Everything goes well until they make Pumbaa relight the fire and realize that he's an impostor when they see that he is unable to do so.

text: The natives also appear in the episode "New Guinea Pig," where Pumbaa decides to trade his tusks to them, and "Beast of Eden", where they steal a golden magic tooth that belongs to a beast and Timon and Pumbaa have to retrieve it from them. They also make a brief appearance in the episode "Mozam-Beaked" when Timon and Pumbaa go to Bora Bora to throw a woodpecker into the volcano.

text: Smolder the Bear[edit]

text: Smolder (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a grumpy, short-tempered, but nice grizzly bear, although he gets easily angered, such as when he is awoken from his nap or when someone gets his food order wrong. He also has a romantic interest in a beautiful supermodel named Leslie Lambeau (voiced by Grey DeLisle). He appears in seven episodes, from "Slalom Problem" to "It Runs Good".

text: In the episode "Jailhouse Shock," Smolder becomes cell mates with Little Jimmy, who gets even with Timon and Pumbaa by taking advantage of him by convincing him that the duo hurt him so that he could beat them up. Smolder starts to show compassion for Timon and Pumbaa in the episodes "Ready, Aim, Fire" and "Stay Away from my Honey!"

text: Tatiana[edit]

text: Tatiana (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the daughter of the Duke Meerkat and the princess of the meerkat colony. She only appears in one episode but she's vital for Timon's past. After Timon leaves his sentry duty post to prepare for his date with Tatiana, a king cobra enters the colony and kidnaps the princess, which makes everyone believe she's dead and which causes Timon to get banished. After Timon and Pumbaa meet for the first time, they see that Tatiana is still alive and rescue her from a cobra. When Tatiana returns to the colony with Timon and Pumbaa, Timon is offered her hand in marriage. When the Duke makes him choose between Tatiana or Pumbaa, he chooses to be Bestest Best friends with Pumbaa.

text: Although "Once Upon a Timon" was meant to be Tatiana's only appearance, there is a female meerkat who bears a striking resemblance to her in the episode "Timon in Love". The only difference is that Tatiana has blond hair while the other meerkat has red hair and she's not wearing a tiara.

text: Sharla[edit]

text: Sharla (voiced by Lisa Ortiz) is a female warthog who is the leader of Pumbaa's former sounder as well as Pumbaa's former girlfriend. While she only appears in one episode, she is vital for Pumbaa's past. She and three other male warthogs of the sounder banished Pumbaa from the group due to his awful scent, which was appalling even by warthog standards.

text: Years later, Sharla and the three warthogs carry around a big bag of bugs for the rainy season, but come across a flock of Guinea fowl, who are their natural enemies and nightmares. Due to the birds' abilities to remove their furs in just a few seconds, the warthogs refuge in a hut and make a distress call, which Pumbaa answers. When Pumbaa reunites with his sounder, he has Timon come up with ideas on how they can get rid of the Guinea fowl. However, none of Timon's ideas work, so Pumbaa suggests that he and Timon use the jeep so that they carry a fake bag of bugs (which have firecrackers inside) to distract the Guinea fowl while Sharla and the other warthogs leave the hut with the real bag of bugs.

text: Although Sharla banished Pumbaa from the group, they still have romantic feelings for each other. When Pumbaa (and Timon) show up to the hut, they tell each other that they have never forgotten one another. Sharla tells Pumbaa that he should stay with the group, but Pumbaa decides to continue living his Hakuna Matata lifestyle with Timon, which the female warthog understands.

text: Ned the Elephant[edit]

text: Ned (voiced by Frank Welker) is a high and mighty elephant who thinks he's wonderful at everything. He seems to enjoy teasing Timon and Pumbaa when they fail at proving their worth to him. In the episode "Uganda be an Elephant", Timon states that Ned is the most popular guy in the jungle and Pumbaa decides to turn himself into an elephant in order to be popular as well. Although Ned is selfish and sarcastic, he gets a change of heart after Pumbaa rescues him and his hippo henchmen from falling off a cliff.

text: In the episode "Unlucky in Lesotho", it is revealed that Ned has a Good Luck Club, which lost most of its members due to Ned bringing an unlucky jar. Because he gets eaten by piranhas (or tigerfish), Ned is never seen or heard from again after this episode.

