This is a list of notable South Africans with Wikipedia articles.

Academics, Medical and Scientists

• Mariam Seedat, sociologist and gender advocate (1970 - )
• Estian Calitz, academic (1949 - )
• Clement Martyn Doke, linguist (1893 - 1980)
• Allan McLeod Cormack, physicist (1924 - 1998)
• Abraham Manie Adelstein, UK Chief Medical Statistician (1916 - 1992)
• Christiaan Barnard, pioneering heart surgeon (1922 - 2001)
• Peter Beighton, geneticist (1934 - )
• Sydney Brenner, biologist (1927 - )
• Thebe Medupe, astrophysicist
• Calie Pistorius, academic and Principal of the University of Pretoria
• Basil Schonland, physicist (1896 - 1927)
• James Leonard Brierley Smith, ichthyologist (1897 - 1968)
• Tshilidzi Marwala, academic and businessman

See also Category:South African scientists Estian Calitz (23 May 1949) is the Director of Finance and Professor of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa since 2003. ... Clement Martyn Doke (1893-1980) was a South African linguist. ... Allan M. Cormack at Tufts University Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African-born American physicist who shared a part of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. ... Abraham Manie Adelstein (28 March 1916- 18 October 1992) was a South African born doctor who became the United Kingdoms Chief Medical Statistician. ... Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon. ... Peter Beighton, a geneticist was born in England 1934 and in 1957 he qualified in medicine at the University of Londons St Marys Hospital. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dr. Thebe Medupe Dr. Thebe Medupe is a South African astrophysicist and founding director of Astronomy Africa. ... Calie Pistorius is a South African who is currently the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. ... Sir Basil Schonland OBE CBE (2 February 1896 - 24 November 1972) was the first president of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. ... Professor James Leonard Brierley Smith (born 26 October 1897 - died 7 January 1968) was a South African scientist who in 1938 was the first to identify a captured fish as a coelecanth, at the time thought long extinct. ... Tshilidzi Marwala born 28 July 1971 in Venda, South Africa is the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, is a Chair of the Local Loop Unbundling Committee, Deputy Chair of Limpopo Business...

Artists

Actors, Playwrights, TV and Radio personalties

• Alan Khan, radio personality (1971 - )
• Lev David, writer and media consultant (1980 - )
• Peter Cartwright, actor (1935 - )
• Trevor Denman, horse racing announcer
• Ronald Harwood, playwright and writer (1934 - )
• Athol Fugard, playwright (1932 - )
• John Kani, actor, entertainer and writer
• Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, talk show host, public speaker and businesswoman
• Jeremy Mansfield, radio and TV personality
• Mbongeni Ngema, playwright, actor, choreographer and director
• Koos Ras (Jacobus Adriaan Gerhardus), comedian, singer, writer, composer (1928-1997)
• Basil Rathbone, actor, famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes (1892-1967)
• Leon Schuster, filmmaker, comedian, actor and prankster
• Anthony Sher, actor, author and painter (1949 - )
• Mthuli ka Shezi, playwright and political activist ( - 1972)
• William Smith, TV teacher and presenter
• Janet Suzman, actress (1939 - )
• Charlize Theron, actress (1975 - )
• Pieter Dirk Uys political satirist and entertainer
• Jamie Uys, film Director (1921 - 1996)
• Musetta Vander, actress (1969 - )
• Arnold Vosloo, actor (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, 24)

Alan Khan is a top media personality in South Africa. ... // An original thinker Lev David, (born August 8, 1980, Durban, South Africa) is a writer, radio producer/presenter, and media consultant. ... Peter Cartwright (exhorter) was a hellfire and brimstone preacher born in Amherst County, Virginia. ... Trevor Denman is an announcer from South Africa specializing in thoroughbred horse racing. ... Ronald Harwood (born November 9, 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a playwright and writer. ... Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (born in 1932), better known as Athol Fugard, is a well-known South African playwright. ... John Kani (1943 -) is a South African actor, director and playwright. ... Felicia Mabuza-Suttle is a South African entrepeneur and talk show hostess. ... Jeremy Mansfield is a South African radio host, television presenter, comedian and part-time member of a boy-band Eastlife. ... Mbongeni Ngema (b. ... Koos Ras (Jacobus Adriaan Gerhardus) was born on August 4 1928, on a farm in Northern Natal named Paardekop. ... Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an English actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and swashbuckler film villain roles. ... Leon Schuster, a filmmaker, comedian and actor, is South Africas candid camera king. ... Sir Anthony Sher (born June 14, 1949) is an actor, and novelist. ... Mthuli ka Shezi (1943-1968) was a South African play write and political activist. ... William Smith is South Africas best-known and most popular television science and mathematics teacher. ... Janet Suzman (born February 9, 1939) is a South African actress. ... Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is a South African actress and former fashion model. ... Pieter-Dirk Uys is a South African satirist, particularly well known for his character Evita Bezuidenhout, a white Afrikaner socialite and self-proclaimed political activist, inspired by Australian comedian Barry Humphries character Dame Edna Everage. ... Jamie Uys Jamie Uys was a South African film director born on 30 May 1921 as Jacobus Johannes Uys. ... Musetta Vander (born May 26, 1969) is a South African actress and model. ... Arnold Vosloo (born June 16, 1962 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African actor, now a naturalized American, best known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy, and its sequel, He began his acting career in the South Africa theatre where he won several Dalro...

Authors, Editors, Poets and Journalists

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• Herman Charles Bosman, author (1905 - 1951)
• Roy Campbell, poet (1901 - 1957)
• John Michael Coetzee, author (1940 - )
• K. Sello Duiker, novelist (1974-2005)
• Jakob Daniël du Toit, poet aka Totius (1877 - 1953)
• Elisabeth Eybers, poet
• Arthur Goldstuck, journalist (1959 - )
• Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize-winning author (1923 - )
• John Tengo Jabavu, political activist and newspaper editor (1859 - 1921)
• Ingrid Jonker, poet (1933 - 1965)
• Aggrey Klaaste, journalist and editor
• Antjie Krog, poet, novelist and playwright
• Laurence Lerner, poet (1925-)
• David Robert Lewis, writer, editor and playwright (1968-)
• Lara Logan, CBS television reporter/correspondent (1971 - )
• Eugène Nielen Marais, lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer (1871 - 1936)
• Dalene Matthee, author (1938 - 2005)
• Gcina Mhlope, storyteller, author, playwright, director, actor (1959 - )
• Phaswane Mpe, novelist (1970 - 2004)
• Alan Paton, author (1903 - 1988)
• Sol Plaatje, journalist and political activist (1877 - 1932)
• Karel Schoeman, novelist and historian (1939 - )
• Olive Schreiner, author (1855 - 1920)
• J. R. R. Tolkien, author (1892 - 1973)
• Etienne van Heerden, novelist (1956 - )
• Marlene van Niekerk, novelist (1954 - )
• Donald Woods, journalist and anti-apartheid activist (1933 - 2001)
• Rachel Zadok, London-based South African writer (1972- )

