- Jonah turned down a multi-million dollar offer to play American football.
- Jonah is a giant New Zealand rugby player regarded as one of the world's best players ever. Bizarrely, Jonah plays as a winger - a position usually occupied by the lightest and smallest players. On his best form, it can take 4 or more players to bring Jonah down.
- He was offered the role of the villain Gabor in the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (1999), however, he declined in order to concentrate fully on his rugby career. The role was then given to former Gladiator John Seru (a.k.a. 'Vulcan').
- Jonah has a wax likeness of himself at Madame Tussauds in London.
- Has the number 11 - which is his famous playing number - tattooed on his muscular chest.
- Has his own Playstation game - "Jonah Lomu's Rugby"
- He was awarded the M.N.Z.M. (Member of the Order of New Zealand) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to Rugby in Auckland, New Zealand.
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