text: Little Jimmy[edit]

text: Little Jimmy (voiced by Joe Alaskey) is a cute, yet dangerous bluebird. He is similar to Toucan Dan, with the fact that he is also a criminal mastermind and he can also be dishonest. He also has two voices: his fake cute, innocent voice and his criminal voice. Little Jimmy first appears in the episode "Nest Best Thing," where he tricks Pumbaa into building a birdhouse for him, which is actually a hideout. The pigeon police show up and arrest Little Jimmy.

text: In the episode "Jailhouse Shock," Little Jimmy is cell mates with Smolder the Bear. In order to get revenge on Timon and Pumbaa for turning him in, he tricks Smolder into thinking that Timon and Pumbaa hurt him so that he could hurt them back.

text: Pimon and Tumbaa[edit]

text: Pimon (voiced by Billy West) and Tumbaa (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) are a buff meerkat and warthog duo who are evil counterparts of Timon and Pumbaa. They are shown to be bullies of the jungle, as they enjoy pushing Timon and Pumbaa around, giving them atomic wedgies, as well as being shown picking on a squirrel. They also have their own philosophy: Kahuna Potato, which means that they will never leave Timon and Pumbaa (or anyone) alone.

text: Pimon and Tumbaa make their first and only appearance in the episode "Kahuna Potato". After Timon and Pumbaa successfully catch some bugs, the bullies steal their bag of bugs, give the two wedgies, and walk off with the bugs. Fed up of being picked on by the bullies, Timon decides that it is time for himself and Pumbaa to learn how to fight. Timon and Pumbaa go to Rafiki to have him teach them self-defense, which Rafiki suggests that they should snatch some bugs off his palm and he will teach them the secret to Kung-Fu. After Timon and Pumbaa learn Kung-Fu from Rafiki, they go confront Pimon and Tumbaa, who show them that they also know Kung-Fu. While the two groups fight each other, the bullies give Timon and Pumbaa more atomic wedgies, causing the two to give up until Rafiki appears and tells the two to use Hakuna Matata to fight. Listening to Rafiki's advice, Timon and Pumbaa continue fighting Pimon and Tumbaa and they end up defeating the bullies.

text: Later that night, Pimon and Tumbaa get their hairs shaved off and feed Timon and Pumbaa the bugs they stole from them.

text: Introduced in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)[edit]

text: Kiara[edit]

text: Kiara (voiced by Neve Campbell as a young adult and Michelle Horn as a cub in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and by Eden Riegel in The Lion Guard) is the only daughter of Simba and Nala and Kion's older sister. She has a cameo appearance in The Lion King and is a major character in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion Guard. Kiara is also a descendant of Mufasa and Sarabi, who are Simba's parents.

text: Kiara is portrayed as a feisty, playful, headstrong, and adventurous. As a result, Simba fears for her safety. As a cub, Kiara befriends Kovu and rescues him from a group of nile crocodiles. As a young adult, Kiara is rescued by Kovu as part of Zira's plan to avenge Scar's death and the two lions eventually fall in love. When Kovu is exiled from the Pride Lands following Zira's ambush on Simba, Kiara helps him return to the Pride Lands to reunite the Pridelanders and Outsiders. Afterwards, Rafiki unites them as husband and wife.

text: Kovu[edit]

text: Kovu (voiced by Jason Marsden as an young adult and Ryan O'Donohue as a cub) is the youngest child of Zira and Scar's chosen heir. Kovu means "scar" in Swahili, a reference to his character conception as Scar's son, which was changed due to the implications of him and Kiara being first cousins once removed and falling in love.

text: During his childhood, Zira trains Kovu to assassinate Simba and take his place as King of Pride Rock. As a young adult, Kovu rescues Kiara during a planned ambush and Simba reluctantly allows him to stay in the Pride Lands. While spending time with Kiara, Rafiki gets the two young lions to fall in love, and Kovu realizes he cannot hurt Simba. However, after Simba is ambushed by the Outsiders and Nuka is killed, Kovu angrily disowns Scar and leaves the Outlands but is quickly exiled from the Pride Lands as a traitor. Kovu returns to Pride Rock and stops the fighting between the Outsiders and Pridelanders with the help of Kiara. Simba later reconciles with Kovu and allows him to become his eventual successor.