Herman Charles Bosman (1905 - October 14, 1951) was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld Afrikaans speech even though he wrote in English. ... Roy Campbell (1901-1957) Roy Campbell (2 October 1901 – 22 April 1957) was a South African poet and satirist. ... J.M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced coot-SEE-uh) is a South African author. ... Kabelo Sello Duiker, (April 13, 1974 – January 19, 2005), was a South African novelist. ... Totius (TOE-she-us) was the pen name of the Afrikaner poet Jakob Daniël du Toit (Yah-kob Dun-ee-el doo-toy), born on 21 February, 1877 in Paarl, near Cape Town in South Africa. ... Elisabeth Eybers Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (born 16 February 1915 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal) is a South African poet. ... Arthur Goldstuck (born 1959) Grew up in Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa. ... Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... John Tengo Jabavu (January 11, 1859 - September 10, 1921) was a Bantu political activist and the editor of South Africas first newspaper to be written in a Bantu language. ... Ingrid Jonker (19 September 1933 - 19 July 1965) was a South African poet. ... Aggrey Klaaste (6 January 1940 – 19 June) 2004 was a South African newspaper journalist and editor. ... // Antjie Krog (1952– ) is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer. ... Laurence (David) Lerner (born 12 December 1925) is a South African born British literary critic and poet and novelist--213. ... David Robert Lewis is an editor, writer and artist living in South Africa. ... Lara Logan Lara Logan (born March 29, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a television journalist for CBS News in the United States. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Eugène Nielen Marais (9 January, 1871 – 29 March, 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer Eugene Marais – writer, lawyer and naturalist // His early years, before and during the Boer War Marais (Ma-RARE; second part rhymes with chair) was born near Pretoria. ... Dalene Matthee (October 13, 1938 - 20 February 2005) was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fourteen other languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic. ... Gcina Mhlope was born in 1959 in KwaZulu-Natal to a Xhosa mother and a Zulu father. ... Phaswane Mpe, (September 10, 1970 – December 12, 2004), was a South African poet and novelist. ... Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author. ... Sol Plaatje as a young man South African History Online[1] Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932) was an accomplished South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer. ... Karel Schoeman is a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. ... Olive Schreiner (Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner) (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) was a South African writer. ... Tolkien redirects here. ... Etienne van Heerden is a South African author, is best known for his book, Die Stilswye van Mario Salviati (in English, The Silence of Mario Salviati). ... Born: 10 November, 1954 Tygerhoek, South Africa Country of Birth: South Africa Language: Afrikaans // Biography Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. ... Donald James Woods, CBE (December 15, 1933 – August 19, 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. ... Rachel Zadok is a writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). ...

Musicians

See: List of South African musicians Danny K aka Danny Koppel // Abafana Baseqhudeni, Mbaqanga band (1975 - 198?) Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) Akkedis Albert Mazibuko, singer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1948 - ) Abednego Mazibuko, singer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo Alton Edwards, singer Anton Fig, drummer Anke Pietrangeli, winner of the second series of Idols (1982 - ) Arthur Mafokate, kwaito singer and composer The Asylum Kids Basil...

Composers

See: List of South African composers // Dawid Engela (1931 - 1967), Modern Lieder and Choral composer Trevor Rabin (1954 - ), contemporary Movie Soundtrack composer Niel van der Watt (1962- ), Modern Choral and Classical music composer Categories: | ...

Visual Artists, Cartoonists, Ceramists, Collage Artists, Painters, Sculptors

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• Annette du Plessis, South African Visual Artist (1955 - )
• Jeff Chandler, artist (1947 - 2000)
• T.O. Honiball, cartoonist (1905-1990)
• Clinton Fein, artist, activist, photographer (1964- )
• Neville Lewis, artist (1895 - 1972)
• Garth Erasmus, Visual Artist
• George Pemba, famous South African Visual Artist
• Rexon Mathebula, artist (1926 - )
• Brett Murray, artist (1961 - )
• Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, artist
• Gerard Sekoto, artist and musician (1913 - 1993)

This article needs to be wikified. ... Jeff Chandler (5 October 1947 – 22 September 2000) was a South African artist. ... Thomas Ochse Honiball was a well known South African cartoon artist. ... Clinton Fein Clinton Fein (born 1964 in South Africa) is an artist, writer and activist, noted for his company Apollomedias controversial website Annoy. ... Alfred Neville Lewis (1895 - 1972) was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and educated there and, later, at the Slade School. ... Garth Erasmus (born July 1956 in , Eastern Cape, Uitenhage, South Africa) is a South African artist who works in several media, including painting, sculpture, drawing with fire and installation as well as performance art. ... Rexon Scotch Mathebula (b. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (generally just known as Pierneef) (13 August 1886 – 4 October 1957) was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters. ... Gerard Sekoto (9 December 1913 - 20 March 1993), is an South African artist and musician. ...

Photographers

• Kevin Carter, (1961 – 1994)
• David Goldblatt, photographer (1930 - )

The image that haunted so many people. ... David Goldblatt (* November 29, 1930 in Randfontein, Gauteng Province, South Africa) is an South African photographer. ...

