South Africa
People of this nationality
Sydney Vernon Petersen
1914 – 1987
poet
Lawrence Stevens
1913 – 1989
boxer
Karlo Aspeling
b. 1987
rugby union player
Terence Parkin
b. 1980
swimmer
Sam Nzima
1934 – 2018
photographer
Mamabolo Nwedamutswu
b. 1952
politician
Gary Wallace
b. 1958
cricketer
Siviwe Soyizwapi
b. 1992
rugby union player
Pieter Strydom
b. 1969
cricketer
Jennifer Mundel
b. 1962
tennis player
Mel Miller
b. 1943
comedian
Jackie Ledwaba
association football player
Sisi Ntombela
b. 1957
politician
Genevieve Hofmeyr
film producer
King Victor Thulare III
1980 – 2021
freedom fighter
Francois Lensley
television actor
Kushen Kishun
b. 1991
cricketer
Kenneth Mubu
politician
Goland Clarke
1875 – 1944
military personnel
Bruce Dalling
1938 – 2008
athlete
Jacques Rudolph
b. 1981
cricketer
Charlie Devenish
1874 – 1922
rugby union player
Florence Ellen Hewitt
1910 – 1979
botanist
Arthur Barlow
1876 – 1962
politician
Spanner Pretorius
b. 1987
rugby union player
John Nyaphuli
1933 – 2020
scientist
Trevor Strydom
b. 1958
fencer
Ace Khuse
b. 1968
association football player
Khabisi Mosunkutu
1950 – 2018
Simon Rademan
b. 1964
wardrobe stylist
Murray Creed
b. 1979
cricketer
Patrick McLoughlin
1835 – 1882
newspaper editor
Noel Kirsten
1925 – 1986
cricketer
Ferdinand Hartzenberg
1936 – 2021
politician
Bhawani Dayal Sannyasi
1892 – 1950
writer
Dennis Davis
b. 1951
judge
William Thomas Marshall
1854 – 1920
military personnel
Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp
1907 – 1946
aircraft pilot
Busiswa
b. 1988
singer
Leonie Joubert
b. 1901
journalist
Heidi Dalton
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Bevin Fortuin
1979 – 2025
rugby union player
Angelo Davids
b. 1999
rugby union player
Mark Gleeson
b. 1964
journalist
Mbuyiseli Madlanga
b. 1962
judge
Maurice Paige
b. 1983
film actor
Brian Liebenberg
b. 1979
rugby union player
Ayabulela Magqwaka
b. 1996
association football player
John Williams
1946 – 2024
rugby union player
James Sivewright
1848 – 1916
businessperson
Ian Dalrymple
1903 – 1989
screenwriter
Bruce Clarke
b. 1910
association football player
Tanit Phoenix
b. 1980
television actor
Clinton Whitelaw
b. 1970
golfer
John Comaroff
b. 1945
anthropologist
Reggie Diergaardt
b. 1957
politician
Micaela Bouter
b. 1995
competitive diver
Nadia Davids
b. 1977
writer
Claud Cloete
b. 1970
modern pentathlete
Rynier Bernardo
b. 1991
rugby union player
Fikile Ntshangase
1957 – 2020
environmentalist
Jarred Rothwell
kickboxer
Katlego Maboe
b. 1986
television presenter
Nick Bierman
1910 – 1977
soldier
Lennox Brown
1910 – 1983
cricketer
Constance Seoposengwe
politician
Kopano Matlwa
b. 1985
physician
Wilf Waller
b. 1877
association football player
Glen Syndercombe
1931 – 2005
naval officer
Jerry Mofokeng
b. 1956
actor
David Tennant
1829 – 1905
politician
DJ Maphorisa
b. 1988
record producer
Walter Brimble
1911 – 1990
rugby league player
Bongi Ndaba
b. 1972
actor
Daryl Impey
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Elizabeth Maria Molteno
1852 – 1927
human rights defender
James McManus
b. 1992
badminton player
Arno Jacobs
b. 1977
cricketer
Jay Robert Thomson
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Lionel Wilson
1933 – 2017
rugby union player
Thriston Lawrence
b. 1996
golfer
Brendan Curry
b. 1971
tennis player
Muhsin Hendricks
1967 – 2025
imam
Alfred Cooper
1893 – 1963
cricketer
Allen Kwela
1939 – 2003
jazz musician
Ruan Nortjé
b. 1998
rugby union player
Charles Bradley
b. 1919
bowls player
Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
b. 1937
activist
Mosa Moshabela
researcher
Washington Sixolo
1934 – 2017
actor
Johannes Kerkorrel
1960 – 2002
journalist
Nkosana Makate
b. 1977
businessperson
Hanno Dirksen
b. 1991
rugby union player
Kieka Mynhardt
b. 1953
mathematician
Charles Davidson Dunbar
1870 – 1939
musician
Aubrey Swanepoel
b. 1989
cricketer
Bongi Makeba
1950 – 1985
singer
Sekela Ngadlela
b. 1996
cricketer
Brian Temba
b. 1981
musician
Waseem Shaikh
b. 1984
actor