text: Zira[edit]

text: Zira (voiced by Suzanne Pleshette in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Nika Futterman in The Lion Guard), meaning "hate" in Swahili, is the mother of Nuka, Kovu and Vitani. She is Scar's most loyal follower, and plots to avenge Scar's death by forming the Outsiders. However, after taking advantage of Kovu's friendship with Simba's daughter Kiara, she devises a plan to assassinate Simba. Eventually, the Pridelanders and the Outsiders fight each other, but with Kiara and Kovu's help, Vitani and the other Outsiders abandon Zira. Attempting to attack Simba, Zira is intercepted by Kiara and falls to her death despite the latter's attempt to rescue her.

text: Zira made an appearance in The Lion Guard (which takes place in the middle of the film) alongside Kovu, Nuka, Vitani and the rest of her pride in the episode "Lions of the Outlands". She tries to convince Kion that using the Roar of the Elders against her and the other Outsiders would cause him to lose it just as Scar did, and to side with his fellow lions. However, Kion is eventually able to see through her deceptions and drives her and the others off with the Roar.

text: Nuka[edit]

text: Nuka (voiced by Andy Dick) is the eldest child of Zira. His name means "stink" in Swahili. Jealous of Zira's greater relationship with Kovu, Nuka often attempts to gain his mother's approval. During the Outsiders' ambush, Nuka attempts to kill Simba to prove himself to his mother, but is crushed to death.

text: Vitani[edit]

text: Vitani (voiced by Jennifer Lien as a young adult and Lacey Chabert as a cub), a Swahili portmanteau of the words "Vita" ("War"), "Ni" ("I Am"), and "Shetani", is the middle child and only daughter of Zira. Although she has a prominent appearance in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, she makes a cameo appearance in The Lion Guard. As a young adult, Vitani is Zira's strongest lieutenant, supporting and acting on her mother's violent plans. With Kovu and Kiara's help, Vitani and the Outsiders turn on Zira and join the Pridelanders to stop the fighting between the two prides.

text: She was originally named "Shetani" ("She-Demon" in Swahili) in early drafts of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, but this was softened to "Vitani", which is a portmanteau that can be roughly translated to "I Am War" or, more commonly, "Demon of War".

text: Introduced in The Lion King 1½ (2004)[edit]

text: Ma[edit]

text: Ma (voiced by Julie Kavner) is Timon's mother. Generally encouraging and optimistic, she believes in Timon convinces Uncle Max to give him a job as a sentry or look-out. After Timon fails in his duty, she remains convinced that he can still find a place in the colony, but when he insists that he has to go, Ma supports him.

text: Later, she gets worried about Timon after speaking to Rafiki and searches for him. They finally reunite at Pride Rock and Ma helps in the battle against the hyenas by digging a long tunnel to trap them. After Simba becomes king, the death of Scar and avenging Mufasa, Timon takes them and the entire meerkat colony to the jungle paradise he and Pumbaa discovered.

text: She is mentioned by Timon in The Lion Guard episode "Beware the Zimwi", where it is said that her cousin's friend knew an ox that was eaten by the Zimwi. It's unknown if she's still alive or not.

text: Uncle Max[edit]

text: Uncle Max (voiced by Jerry Stiller) is a prominent member of the meerkat colony and relative of Timon and Ma. He has grey head-fur and a very large nose. Max is a pessimist by nature and very paranoid, believing that a meerkat's fate is to be "food for other animals! Feared by nothing and eaten by all!" Max reluctantly agrees to let Timon be a sentry for the colony and attempts to train him for the job, but is nearly eaten by the hyenas when they attack. He is glad to see Timon go but ends up going with Ma to find him. Max appears again towards the end of the film, where he and Ma encounter Timon and Pumbaa at Pride Rock, and helps Timon get rid of the hyenas by digging a tunnel. Max finally believes in Timon, and after Timon takes the meerkats to his jungle paradise, Max teaches the meerkats tai chi instead of how not to be eaten.

text: Some of Max's role was originally going to be filled by Timon's father, who was considered for inclusion in the film but ultimately dropped.

text: Introduced in The Lion Guard (2015–present)[edit]

text: Kion[edit]

text: Kion (voiced by Max Charles[4]) is the son of Simba and Nala, Kiara's younger brother, Mufasa, Sarabi, Sarafina and Nala's father's grandson and Scar's great-nephew. His name is derived from the Swahili word "Kiongozi" ("leader") and he has a power called the Roar of the Elders which when used causes the lion spirits of the Pride Lands past to roar with him.