Business

• Raymond Ackerman, businessman (1931 - )
• David Brink, businessman (1939 - )
• Basetsana Kumalo, former Miss South Africa, presenter and businesswoman
• Sammy Marks, businessman (1844 - 1920)
• Patrice Motsepe, businessman (1962 - )
• Elon Musk, Internet and space launch entrepreneur (1971 - )
• Harry Oppenheimer, businessman (1908 - 2000)
• Mamphela Ramphele, political activist, academic, businesswoman and mother to the son of Steve Biko (1947 - )
• Cyril Ramaphosa, politician and businessman (1952 - )
• Cecil Rhodes, businessman (1853 - 1902)
• Anton Rupert, businessman (1916 - 2006)
• Johann Rupert, businessman, son of Anton Rubert (1950 - )
• Tokyo Sexwale, politician and businessman (1953 - )
• Mark Shuttleworth, Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte and Ubuntu Linux, astronaut (1973 - )

Raymond Ackerman (10 March 1931 - ) is a South African businessman, best known for founding the Pick n Pay supermarket group, of which he is still (as of 2005) the chairperson. ... David Charles Brink (b 9 August 1939) is a South African businessman and sits on the boards of a number of large companies. ... Basetsana Julia Kumalo (born Basetsana Julia Makgalemele) is a former Miss South Africa and is currently a television presenter and businesswoman. ... Sammy Marks made a major contribution to the industrial, mining and agricultural development of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. ... Patrice Motsepe is a leading South African mining entrepreneur. ... Elon Musk Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is an Internet, rocket launch, electric car and solar power entrepreneur. ... Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (28 October 1908 – 19 August 2000), was a prominent South African businessman and one of the worlds richest men. ... Mamphela Aletta Ramphele (28 December 1947 - ) is a South African academic, businesswoman and medical doctor and was an anti-apartheid activist. ... Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African lawyer, trade union leader, activist, politician and businessman. ... Cecil Rhodes. ... Bold text Dr. Anthony Edward Rupert (4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) was an Afrikaner-South African billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist. ... Johann Peter Rupert (1 June 1950 - ) is the eldest son of the late Afrikaans South African business tycoon Anton Rupert and Huberte Rupert and is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont as well as of the South Africa-based companies VenFin and Remgro. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mark Shuttleworth arrived at the ISS on April 27, 2002. ...

Legal

• Lourens Ackermann, constitutional court judge (1934 - )
• George Bizos, lawyer
• Arthur Chaskalson, judge (1931 - )
• Harold Hanson, advocate QC (1904 - 1973)
• Bram Fischer, advocate QC and political activist
• Richard Goldstone, ex-constitutional court judge
• Percy Yutar, chief prosecutor (1911 -2002)

Lourens (Laurie) Wepener Hugo Ackermann (b 14 January 1934) is one of the four judges appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa. ... George Bizos born 1928 in Greece, is a distinguished human rights advocate who defended against apartheid in South Africa. ... Arthur Chaskalson, (b. ... Harold Joseph Hanson (1904 - 1973) was an eminent South African Advocate (QC)and Senior Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council. ... Abram Louis Fischer, commonly known as Bram Fischer, (1908-1975) was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defense of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial. ... Richard J. Goldstone, (born October 26, 1938), South African judge and international war crimes prosecutor. ... Percy Yutar was apartheid South Africas most notorious prosecutor, who prosecuted Nelson Mandela in the famous 1963 Rivonia Treason Trial. ...

Political

Activists and trade unionists

• Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist
• Neil Aggett, political activist and trade unionist († 1982)
• Jeremy Baskin, trade unionist (1956 - )
• Steve Biko, nonviolent political activist (1946 - 1977)
• Chris Hani, political activist (1942 - 1993)
• Ahmed Kathrada, political activist
• Adolph Malan, fighter pilot and civil rights activist (1910 - 1963)
• Govan Mbeki, political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki
• Fatima Meer, scientist and political activist
• Elias Motsoaledi, political activist (1924 - 1994)
• Victoria Mxenge, anti-apartheid activist (1942 - 1985)
• Lilian Ngoyi, anti-apartheid activist (1911 - 1980)
• Rachel Simons, communist and trade unionist (1914 - 2004)
• Albertina Sisulu, political activist and wife of Walter Sisulu (1919 - )
• Walter Sisulu, political activist (1912 - 2003)
• Robert Sobukwe, political activist (1924 - 1978)
• Oliver Tambo, political activist (1917 - 1993)
• Eugène Terre'Blanche, white supremacist activist
• Richard Turner, academic and political activist {1941 - 1978}

Zackie Achmat (born Abdurazzack Achmat in 1962) is a South African activist of Malay Muslim descent, most widely known as founder and chairman of Treatment Action Campaign. ... Neil Aggett (died 5 February 1982), was a South African trade union leader and labour activist. ... Jeremy Baskin (1 September 1956) is a South African labour market analyst. ... Stephen Biko Stephen Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a noted nonviolent anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s. ... Nonviolence (or non-violence) can be both a political strategy or moral philosophy that rejects the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political change. ... Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani (June 28, 1942 – April 10, 1993) was the leader of the South African Communist Party and Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). ... Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada (sometimes nicknamed Kathy) (21 August 1929 - ) is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. ... Adolph Gysbert Malan (March 24, 1910 – September 17, 1963), better known as Sailor Malan, was a famed World War II RAF fighter pilot who led No. ... Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa Mbeki (1910 - 2001) was a South African politician, and father of Thabo Mbeki, the current President of South Africa. ... Fatima Meer (28 August 1928 - ) is a South African writer and academic and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist. ... Elias Motsoaledi (July 26, 1924- May 9, 1994) was one of the eight men sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial. ... Victoria Mxenge, (1942 - 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. ... -1... Rachel (Ray) Simons (1914 - 12 September 2004) is a legendary South African communist and trade unionist who helped draft the Womens Charter. ... Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (born 1919) is a black South African anti–apartheid activist, and the widow of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912 _ 2003). ... Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (May 18, 1912 – May 5, 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). ... Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (5 December 1924 ; 27 February 1978) was a South African political dissident, who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the Apartheid regime. ... Oliver Reginald Tambo (27 October 1917 - 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress (ANC). ... Eugène Ney TerreBlanche (born January 31, 1941) is a Boer-Afrikaner who founded the white supremacist Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. ... See: Richard Ernest Turner (Canadian soldier) Richard Turner (iron-founder) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Leaders and Politicians

