South Africa
People of this nationality
Gareth Carr
b. 1981
field hockey player
Karin Melis Mey
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Isaac Mogase
1934 – 2021
politician
Vivian Neser
1894 – 1956
cricketer
Fanie du Toit
politician
Simon Henry Connell
researcher
Fatima Seedat
women's rights activist
Kay Moonsamy
1926 – 2017
politician
25K
b. 1994
rapper
Can Themba
1924 – 1968
journalist
Max Price
b. 1955
academic
Jenny Schreiner
politician
George Albu
1857 – 1935
businessperson
Herman Wald
1906 – 1970
sculptor
Pedrie Wannenburg
1981 – 2022
rugby union player
Ngoako Ramathlodi
b. 1955
politician
Frene Ginwala
1932 – 2023
politician
Edrich Lubbe
b. 1993
cricketer
Beauty Dambuza
b. 1954
politician
Hannes Strydom
1965 – 2023
rugby union player
Cornelius van Zyl
b. 1979
rugby union player
Tamlin Blake
b. 1974
artist
Akani Simbine
b. 1993
athletics competitor
Mpumi Madisa
b. 1980
businessperson
Lillian Louisa Britten
1886 – 1952
botanist
Gerald Williams
b. 1969
rugby league player
Jaco Peyper
b. 1980
rugby union match official
Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013
politician
Alys Fane Trotter
1862 – 1961
artist
Jabulane Michael Radebe
politician
Steph Roberts
b. 1985
rugby union player
Franco Smith
b. 2000
rugby union player
Claude Floquet
1884 – 1963
cricketer
William Foster
1881 – 1942
military officer
Sibusiso Sithole
b. 1990
rugby union player
Willie van Niekerk
1937 – 2009
physician
Piet Retief
1780 – 1838
explorer
Raymond Moore
b. 1946
tennis player
Sampie Mastriet
b. 1990
rugby union player
Nkululeko Habedi
1977 – 2015
rapper
Mike Rowbotham
b. 1965
association football player
Ndumiso Mabena
b. 1987
association football player
Ossie Nortjé
b. 1990
rugby union player
Wilfred Legg
1906 – 1973
sprinter
Richard Ntuli
politician
Gordon Torr
b. 1953
businessperson
Ettiene de Bruyn
b. 1977
cricketer
Mapetla Mohapi
1947 – 1976
Helen Fleming
b. 1973
rower
Edmund du Plessis
b. 2002
athletics competitor
Bevan Fransman
b. 1983
association football player
Pandelani Nefolovhodwe
politician
Siphiwe Lusizi
b. 1989
boxer
Craig Morkel
b. 1967
politician
Bismarck du Plessis
b. 1984
rugby union player
Patrick Shai
1956 – 2022
television actor
E. J. Khaile
politician
Robert Brown
b. 1957
cricketer
Dan Jacobson
1929 – 2014
writer
Thabiso Mchunu
b. 1988
boxer
Gary Wade
b. 1970
canoeist
Alexander Kok
1926 – 2015
cellist
Mamza Benjamin
1939 – 2012
trade unionist
Dineo Seshee Bopape
b. 1981
artist
Leo Pokrowsky
1873 – 1900
military personnel
Denis Njoroge Nzioka
b. 1985
journalist
Jandré Blom
b. 1984
rugby union player
Henri Schoeman
b. 1991
triathlete
Langalibalele
1814 – 1889
Caroline Gibellok
b. 1974
photographer
Bill Cotty
1875 – 1928
rugby union player
Nollis Marais
rugby union coach
Alan William James Cousins
1903 – 2001
astronomer
Trevor Penney
b. 1968
cricketer
Jacqui Benkenstein
b. 1974
field hockey player
Peter Brown
1924 – 2004
politician
Redi Tlhabi
b. 1978
journalist
Rajesh Gopie
film actor
Noloyiso Sandile
1963 – 2020
queen consort
Thozama Gangi
business executive
Mkhululi Calana
b. 1993
cricketer
John Gush
1935 – 2014
cricketer
Shaun de Jager
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Hlompho Kekana
b. 1985
association football player
P. J. Prinsloo
b. 1978
actor
Scott van Breda
b. 1991
rugby union player
Francis Guthrie
1831 – 1899
botanist
Meyer Feldberg
b. 1942
Pat Montini
1929 – 2008
rugby union player
Roger Wessels
b. 1961
golfer
Graham Glover
lawyer
Bryan Woodroffe
1929 – 1993
tennis player
Ntombazana Botha
1943 – 2025
politician
Daniel Mudau
b. 1968
association football player
Howard Gardiner
1944 – 2018
cricketer
Conor Mccreedy
b. 1987
painter
Gerald Dros
b. 1973
cricketer
John Laband
1947 – 2025
writer
Dan Taylor
1887 – 1957
cricketer
Helen Makhuba
politician