text: In The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, Simba has Kion organize the titular guard along with Bunga, Beshte, Fuli, and Ono. Kion has a strong sense of responsibility. When Kiara is cornered by Janja and his clan, Kion and the Lion Guard rescues her and force the hyenas to leave. He also demonstrates a strong yet open sense of discernment, which warms him to scavengers like Jasiri the hyena and her clan. However, more cunning neighbors such as Zira of the Outsiders and Reirei the jackal have used his trusting spirit to exert their will, only to be soundly subdued when Kion's instincts come into play.

text: Bunga[edit]

text: Bunga (voiced by Joshua Rush) is a young honey badger, Kion's best friend and the bravest member of the Lion Guard. He is also the adoptive nephew of Timon and Pumbaa. Bunga is shown to be very adventurous and he rarely acts serious or even sits still, as he is always on the move, working off boundless energy and enthusiasm, and makes even the most dire of situations into a fantastic time. Though this makes him a great friend and playmate, it lands him into trouble more often than not. Not only is he willing to put himself in bodily harm, such as his stunt in leaping off Pride Rock, but he will face down predators such as the hyenas in order to save his friends. According to Kiara, Bunga is "brave, bordering on stupid," but a valued member of the Lion Guard nonetheless. His catchphrase is "Zuka Zama," which means "pop up, dive in" in Swahili. His name means 'fool' in the same tongue.

text: Fuli[edit]

text: Fuli (voiced by Diamond White [4]) is a cheetah, one of Kion's friends and the fastest member of the Lion Guard, as well as its only female member. She is quite prideful in her running abilities and shows extreme delight for being able to outpace a pursuer of any species. Despite being friends with Kion, she is somewhat resentful of the Lions for lording over the Pride Lands and was skeptical about Kion's Roar of the Elders. Despite these negative traits, she was willing to join the Lion Guard with her friends to defend the Circle of Life when Janja and his clan invaded the Pride Lands. Her catchphrase is "Huwezi," which means "you can't (catch me)" in Swahili. Her name means 'very fast' in the same tongue.

text: Beshte[edit]

text: Beshte (voiced by Dusan Brown[4]) is a hippo, one of Kion's friends and the strongest member of the Lion Guard. Being one of the most popular animals of the Pridelands, Beshte is shown to be kind-hearted. His friendliness extends to everyone, as he acts like a big brother to the younger members of his herd, a friend to animals of all different species, and a protector of the Pride Lands at large. Beshte can also, however, be sensitive, being especially tactful when his friend Kion is unable to use the Roar of the Elders. For an animal so large and full of life, Beshte has an appropriately large heart and never fails to treat his friends with kindness. His primary catchphrase is "Twende Kiboko!", which means "let's go, hippo!" in Swahili - a secondary one is likely his question phrase, "What's the kerbubble?", when sensing a disagreement of almost any sort. His name means 'friend' in the same tongue.

text: Ono[edit]

text: Ono (voiced by Atticus Shaffer[4]) is a cattle egret, one of Kion's friends and the keenest of sight of the Lion Guard, as well as its only non-mammal member. He is one of the more easygoing members of the group, being friendly and group-oriented. He is used to spending time around other animals and is content to be part of The Lion Guard. Ono is also shown to be blunt, as he is able to lay out his feelings without sugar-coating. He is by far the most realistic member of the group, as he always thinks things through before jumping in.

text: When it comes to his role on the Lion Guard, Ono is brave and has a knack for following the rules. He obeys Kion's orders without question and proves himself to be plucky and thrifty, considerably useful when it comes to scouting out a situation. His principles are clear in his willingness to fight with his full heart for the Circle of Life, and he is a valued member of the Lion Guard for his intelligence and ability to see things from afar. Ono's catchphrase is "Hapana!", which means "oh no!" in Swahili. His name means "passion" in the same tongue. It also means "good" in Hawaiian.

text: Zuri[edit]

text: Zuri, voiced by Madison Pettis, meaning "beautiful" in Swahili, is a lioness cub and one of Kiara's friends. She appears to be vain about her appearance, as she constantly sharpens her claws on trees in order to keep them shiny. Unlike her friends, Zuri is delicate and timid. She shows considerable anxiety and fear in the face of simple circumstances and harbors deep disgust for grubs.