• Ken Andrew, politician (1943 - )
• Kader Asmal, an activist, politician and professor of human rights (1934 -)
• Sibusiso Bengu, politician (1934 - )
• Thozamile Botha, politician (1948 - )
• Cheryl Carolus, politician (1958 - )
• Piet Cronje, boer general and commander-in-chief the South African Republic's military forces (1840 - 1911)
• Yusuf Dadoo, doctor and politician
• Patricia de Lille, politician
• Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, politician
• De Villiers Graaff, leader of United Party ( 1913 - 1999)
• Danny Jordaan, politician and soccer administrator
• Tony Leon, politician (1956 - )
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician and 2nd wife of Nelson Mandela (1936 - )
• Magnus Malan, minister of defence and chief of the South African Defence Force (1930 - )
• Trevor Manuel, minister of finance
• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, current deputy president (1955 - )
• Gagathura (Monty) Mohambry Naicker, medical doctor and politician (1910 - 1978)
• Bulelani Ngcuka, politician
• Dullah Omar, politician
• Andries Pretorius, Boer leader and commandant-general (1799 - 1853)
• Deneys Reitz, boer commando, former deputy Prime Minister and South African High Commissioner to London (1882 - 1944)
• Mbhazima Shilowa, trade unionist and premier (1958 - )
• Joe Slovo, politician (1926 - 1995)
• Helen Suzman, politician (1917 - )
• Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician
• Helen Zille, current mayor of Cape Town
• Jacob Zuma, former deputy president (1942 - )

Ken Andrew (30 May 1943) is a South African politician. ... Kader Asmal (born 8 October 1934) is a South African politician. ... Sibusiso Bengu (8 May 1934) is a South African politician. ... Thozamile Botha (b. ... Cheryl Carolus (27 May 1958) is a South African politician. ... General Piet Arnoldus Cronje (1840?-4 February 1911) was a leader of the Zuid Afrika Republics military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars. ... Capital Pretoria Created 1857 - Independence 1881 - First Boer War Dissolved 1877 - 1st British Annexation 1900 - Formal Annexation Official language Dutch Spoken language Afrikaans This article is about the former country in Africa. ... ... Patricia de Lille is the leader of the Independent Democrats, a South African political party which she formed in 2003 when she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). ... Doctor Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born January 27, 1949) is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist. ... Sir de Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet (given name de Villiers, surname Graaff) (8 December 1913 - 4 October 1999) was a South African politician who succeeded his father, David Pieter de Villiers Graaff to his baronetcy in 1931. ... Danny Jordaan (1951 _ ) is a South African sports administrator as well as a former lecturer, politician and anti_apartheid activist. ... Tony Leon Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africas main opposition party. ... Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born September 26, 1934 or 1936 as Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela) is the ex-wife of former South African president and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela. ... General Magnus Malan (b. ... Trevor Manuel Trevor Manuel (born January 31, 1956), is currently South Africas Minister of Finance. ... Mrs Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (born November 3, 1955) is the current Deputy President of South Africa. ... Gagathura Mohambry Naicker (30 September 1910- 12 January, 1978) was a medical doctor and a prominent South African politician. ... Bulelani T Ngcuka (2 May 1954 - ) was the first national Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. ... Abdullah Mohamed Omar (May 26, 1934 - March 13, 2004), better known as Dullah Omar was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 till his death. ... Andries Pretorius Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798 – 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic in present-day South Africa. ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... Deneys Reitz (1882—1944) was a Boer Commando, South African soldier and politician. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa (b 30 April 1958) is the Premier of Gauteng Province, South Africa. ... Joe Slovo Joe Slovo (May 23, 1926 – January 6, 1995) was a South African Communist politician and long time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress. ... Helen Suzman was born Helen Gavronsky on 7th November 1917 in Germiston, South Africa as the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. ... Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (2 March 1940 - ) was a South African politician and is currently a political analyst and businessman. ... Helen Zille (b. ... Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born Inkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 12 April 1942) is a former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa and current deputy president of the governing political party, the African National Congress (ANC). ...

Prime Ministers and Presidents

• Jacobus Boshoff, 2nd President of the Orange Free State (1808 - 1881)
• Louis Botha, Boer commander-in-chief and 1st Prime Minister of South Africa (1862 - 1919)
• Pieter Willem Botha, 9th and last Prime Minister and 8th State President of South Africa (1916 - )
• Johannes Henricus Brand, 4th President of the Orange Free State
• Thomas Francois Burgers, 4th President of South African Republic (1871 - 1877)
• Frederik Willem de Klerk, 9th and last State President of South Africa and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner (1936 - )
• Christiaan Rudolph de Wet, Boer general and acting President of the Orange Free State
• Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs, 4th State President of South Africa (1903 - 1978)
• Jacobus Johannes Fouché, 3rd State President of South Africa (1898 - 1980)
• James Barry Munnik Hertzog, Boer general and 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (1866 - 1942)
• Josias Hoffman, 1st President of the Orange Free State
• Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Boer general and member of the Troika in the South African Republic
• Paul Kruger, member of the Troika, 5th and last President of South African Republic (1825 - 1904)
• Daniel François Malan, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa and is responsible for laying the groundwork for Apartheid (1874 - 1959)
• Nelson Mandela, 1st democratically elected President of South Africa and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner (1918 - )
• Thabo Mbeki, 2nd and current President of South Africa (1942 - )
• Jozua François Naudé, 2nd State President of South Africa
• Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, 3rd President of the Orange Free State, 1st and 3rd President of the South African Republic (1819 - 1901)
• Francis William Reitz, 5th President of the Orange Free State (1844 - 1934)
• Jan Smuts, Boer general, British field marshal, 2nd and 4th Prime Minister of South Africa (1870 - 1950)
• Johannes Strijdom, 6th Prime Minister of South Africa (1893 - 1958)
• Martinus Theunis Steyn, 6th and last President of the Orange Free State (1857 - 1916)
• Charles Robberts Swart, last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and the 1st State President of the Republic of South Africa (1894 - 1982)
• Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa and primary architect of Apartheid (1901 - 1966)
• Marais Viljoen, 5th and 7th State President of South Africa (1915 - )
• Balthazar Johannes Vorster, 8th Prime Minister and 6th State President of South Africa (1915 - 1983)

