Famous People

Noshir Ginwala

South African journalist and politician

1932 — 2023

Watkin Tudor Jones

South African rapper and singer

1974 — present

Shamima Shaikh

South African feminist (1960–1998)

1960 — 1998

Aryan Kaganof

South African writer and film director

1964 — present

Pravin Gordhan

South African politician (1949–2024)

1949 — 2024

Keshav Maharaj

South African cricketer

1990 — present

Shandre Campbell

South African soccer player

2005 — present

Schalk Brits

South African rugby union footballer

1981 — present

Schalk Willem Burger

South African politician (1852–1918)

1852 — 1918

Schalk Willem Petrus Burger

South African rugby union footballer (b. 1983)

1983 — present

Kopano Matlwa

South African writer

1985 — present

Archange Touadéra

President of the Central African Republic since 2016

1957 — present

Kofoworola Ademola

Yoruba Nigerian educationalist and first African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford

1913 — 2002

Zoleka Mandela

South African writer

1980 — 2023

Arnoldus Cronjé

South African Boer general (1836–1911)

1836 — 1911

Allick Bowlly

South African–British vocalist (1899–1941)

1899 — 1941

Temba Bavuma

South African cricketer

1990 — present

Frew McMillan

South African tennis player

1942 — present

Anneline Kriel

South African actress, model and beauty queen

1955 — present

Lesley-Ann Brandt

South African-American actress (born 1981)

1981 — present

Nandipha Mntambo

South African artist who has become famous for her sculptures, videos and photographs (born 1982)

1982 — present

Nothando Vilakazi

South African footballer

1988 — present

Marmaduke Pattle

South African born World War II Flying ace for the RAF. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross & bar. (1914–1941)

1914 — 1941

Jonty Rhodes

South African cricketer

1969 — present

Marais Viljoen

South African politician (1915-2007)

1915 — 2007

Benni McCarthy

South African association football player (born 1977)

1977 — present

Romare Bearden

African American artist (1911–1988)

1911 — 1988

Pape Sy

French African basketball player

1988 — present

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress (born 1975)

1975 — present

Kepler Wessels

former South African cricketer, also played for for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England

1957 — present

Muhsin Hendricks

South African imam and LGBTQIA activist

1967 — 2025

Diedrich Hermann Westermann

German missionary, Africanist, and linguist (1875–1956)

1875 — 1956

Zenani Mandela-Dlamini

South African diplomat

1959 — present

Izak van der Merwe

South African tennis player

1984 — present

Jupiter Hammon

American writer and first known published African-American author

1711 — 1806

Vianney Mabidé

Central African Republic footballer

1988 — present

Tansey Coetzee

South African beauty pageant titleholder

1984 — present

Trayvon Martin

African-American teenager shot in 2012, which was followed by a debate and protests regarding racism in the US (1995–2012)

1995 — 2012

Crispus Attucks

African American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre

1723 — 1770

Martinus Theunis Steyn

6th President of the Orange Free State and South African judge. (1858–1916)

1858 — 1916

Martinus Wessel Pretorius

South African politician (1819–1901)

1819 — 1901

Delron Buckley

South African footballer

1977 — present

Rashaun Broadus

African-American-Albanian basketball player

1984 — present

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio

South African racing cyclist

1985 — present

Christiaan Naudé

South African anti-apartheid activist (1915-2004)

1915 — 2004

Christiaan Barnard

South African cardiac surgeon

1922 — 2001

Chanelle Scheepers

South African tennis player

1984 — present

Nicolaas P. van Wyk Louw

South African poet (1906–1970)

1906 — 1970