text: Tiifu[edit]

text: Tiifu, voiced by Sarah Hyland, is a lioness cub, and a friend of Kiara's. She is shown to be kind and patient, as seen when she comforts an overreacting Zuri. She is a great rule-follower and trusts the judgment of her friends, showing faith when she leaves Kiara to fetch help as Janja invades the Pride Lands.

text: Janja's clan[edit]

text: Janja's clan is a small group of male spotted hyenas that live in the Outlands.

text:
Janja, voiced by Andrew Kishino, is the cunning and ruthless leader of the hyenas in the Outlands and one of the main antagonists.
Cheezi, voiced by Vargus Mason, is an excitable hyena who is usually seen sticking his tongue out. He looks similar to Ed.
Chungu, voiced by Kevin Schon, is a hyena that has a tough attitude and a slightly heavier build than Janja.
Nne, voiced by Beau Black, is a sly and stout but smart spotted hyena.
Tano, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, is a devious and sloping but smart hyena.

text: Mzingo[edit]

text: Mzingo, voiced by Greg Ellis, is a white-backed vulture who is one of Janja's majordomo of the Outlands. He is the leader of a flock of vultures that is allied with Janja's clan.

text: Jasiri[edit]

text: Jasiri, voiced by Maia Mitchell, is a friendly female spotted hyena who makes her first appearance in the episode "Never Judge a Hyena By Its Spots." She is open to making friends with lions. Bold and spunky, Jasiri is able to look past differences and focus on where different species have common ground. Unlike Janja and his clan, she dislikes selfishness and gluttony, and she respects the Circle of Life. She has blue eyes and mauve fur, unlike the other hyenas.

text: Makini[edit]

text: Makini, voiced by Landry Bender, is a young mandrill who is Rafiki's new apprentice. She is free-spirited and loves to learn and look up to her mentor. However, she has trouble being calm and she is easy to deceive. Despite this, Makini takes pride in herself and her position, and is friendly and welcoming to everyone she meets.

text: Mtoto[edit]

text: Mtoto, voiced by Jason Felbinger, is an elephant calf who idolizes Beshte. He appears to be innocent with little understanding of the world. His playful nature often gets him into trouble, though his intentions are usually good.

text: Ma Tembo[edit]

text: Ma Tembo, voiced by Lynette Dupree, is an adult elephant who attains leadership of her father Aminifu's herd after his death. Much like her father, she is always game for a laugh. Even when Simba makes a mistake at her father's funeral, she is gracious and kind, and makes light of the situation by dwelling on the good. She is similarly gracious to Nala and Kiara when they are the only members of their family to attend the elephant concert.

text: Crocodiles[edit]

text: There are a number of crocodiles who appear in The Lion Guard:

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Pua, voiced by Gerald C. Rivers, is a Nile crocodile who originally led the crocodile float, until he is defeated by Makuu in a "mashindano" battle for the position of alpha male.
Makuu, voiced by Blair Underwood, is a young, sleek, and well-built Nile crocodile who leads the crocodile fleet that lives in The Pride Lands after defeating the previous leader Pua in battle. He is shown to be boastful and loves to bask in the attention of others. Unlike his predecessor, Makuu initially has no respect for tradition or the Circle of Life, and certainly not for authority (except his own), seeing both Pua and Kion as weak and cowardly. He appears to only respond to strength and power, as he was awestruck by the Roar of the Elders and gave into Kion's second demand to leave Big Springs while trying to save face. In Season 2, Makuu has decided to become a better leader for his float, reforming from his trouble-making ways.
Kiburi, voiced by Common, is a former member of Makuu's float who, much like a less experienced Makuu, saw no reason why the crocodiles should have regard for the other animals of the Pride Lands. After the crocodiles were accidentally awakened from dry season Aestivation by the Lion Guard, Kiburi led most of the float in an effort to seize bodies of water. He later challenged Makuu to a mashindano, having made an alliance with Ushari and a plan to eliminate Simba. Upon being defeated, he and his supporters were expelled from the Pride Lands, and became a part of Scar's growing collective in the Outlands.
Tamka, voiced by Nolan North, is a brutish crocodile loyal to Kiburi.

text: Reirei's family[edit]

text: Reirei's family is a family of black-backed jackals who first appeared in the episode "The Kupatana Celebration". They trick the Lion Guard into letting them into the Pride Lands so that they can devour all the animals. At Kupatana, the jackals attack the Pridelanders until they are defeated by the Lion Guard. Simba himself approaches the jackal family and roars, sending them scurrying back into the Outlands. Reirei and Goigoi reappear in the episode "Too Many Termites", where they attempt to eat a pack of aardwolves, but are stopped by the Lion Guard. They are the first canine villains to appear in the Lion Guard.

