South Africa

Kamo Mphela

b. 1999

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Zenéy van der Walt

b. 2000

athletics competitor

Albert Gerald Lewis

1918 – 1982

Mariska Venter

b. 1996

wheelchair tennis player

Andrew McLardy

b. 1974

golfer

Hendrik van der Bijl

1887 – 1948

engineer

Godfrey Khotso Mokoena

b. 1985

athletics competitor

Ciliesta Motsepe

politician

Sphumelele Shamase

b. 2002

association football player

Dullah Omar

1934 – 2004

politician

Charles Pearse

1884 – 1953

cricketer

Massabalala Yengwa

1923 – 1987

translator

Ronald Robson

1912 – 1986

cricketer

Papi Moloto

politician

Kenneth Hands

1892 – 1954

cricketer

Simon Khomari

b. 1991

cricketer

Siya Kolisi

b. 1991

rugby union player

David Millin

1920 – 1999

actor

Carolus Johannes Reinecke

b. 1941

academic

John Medley Wood

1827 – 1915

botanist

Victoria Scott-Legendre

b. 1988

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Tshepo Tshite

b. 1997

athletics competitor

Dikgang Mabalane

b. 1979

association football player

Philani

b. 1979

association football player

Brent Russell

b. 1980

rugby union player

Nelisa Mchunu

b. 1992

actor

Edward "Terry" Walter Rail Waugh

1913 – 1966

architect

Kewpie

1942 – 2012

drag queen

Alistair Lyon

b. 1979

rugby union player

Gouws Prinsloo

b. 1990

rugby union player

Thomas Kaber

b. 1992

cricketer

Bertha Mkhize

1889 – 1981

teacher

Dan J. Stein

1962 – 2025

psychiatrist

Vusi Tshabalala

politician

Mouritz Botha

b. 1982

rugby union player

Berni Searle

b. 1964

photographer

Kim McClenaghan

b. 1974

poet

Imraan Valodia

economist

Sipho Thwala

b. 1968

criminal

Ashleigh Simon

b. 1989

golfer

Nigel Cockburn

1953 – 1957

tennis player

Ebert Kleynhans

b. 1970

swimmer

Elizna Naudé

b. 1978

athletics competitor

Zola Budd

b. 1966

middle-distance runner

Tim Whitehead

b. 1988

rugby union player

Paul Erasmus

police officer

Tielman Roos

1879 – 1935

politician

Thandi Klaasen

1931 – 2017

singer

Janet L Scott

1964 – 2022

chemist

Robin McCall

b. 1964

rower

Surprise Moriri

b. 1980

association football player

Grace Legote

b. 1992

rhythmic gymnast

Matthews Temane

b. 1960

athletics competitor

Namrita Lall

researcher

Justin Bonello

b. 1971

cook

Teboho Moloi

b. 1968

association football player

Andries van Heerden

b. 1961

rugby union player

Paul Harris

b. 1978

cricketer

Schalk Booysen

1927 – 2011

sprinter

Edward Jefferys

1936 – 1998

sprinter

Jean-Luc du Plessis

b. 1994

rugby union player

Lennox Broster

1889 – 1965

surgeon

Louis Raymond

1895 – 1962

tennis player

Shafiek Abrahams

b. 1968

cricketer

Andisiwe Mgcoyi

b. 1988

association football player

Robin Cohen

b. 1944

sociologist

Eric Arbuthnot

1888 – 1966

cricketer

Nomvelo Makhanya

b. 1996

singer

Ellen Kuzwayo

1914 – 2006

politician

Eldine Baptiste

b. 1960

cricketer

Senzo Mkhize

1970 – 2016

politician

Johan Els

b. 1979

strength athlete

Simphiwe Dana

b. 1980

singer

William Porter

1805 – 1880

politician

Sizani Dlamini-Dubazana

politician

Lorraine Botha

1965 – 2022

politician

Arthur McDonald

1903 – 1996

sailor

Mary-Louise Penrith

epidemiologist

Ayanda Jiya

b. 1987

singer

Murray Anderson

b. 1968

field hockey player

Penny Moore

b. 1975

scientist

Luke Philander

b. 1997

cricketer

Babette Brown

1931 – 2019

writer

John Matisonn

b. 1949

journalist

Ekow Duker

novelist

Gert Rudolph

1797 – 1851

politician

Carlü Sadie

b. 1997

rugby union player

Travis Muller

b. 1993

cricketer

Anga Makubalo

b. 1987

film actor

Tony Pithey

1933 – 2006

cricketer

Caroline Jack

b. 1978

field hockey player

Lucky Kebe

b. 1988

rugby union player

Karina Gerber

b. 1977

modern pentathlete

Melodie McGeoch

researcher

Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons

1901 – 1975

herpetologist

Eugene Mthethwa

politician

Rassie Jansen van Vuuren

b. 1985

rugby union player

Joan Harrison

1935 – 2025

swimmer

Gulam Bodi

b. 1979

cricketer

Adrio König

writer