South Africa
People of this nationality
Bjorn Basson
b. 1987
rugby union player
Chad Baxter
b. 1983
cricketer
Elias Ngwepe
b. 1978
association football player
Jane Bennett
b. 1958
academic
Tony Pooley
1938 – 2004
naturalist
Louis Strydom
b. 1980
rugby union player
Nicholis Louw
b. 1979
singer
Kerneels Cronjé
1940 – 2009
rugby union player
Johan Oldert
1912 – 1984
painter
Kayla de Waal
b. 2000
field hockey player
Dereck Dowling
1914 – 2003
cricketer
Soso Rungqu
b. 1983
actor
Ethan Hooker
b. 2003
rugby union player
Richard William Ethelbert Tucker
arachnologist
Leon Louw
b. 1957
politician
Egon Ryan Seconds
b. 1980
rugby union player
Maroesjka Matthee
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Michael Masutha
b. 1965
politician
Dikeledi Tsotetsi
b. 1956
politician
Shimza
b. 1984
disc jockey
Richard Arnold Dümmer
1887 – 1922
botanist
Jabulile Nyawose
trade unionist
Thato Mokeke
b. 1990
association football player
Susan Matheson
costume designer
Tumi Koto
b. 1994
cricketer
Jonathan Fellows-Smith
1932 – 2013
rugby union player
Ashwell Prince
b. 1977
cricketer
Edward-John Bottomley
journalist
Jaco Bekker
b. 1983
rugby union player
Alfred Jeslein
diplomat
Billy Frank
1872 – 1945
cricketer
Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya
researcher
William Diering
b. 1986
swimmer
Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
Anglican priest
Alan van der Merwe
b. 1980
racing driver
Amina Desai
1920 – 2009
businessperson
Elaine
b. 1999
singer-songwriter
Burger Geldenhuys
b. 1956
rugby union player
John Robert Dunn
1834 – 1895
military personnel
Betsie Verwoerd
1901 – 2000
politician
Rachel Wynberg
b. 1963
researcher
Dumile Feni
1942 – 1991
painter
Ricky Januarie
b. 1982
rugby union player
John Gainsford
1938 – 2015
rugby union player
Mpho Mbiyozo
b. 1983
rugby union player
Harry Miller
1941 – 1983
composer
Stephen Gray
1941 – 2020
poet
Tatamkhulu Afrika
1920 – 2002
poet
Enos Mafokate
1946 – 2026
athlete
Lyndall Gordon
b. 1941
biographer
Ephraim Mogale
1959 – 2003
anti-apartheid activist
Lin Sampson
b. 1941
journalist
Duné Coetzee
b. 2002
swimmer
Henry Joseph Woodside
1858 – 1929
journalist
Patricia Lewis
b. 1967
actor
George Dodd
1883 – 1957
tennis player
Ronnie Grieveson
1909 – 1998
cricketer
Julia Wipplinger
1923 – 1989
tennis player
Pieter de Villiers
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Geoff Chubb
1911 – 1982
cricketer
Morné Engelbrecht
b. 1988
cricketer
Leon Louw
b. 1948
novelist
Grant Hermanus
b. 1995
rugby union player
Chris Rossouw
b. 1976
rugby union player
D. F. Malherbe
1881 – 1969
poet
Henry Loubscher
b. 1936
boxer
Marianne Pretorius
b. 1976
mountaineer
Kgalebane Mohlakoana
b. 1993
association football player
Peter Maltitz Anderson
1879 – 1954
engineer
Stacey-Lee Khojane
b. 1990
politician
Ashley Almanza
b. 1964
entrepreneur
Steve Elworthy
b. 1965
cricketer
András Németh
b. 2002
association football player
Darryn Randall
1980 – 2013
cricketer
Yaya Hartzenberg
b. 1989
rugby union player
Irvin Khoza
b. 1948
sports executive
Gene Rockwell
1944 – 1998
singer
Dennis East
1949 – 2022
songwriter
Morris Zimerman
1911 – 1992
rugby union player
Agnes Sam
1942 – 2022
writer
Simone Ackermann
b. 1990
triathlete
Raynard Roets
b. 2001
rugby union player
Timothy Woods
b. 1943
Chanelle Scheepers
b. 1984
tennis player
Trix Vivier
b. 1988
actor
Esmé Emmanuel
b. 1947
tennis player
Somila Seyibokwe
b. 1987
cricketer
Bernard K. Mbenga
b. 1952
historian
Sylvaine Strike
theatre director
Andy McMillan
b. 1968
association football player
Coenie van Wyk
b. 1988
rugby union player
Jarrod Saffy
b. 1984
rugby union player
Mbongeleni Zondi
1969 – 2009
politician
Tyrone van Aswegen
b. 1982
golfer
Cyril Martin
1928 – 2007
amateur wrestler
Bakone Justice Moloto
b. 1944
judge
Mike Melvill
1940 – 2026
aircraft pilot
Mbulelo Sogoni
b. 1966
politician
Fred le Roux
1882 – 1963
cricketer
Wim Botha
b. 1974
sculptor