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Reirei, voiced by Ana Gasteyer, is a clever, scheming, and manipulative jackal who wreaks havoc in the Pride Lands.
Goigoi, voiced by Phil LaMarr, is a jackal who only thinks with his stomach and has the tendency to fall asleep.
Dogo, voiced by Jacob Guenther, is one of Reirei and Goigoi's sons who uses his innocent looks to his advantage to win the trust of others in order to take advantage of them.

text: Ushari[edit]

text: Ushari, voiced by Christian Slater, is an Egyptian cobra who is shown to strongly dislike Bunga. He is rather quiet, only speaking when provoked; however, when disturbed, he becomes aggressive and irate. After getting trampled once too often due to the Lion Guard's actions, he decides to seek vengeance and joins forces with Janja's clan in a bid to summon Scar's spirit so that he can guide them in defeating the Lion Guard.

text: Basi[edit]

text: Basi, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, is Beshte's father and leader of his and his son's pod. He is amicable and open, willing to engage in conversation and negotiate according to the customs of the Pride Lands. Even in the face of adversity, such as Makuu's violent takeover of Big Springs, Basi maintains his temper and graciously offers the crocodile a chance to return once the fish have returned in plenty.

text: Being so learned in the ways of the animals, Basi is knowledgeable and wise. Despite being an animal with a very different way of life, he understands the customs of the crocodiles and how this affects his pod's everyday life. Unlike the inexperienced young Makuu, Basi grasps an understanding of the Circle of Life and how every animal must give and take in order to keep it in balance.

text: Leopards[edit]

text: Several African leopards appear in the series; two are antagonists, while one is an ally of the Lion Guard:

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Makucha (voiced by Steven Blum): an aggressive, powerful leopard who comes to the Pridelands in pursuit of the okapi Ajabu, and who proves to be quite an adversary to the Lion Guard due to his speed and strength.
Badili (voiced by Jack McBrayer): a friendly leopard who was initially too timid to stand up to Mapigano, who tried to take over his territory.
Mapigano (voiced by Jorge Diaz): a mean leopard who attempts to take over Badili's territory until Badili gains confidence through training with the Lion Guard and drives him out.

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Mjomba (voiced by Charlie Adler) is a grumpy and impatient aardwolf. He has a hunched back, bushy black eyebrows, gray fur, and darker gray markings. His inner ears are pink, and his nose is black. Like the rest of the pack, he adores termites.
Ogopa (voiced by Marieve Herington) is a bright and cheerful aardwolf. She has blue-gray fur and black markings, as well as a narrow muzzle and a black nose. Her yellow eyes are large and framed by a few eyelashes, and her inner ears are pink with a couple of hairs sprouting from each. Like the rest of the pack, she adores termites. She is easily frightened and has a tendency to jump to conclusions. She also tends to add afterthoughts after she states her opinion on a subject.
Haya (voiced by Ogie Banks) is a nervous and shy aardwolf. He has dark gray fur with longer fur on his cheeks and black markings, and his inner ears are pink with a few hairs sprouting from them. His upper teeth protrude from his dark muzzle. Like the rest of the pack, he adores termites. Like Ogopa, he tends to add afterthoughts after stating his opinion.

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text: Kopa[edit]

text: Kopa is the son of Simba and Nala, appearing in the book series The Lion King: Six New Adventures, and is shown to look a lot like his father as a cub, except with a tuft of hair on top of his head. The book series was released before Simba's Pride, therefore Kopa does not appear in the film.

text: Ahadi[edit]

text: Ahadi is the father of Mufasa and Taka (Scar), the grandfather of Simba, the great-grandfather of Kopa, Kiara and Kion and the king of the Pride Lands during the events of The Lion King: Six New Adventures story A Tale of Two Brothers. He is shown to look a lot like Mufasa except with darker fur.

