Ferdie le Grange

Ferdinand Andries le Grange (Ferdie; 26 August 1948 – October 2013) was a South African plastic surgeon and marathon runner who broke African records.

Early life He was born in Molteno, Eastern Cape, South Africa. His father was a farmer. After school, he studied medicine at Stellenbosch University and University of the Witwatersrand. He had a medical practise in Bedfordview Germiston, South Africa

He married Kathleen de Villiers, an anaesthetist, and their children were Loné, Jean, Michelle and Ferdie, Jr.

He was the South African Marathon Champion in 1973 and 1974.

Due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era he never competed in the Olympic Games. After his retirement from competitive running, he ran the Comrades Marathon and the Two Oceans Marathon.