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (31 January 1808 - 21 April 1881) was the second President of the Orange Free State, from 1855 to 1859. ... Flag of the Orange Free State Capital Bloemfontein Language(s) Afrikaans, English Religion Dutch Reformed Church Government Republic President  - 1854 - 1855 Josias P. Hoffman  - 1855 - 1859 Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff  - 1859 - 1863 Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (also President of the South African Republic from 1857 to 1871). ... Louis Botha Louis Botha (September 17, 1862-August 27, 1919) was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the modern South African state, then called the Union of South Africa. ... P.W. Botha Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as PW and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for The Big Crocodile), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. ... Johannes Henricus Brand (popularly known as Jan Brand) (December 6, 1823, Cape Town–July 14, 1888, Bloemfontein) was the fourth President of the Orange Free State, from 2 February 1864 to 1888. ... Thomas Francois Burgers, president of the old Transvaal Republic 1871-1877, was the youngest child of Barend and Elizabeth Burger of the farm Langefontein in the Camdeboo district of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. ... Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936) was the last State President of Apartheid South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 - 5 February 1922) was a Boer general and politician. ... Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs was State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. ... Jacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché (6 June 1898 - 1980) was State President of South Africa from 10 January, 1968 to 10 April, 1975. ... Cover of Time Magazine (April 27, 1925) James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog, (1866-1942) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. ... Josias P. Hoffman was the first President of the Orange Free State, from 1854 to 1855. ... Petrus Jacobus Joubert Petrus Jacobus Joubert (January 20, 1834 - March 28, 1900), commandant-general of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900, was born at Cango, in the district of Oudtshoorn, Cape Colony, a descendant of a French Huguenot who fled to South Africa soon after the revocation of... Troika is the Annual Technical Festival organised by the IEEE Student Chapter of Delhi College of Engineering, Bawana Road, New Delhi. ... Paul Kruger Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as Oom Paul (Afrikaans for Uncle Paul) was a prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa. ... Capital Pretoria Created 1857 - Independence 1881 - First Boer War Dissolved 1877 - 1st British Annexation 1900 - Formal Annexation Official language Dutch Spoken language Afrikaans This article is about the former country in Africa. ... Daniel François Malan Daniel François Malan (22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959) was a Prime Minister of South Africa. ... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA ) (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18, 1942) is the President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Jozua François Naudé was acting State President of South Africa from 1967 to 1968. ... Son of Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 - 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic. ... Capital Pretoria Created 1857 - Independence 1881 - First Boer War Dissolved 1877 - 1st British Annexation 1900 - Formal Annexation Official language Dutch Spoken language Afrikaans This article is about the former country in Africa. ... Francis William Reitz (1844-1934) was a Boer politician at the time of the Boer war. ... Jan Smuts Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. ... Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (15 July 1893 - 24 August 1958) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. ... Martinus Theunis Steyn (October 2, 1857 - 1916) was a South African politician, last president of the Orange Free State. ... Charles Robberts Swart (1894 - 1982) was the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and the first State President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Silver medal commemorating Verwoerds death. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Marais Viljoen was born in 1915. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, 1983), better known as John Vorster, was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ...

Royalty

• Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu, 8th and current king of the Zulu nation (1948 - )
• Mangosuthu Buthelezi, politician and a Zulu prince (1928 - )
• Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, 5th Zulu king (1868 - 1913) not officially recognized
• Solomon kaDinuzulu, 6th Zulu king (1891 - 1933) not officially recognized
• uZibhebhu kaMaphitha, Zulu prince and chief (1841 - 1904)
• Khetoane Modjadji, Balobedu's 3th Rain Queen (1869 - 1959)
• Makoma Modjadji, Balobedu's 4th Rain Queen (1905 - 1980)
• Mokope Modjadji, Balobedu's 5th Rain Queen (1936 - 2001)
• Makobo Modjadji, Balobedu's 6th Rain Queen (1978 - 2005)
• Mpande, 3rd Zulu king and half-brother of Shaka (1798 - 1872)
• Cetshwayo kaMpande, 4th Zulu king (1826 - 1884)
• Dingane kaSenzangakhona, 2nd Zulu king and half-brother of Shaka (1795 - 1840)
• Shaka, founder of the Zulu nation (1787 - 1828)
• Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, 7th Zulu king (1924 - 1968)

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (b. ... The Zulu (South African English and isiZulu: amaZulu) are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ... Chief Mangosuthu (Gatsha) Buthelezi (born August 27, 1928) is a South African Zulu leader, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which he formed in 1975. ... Photo of Dinuzulu, c. ... Solomon kaDinuzulu (1891-1933) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1913 until his death on 4 March 1933 at Kambi. ... UZibhebhu kaMaphitha (1841 - 1904) was a Zulu chief 1883-1884; son of Cetshwayo. ... An image of Khetoane Khetoane Modjadji III (b. ... Former Rain Queen Makoma Modjadji Rain Queen Makoma Modjadji IV was the fourth Rain Queen of the Balobedu Tribe of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. ... Mokope Modjadji was the Rain Queen of the Balobedu Tribe in the Limpopo Province of South Africa from 1981 until her death in 2001. ... The Late Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI ( 1978 - 12 June 2005) was the 6th in a line of the Balobedu tribes Rain Queens. ... Mpande (1798 - 1872) was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. ... Cetshwayo kaMpande (circa 1826 - February 8, 1884) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1872 to 1879 and their leader during the Zulu War. ... Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu (ca. ... Only known drawing of Shaka standing with the long throwing assegai and the heavy shield in 1824 - four years before his death Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; ca. ... The Zulu (South African English and isiZulu: amaZulu) are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ... Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon (August 4, 1924 - September 17, 1968) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1933 until his death at Nongoma in 1968. ...

Prelates

• Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, cleric, pioneer of the recognition of the Afrikaans language and one of the founder members of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (1847 - 1911)
• Albert Luthuli, cleric, politician and 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner († 1967)
• Charlotte Maxeke, religious leader and political activist (1874 - 1939)
• Beyers Naudé, cleric and anti-apartheid activist (1915 - 2004)
• Desmond Tutu, cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Reverend Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (1847-1911) was a South African who pioneered the recognition of the Afrikaans language. ... The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaanders (Society for Real Afrikaners) was formed on Saturday August 14, 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the Western Cape region. ... Albert John Lutuli (also known by his Zulu name Mvumbi, his surname is sometimes and probably more phonetically spelt Luthuli) (1898? - 21 July 1967) was a South African teacher and politician. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke (nee Manye) (7 April 1874 - 16 October 1939), a South African religious leader and politicial activist, was born at Ramokgopa near Polokwane. ... Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (more commonly known as Beyers Naudé or simply Oom Bey (Uncle Bey) in Afrikaans) (10 May 1915 - 7 September 2004) was an Afrikaner-South African cleric, theologian and anti-apartheid activist. ... The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...

Sport

Athletics

• Okkert Brits, pole-vaulter (1973 - )
• Zola Budd, marathon and long-distance runner (1966 - )
• Bruce Fordyce, ultra-marathon runner
• Jacques Freitag, high jumper (1982 - )
• Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, middle distance runner (1980 - )

Okkert Brits (born August 22, 1973 in Uitenhage) is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Zola Budd running a cross-country race barefoot Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice... Bruce Fordyce is a South African marathon and ultramarathon athlete. ... Jacques Freitag (born June 11, 1982 in Warrenton, Northern Cape Province) a South African high jumper. ... Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980) is a South African middle distance runner. ...