text: Uru[edit]

text: Uru is the mother of Mufasa and Taka (Scar), the grandmother of Simba, the great-grandmother of Kopa, Kiara and Kion and the queen of the Pride Lands during the events of The Lion King: Six New Adventures story A Tale of Two Brothers. She is absent from the book but is mentioned to have left to search for water to save the kingdom.

text: Mohatu[edit]

text: Mohatu is the father of Ahadi or Uru, the grandfather of Mufasa and Scar, the great-grandfather of Simba, and King of the Pride Lands during the events of the story The Brightest Star. He went to find water for the animals of the land during a drought and helped the animals get on with each other. When he died, he became a star which was brighter than the others. He is shown to look a lot like a darker furred version of Mufasa, having facial features like Simba's and was said to have been one of the greatest kings of the Pride Lands.

text: Ni[edit]

text: Ni is a character who appears in The Lion King: Six New Adventures story Nala's Dare. He is a young lion who has left his pride to start his own and travels through the Pride Lands during Scar's reign and saves Nala from hyenas before leaving after meeting the rest of the Pridelanders.

text: Kula[edit]

text: Kula is a character in The Lion King: Six New Adventures story Nala's Dare. She is one of Nala's friends and one of the cubs of the Pridelanders who lived during Scar's reign.

text: Chumvi[edit]

text: Chumvi is a character in The Lion King: Six New Adventures story Nala's Dare. He is one of Nala's friends and one of the cubs of the Pridelanders.

text: Joka[edit]

text: Joka is a giant python in The Lion King: Six New Adventures story A Snake in the Grass. He is extremely intelligent and is able to formulate complicated plans in a short amount of time. He has the power to twist his words into whatever he rightly wants and uses hypnotism to lure unsuspecting victims into believing his empty words. The name Joka translates as 'dragon' in the Swahili tongue

text: Jelani[edit]

text: Jelani is Rafiki's lazy cousin in The Lion King: Six New Adventures story Follow the Leader. Despite being considered leader of his troop, he is unconcerned about the suffering of his subjects, as he is often too concerned about his own welfare to lead them to a new home.

text: Kwaheri[edit]

text: Kwaheri is Kopa's monkey friend in The Lion King: Six New Adventures stories Nala's Dare and How True, Zazu? He is social, talkative, and critical to his friends. He often flaunts his talents around Kopa to either spark a reaction or just be a show-off.

text: Boma[edit]

text: Boma is a cape buffalo who appears in The Lion King: Six New Adventures stories A Tale of Two Brothers and How True, Zazu?. His grandparents were killed during an attack by army ants. He is the leader of the cape buffalo and he is aggressive, controlling, selfish, strong, and short-tempered. He is also somewhat seclusive and gruff, as he doesn't seem to understand that there is a balance between species and refuses to share the last remaining water-hole during a draught, which can affect the whole of the Pride Lands. It is due to him that Taka got his scar after which he renamed himself to Scar. If challenged or insulted he becomes very angry. However he is mildly co-operative if not insulted or challenged. Taka tries to get Mufasa in trouble by telling him to talk with Boma to share the water-hole. Mufasa tries to reason with him to share the water-hole however he refuses. Scar then roars and tells him that he must obey or challenge Mufasa. He then chases after Mufasa who is rescued by Rafiki. Rafiki starts to grow tired while running but is picked up by Mufasa who then jumps across a ravine. Boma is unable to make the jumps and falls into it. Mufasa tells him that he doesn't have to fight but he keeps hurling thret while saying that the other buffaloes can still harm Taka. Taka is then attacked by three buffaloes during which he receives his scar. Ahadi stops this attack with a large herd of animals and has an elephant push Boma out of the ravine.

text: Zuzu[edit]

text: Zuzu is Ahadi's majordomo. She only appeared in A Tale of Two Brothers, though she was mentioned in How True, Zazu?. She turned out to be Zazu's mother. Flirtatious and gossipy, Zuzu is a very maternal bird who never passes up the chance for some juicy gossip, much like her son, Zazu. Her talkative nature and nosy habits often make her a bit of an annoyance to the other animals, though Ahadi puts her personality to good use in order to get a better grip on the doings of his kingdom. Zuzu is also known for being loyal and brave, as she was willing to help Rafiki even though she did not fully understand the danger Mufasa was in. It said that she retired, and gave Zazu her place as the king's majordomo.