Basketball

• Steve Nash, NBA player (1974 - )

Stephen John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a Canadian professional basketball player. ...

Boxing

• Mike Bernardo, boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter
• Francois Botha
• Gerrie Coetzee, World Boxing Association heavyweight champion (1955 - )
• "Baby" Jakes Matlala, junior flyweight champion
• Mzukisi Sikali (1971 - 2005)

Mike Bernardo (born 28 July 1967) is a South African professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. ... South African boxer, nicknamed the White Buffalo, Francois Botha has had a relatively distinguished career as a heavyweight boxer. ... Gerhardus Christian Coetzee (born August 4, 1955 in Boksburg), better known as Gerrie Coetzee, is a South African former boxer. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... Baby Jakes Matlala was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion. ... Mzukisi Sikali, (July 30, 1971 – September 16, 2005), was a South African boxer who served as a world champion in three different weight categories: junior flyweight, flyweight, and super flyweight. ...

Cricket

• Shafiek Abrahams, right-arm spin bowler (1968 - )
• Paul Adams, left-arm spin bowler (1977 - )
• Adam Bacher, right-handed batsman (1973 - )
• Ali Bacher, right-handed batsman and administrator (1942 - )
• Edgar John Barlow, right-arm fast bowler and coach (1940 - 2005)
• Nicky Boje, all-rounder (1973 - )
• Tertius Bosch, right-arm fast bowler (1966 - 2000)
• Johan Botha, right-arm spin bowler (1982 - )
• Mark Boucher, wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman (1976 - )
• David Callaghan, all-rounder (1965 - )
• Jimmy Cook, right-handed batsman (1953 - )
• Hansie Cronje, Proteas captain, all-rounder (1969 - 2002)
• Daryll Cullinan, right-handed batsman (1967 - )
• Basil D'Oliveira, right-handed batsman (1931 - )
• Alan Dawson, right-arm fast medium bowler (1969 - )
• Abraham de Villiers, wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman (1984 - )
• Fanie de Villiers, right-arm fast medium bowler (1964 - )
• Matthew Dennington, cricketer (1982 - )
• Boeta Dippenaar, right-handed batsman (1977 - )
• Allan Donald, right-arm fast bowler (1966 - )
• Jean-Paul Duminy, left-handed batsman (1984 - )
• Clive Eksteen, left-arm spin bowler (1966 - )
• Steve Elworthy, right-arm fast medium bowler (1965 - )
• Herschelle Gibbs, right-handed batsman (1974 - )
• Tony Greig, right-handed batsman and commentator (1946 - )
• Andrew Hall, all-rounder (1975 - )
• Nantie Hayward, right-arm fast bowler (1977 - )
• Claude Henderson, left-arm spin bowler (1972 - )
• Omar Henry, left-arm spin bowler (1952 - )
• Andrew Hudson, right-handed opening batsman (1952 - )
• Martin van Jaarsveld, right-handed batsman (1974 - )
• Steven Jack, right-arm fast medium bowler (1970 - )
• Jacques Kallis, all-rounder (1975 - )
• Chad Keegan, cricketer (1979 - )
• Justin Kemp, all-rounder (1977 - )
• Jon Kent, cricketer (1979 - )
• Gary Kirsten, left-handed opening batsman (1967 - )
• Peter Kirsten, right-handed batsman (1955 - )
• Lance Klusener, all-rounder (1971 - )
• Garnett Kruger, right-arm fast medium bowler (1977 - )
• Adrian Kuiper, all-rounder (1959 - )
• Charl Langeveldt, right-arm fast medium bowler (1974 - )
• Gerhardus Liebenberg, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper (1972 - )
• Allan Lamb, right-hand batsman (1954 - )
• Craig Matthews, right-arm fast medium bowler (1965 - )
• Neil McKenzie, right-handed batsman (1975 - )
• Brian McMillan, all-rounder (1963 - )
• Albie Morkel, right-handed batsman (1981 - )
• Victor Mpitsang, right-arm fast medium bowler (1980 - )
• Andre Nel, fast bowler (1977 - )
• Makhaya Ntini, fast bowler (1977 - )
• Justin Ontong, right-arm spin bowler (1980 - )
• Hugh Page, right arm fast bowler (1961-)
• Robin Peterson, left-arm spin bowler (1979 - )
• Kevin Pietersen, right-handed batsman (1980 - )
• Shaun Pollock, Proteas captain, fast-medium bowler (1973 - )
• Nic Pothas, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper (1973 - )
• Ashwell Prince, left-handed batsman (1977 - )
• Meyrick Pringle, right-arm fast medium swing bowler (1966 - )
• Andrew Puttick, cricketer (1980 - )
• Jonty Rhodes, right-handed batsman (1969 - )
• Clive Rice, all-rounder (1949 - )
• David Richardson, right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper (1959 - )
• Jacques Rudolph, left-handed batsman (1981 - )
• Mark Rushmere, right-handed batsman (1965 - )
• Brett Schultz, left-arm fast bowler (1970 - )
• Graeme Smith, Proteas captain, batsman (1981 - )
• Greg Smith, cricketer (1971 - )
• Richard Snell, right-arm fast medium bowler (1968 - )
• Errol Stewart, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper (1969 - )
• Dale Steyn, right-arm fast bowler (1983 - )
• Rudi Steyn, cricketer (1967 - )
• Andrew Strauss, cricketer (1977 - )
• Pieter Strydom, cricketer (1969 - )
• Pat Symcox, right-arm spin bowler (1960 - )
• Roger Telemachus, right-arm fast medium bowler (1973 - )
• David Terbrugge, right-arm fast medium bowler (1977 - )
• Kepler Wessels, Proteas captain, left-handed batsman (1957 - )
• Henry Williams, right-arm fast medium bowler (1967 - )
• Charl Willoughby, cricketer (1974 - )
• Mandy Yachad, cricketer (1960 - )
• Monde Zondeki, right-arm fast bowler (1982 - )

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Mark Boucher (born December 3, 1976 in East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricketer. ... David John Callaghan (b. ... Stephen James Cook (born July 31, 1953, Johannesburg, Transvaal) is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. ... Wessel Johannes Hansie Cronje (September 25, 1969 - June 1, 2002) was a South African cricketer (all-rounder) and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. ... Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967, Kimberley, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and one-day internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. ... Basil Lewis DOliveira (born 4 October 1931) is a retired cricketer. ... Alan Charles Dawson (b. ... Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (b. ... Petrus Stephanus de Villiers (born 13 October 1964, Vereeniging, Transvaal), South Africa), better known as Fanie was a South African cricketer, who was a right arm fast medium bowler. ... Matthew Dennington (born October 16, 1982) is a South African cricketer. ... Hendrik Human Dippenaar, known as Boeta (born 14 June 1977, Kimberley, Cape Province) is a cricketer who has played Test and one-day international cricket for South Africa and the ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket... Allan Anthony Donald, (born October 20, 1966, Bloemfontein) was one of South Africas best ever cricketers, specifically one of their finest bowlers. ... Jean-Paul Duminy (born April 14, 1984 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. ... Clive Edward Eksteen (b. ... Steven Elworthy (b. ... Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ... Anthony Tony William Greig (born October 6, 1946) is a former cricketer and currently a commentator. ... Andrew James Hall (born July 31, 1975, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African cricketer and member of the South African cricket team since 1999. ... Mornantau Hayward (born March 6, 1977 in Uitenhage) is a South African cricketer. ... Claude William Henderson (born June 14, 1972, Worcester, Western Cape) is a South African cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 4 ODIs from 2001 to 2002. ... Omar Henry (b. ... Andrew Charles Hudson (b. ... Martin van Jaarsveld (b. ... Steven Douglas Jack (born August 4, 1970, Durban, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1994 to 1995. ... Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. ... Chad Keegan (born July 30, 1979) is a South African cricketer. ... Justin Miles Kemp (born 2 October 1977, Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. ... Jon Carter Kent (b. ... Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967) was a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ... Peter Noel Kirsten (born May 14, 1955, Pietermaritzburg, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in 12 Tests and 40 ODIs from 1991 to 1994. ... Lance Klusener (born on September 4, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. ... Garnett John-Peter Kruger (born 5 January 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa) is a cricketer. ... Adrian Paul Kuiper (born August 24, 1959, Johannesburg, Transvaal) is a former South African cricketer who played in one Test and 25 ODIs from 1991 to 1996. ... Charl Langeveldt is a South African ODI (One Day International) and Test cricketer. ... Gerhardus Frederick Johannes Liebenberg (born April 7, 1972, Upington, South Africa) is a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1995 to 1998. ... Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ... Craig Russell Matthews (born February 15, 1965, Cape Town, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 56 ODIs from 1991 to 1997. ... Neil McKenzie (born 24 November 1975 in Johannesburg) is a South African cricketer. ... Brian Mervin McMillan (b. ... Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa), also known as just Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer with impressive first class statistics, but who has made a smaller impact on the international stage. ... Phenyo Victor Mpitsang (b. ... Andre Nel (born 15 July 1977, Germiston, Transvaal) is a South African cricketer who has played 15 Tests and 43 ODIs as a fast bowler. ... Makhaya Ntini (born 6 July 1977 in Eastern Cape Province) is a South African cricketer, the first black player to play for the South African team. ... Justin Lee Ontong (b. ... Robin John Peterson (b. ... Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is a cricketer, an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional off-spin bowler who plays for England and Hampshire. ... Shaun Maclean Pollock (born July 16, 1973 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer who attended Northwood High School in Durban, more specifically a fast-medium bowler. ... Nic Pothas (b. ... Ashwell Gavin Prince (born May 28, 1977, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province) is a cricketer who plays Test and One-day International cricket for South Africa. ... Meyrick Wayne Pringle (born June 22, 1966, Adelaide, South Africa) is a former South African cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 17 ODIs from 1992 to 1995. ... Andrew George Puttick (b. ... Jonathan Neil Rhodes (born 27 July 1969 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa), better known as Jonty Rhodes, was a South African cricketer, who was especially noted for his feats whilst fielding. ... Clive Edward Butler Rice (b. ... David John Richardson (b. ... Jacques Rudolph is a South African Test and ODI cricketer. ... Mark Weir Rushmere (b. ... Brett Nolan Schultz (born August 26, 1970, East London, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests and one ODI from 1992 to 1997. ... Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg) became the youngest ever cricketer to captain the South African cricket team at the age of 22 years when he was selected to take over from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 cricket World Cup. ... Greg Smith (born October 30, 1971) is an English-South African cricketer. ... Richard Peter Snell (b. ... Errol Leslie Rae Stewart (b. ... Dale Willem Steyn (b. ... Philippus Jeremia Rudolf Steyn (born June 30, 1967, Kimberley, South Africa) is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and one ODI in 1995 Categories: | | | | | ... Andrew John Strauss MBE, born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 March 1977, is currently the stand-in captain of the England cricket team. ... Pieter Coenraad Strydom (b. ... Patrick Leonard Symcox (born 14 April 1960) played 20 tests and 80 one-day internationals for South Africa in the 1990s and played provincial cricket for the Natal Dolphins in Durban. ... Roger Telemachus (b. ... David Terbrugge (born January 31, 1977 in Ladysmith) is a South African cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Henry Smith Williams (b. ... Charl Myles Willoughby (born 3 December 1974) is a South African cricketer who has played two Tests and three one-day internationals for South Africa, and currently plays SuperSport Series cricket for Cape Cobras. ... Mandy Yachad (b. ... Monde Zondeki (b. ...

Golf

• Ernie Els (1969 - )
• Retief Goosen (1969 - )
• Gary Player (1936 - )
• Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum

Theodore Ernest Ernie Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. ... Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969) is a South African professional golfer. ... Gary Player on the cover of a 1999 golf instruction video. ... Sewsunker Papwa Sewgolum (1930-1978) was a legendary South African golfer who carved a niche for himself in golfing folklore when he became the first golfer of colour to win a provincial open in South Africa. ...

Motorsport

• Jody Scheckter, Formula One world champion (1950 - )

Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a former auto racing driver, the 1979 Formula One World Drivers Champion. ...

Rugby

• Bakkies Botha, lock (1979 - )
• Naas Botha, flyhalf and TV presenter (1958 - )
• Schalk Burger, flank (1983 - )
• Danie Craven, rugby player and administrator (1910 - 1994)
• Thinus Delport, rugby player (1975 - )
• Jean de Villiers, centre and wing (1981 - )
• Frik du Preez, rugby player (1935 - )
• Os du Randt, prop (1972 - )
• Bryan Habana, wing
• Francois Steyn, flyhalf/fullback (1987 - )
• Mannetjies Roux

John Philip Bakkies Botha, usually referred to by his nickname (born 22 September 1979 in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Province) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays lock for the South African national rugby team, the Springboks. ... Naas Botha (Hendrik Egnatius Botha) (born 27 February 1958) is a former Northern Transvaal and Springbok Rugby Union player. ... Schalk Schalla Burger Jr. ... Danie Craven (Daniël Hartman Craven) (11 October 1910 - 4 January 1994) is a former Western Province, Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal and Springbok Rugby Union player as well as arguably South Africas best and most well-known rugby administrator ever. ... Thinus Delport (born 2 February 1975 in Port Elizabeth) is a rugby union player who plays on the wing for Worcester Warriors and South Africa. ... Jean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981 in Paarl) is a South African rugby player. ... Frik du Preez (born Frederick Christoffel Hendrik du Preez on 28 November 1935) is a former Northern Transvaal and Springboks Rugby Union player. ... Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt (born 8 September 1972 in Elliot, South Africa), is a South African rugby player who plays as a loosehead prop for the Springboks, Central Cheetahs (Super 14), and Free State Cheetahs (Currie Cup). ... Bryan Gary Habana (born 6 December 1983 in Benoni, Gauteng) is a South African rugby player who is a wing for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, the Bulls in Super 14, and the Springboks internationally. ... Francois Steyn (born 14 May 1987) is a Springbok and Natal Sharks rugby player. ...

Soccer

• Shaun Bartlett, striker (1972 - )
• Doctor Khumalo, midfielder
• Benni McCarthy, striker (1977 - )
• Lucas Radebe, Bafana Bafana captain, defender
• Jomo Sono, midfielder and coach

Shaun Bartlett (born October 31, 1972 in Cape Town) is a South African football (soccer) striker. ... Theophilus Khumalo (better known as Doctor Khumalo) (born 26 June 1967 in Soweto) is a South African soccer player. ... Benedict Saul Benni McCarthy (born 12 November 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a professional footballer, currently playing for English side Blackburn Rovers and South Africa. ... Lucas Valeriu Radebe (Prounounced Ĥáďébè) (born December 4, 1969) is a former South African football player and national team captain. ... Matsilela Ephraim Sono (affectionately known as Jomo Sono and sometimes also called the Black Prince of South African Soccer) (17 July 1955 - ) is a South African soccer club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player. ...

Surfing

• John Whitmore, father of South African surfing
• Shaun Tomson, former world champ
• Grant Baker, winner of the Mavericks Big Wave contest in California
• Martin Potter (surfer), 1989 world champ

John Whitmore (b 1929) pioneered the sport of surfing in South Africa. ... Shaun Tomson was born on August 21, 1955 in Durban, South Africa. ... Mavericks or Mavericks is a world-famous surfing location in Northern California. ... Mavericks or Mavericks is a world-famous surfing location in Northern California. ... This article is about the surfer. ...

Swimming

• Natalie du Toit, disabled swimmer
• Lyndon Ferns
• Penny Heyns, breaststroke, Olympic gold medallist
• Ryk Neethling, freestyle, Olympic gold medallist
• Roland Mark Schoeman, freestyle, Olympic gold medallist
• Darian Townsend, Olympic gold medallist
• Charlene Wittstock

Natalie du Toit (born 29 January 1984) is a South African swimmer. ... Lyndon Ferns (b. ... Penelope Heyns (better known as Penny Heyns) (born 8 November 1974) is a South African swimmer. ... Ryk Neethling (born November 17, 1977) is a South African swimmer and the winner of an Olympic gold medal. ... Roland Mark Schoeman (3 July 1980, Pretoria) is a South African swimmer and a member of the 2004 Olympic Games swimming team for South Africa. ... Darian Townsend (born August 28, 1984 in Pinetown) is a South African swimmer. ... Charlene Wittstock on the cover of Paris Match Charlene Lynette Wittstock (born January 25, 1978) is a former South African Olympic swimmer and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, who raised to fame because she was accompanying Albert II, Prince of Monaco at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. ...

Tennis

• Kevin Curren (1958 - )
• Cliff Drysdale, player and television commentator (1941 - )
• Johan Kriek (1958 - )
• Amanda Coetzer, (1971- )

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Winter Sports

• Alexander Heath, Alpine skier (1978-)

Alexander Heath (born 21 September 1978) is a South African Olympic athlete. ...

Other

• Denise Darvall donor for the first human heart transplant
• Nkosi Johnson, child who died of AIDS (1989 - 2001)
• Nongqawuse, millenialist Xhosa prophetess
• Hector Pieterson, young boy whose death became a symbol of the Soweto riots (1964 - 1976)
• Mrs. Ples, homonid fossil (born circa 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago)
• Rosenkowitz sextuplets, first known set of sextuplets to survive their infancy (1974 - )
• Louis Washkansky recipient of first human heart transplant
• Mark Hewlett - Fear Factor Grand Champion, prominent personality in New Zealand

Denise Darvall achieved renown when on 3 December 1967, she became the donor in the world’s first successful human heart transplant, performed by Professor Christiaan Barnard and his team at Groote Schuur Hospital. ... ÇNkosi Johnson (February 4, 1989 - June 1, 2001) was a South African child victim of HIV/AIDS, who made a powerful impact on public perceptions of the pandemic and its effects before his death at the age of 12. ... Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Nongqawuse was an adolescent Xhosa girl who in April 1856 claimed to have had a prophetic dream predicting that if her people killed all their cattle, the Xhosa dead would rise again, bringing herds of cattle with them, and the English settlers would be driven from the land. ... Hector Pieterson (1964 – 16 June 1976) became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto riots in apartheid South Africa when a news photograph by Sam Nzima of the dying Hector being carried by a fellow student, was published around the world. ... Fatally-wounded Hector Pieterson (13), one of the first fatalities, is carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo on June 16, 1976, with Antoinette Pieterson (17) running alongside. ... Archaeologists at Sterkfontein cave, where Mrs. ... The Rosenkowitz sextuplets were born in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 11, 1974. ... Born 1913. ... Mark Hewlett is a Zimbabwean born radio and television personality most prominent in his adopted home of New Zealand. ... Fear Factor was an American stunt/dare reality game show. ...

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of South African Artists
• List of South African politicians
• SABC3's Great South Africans, a television program listing the 100 greatest South Africans as voted for by viewers