List of South Africans
A list of notable South Africans.
- Christiaan Barnard, heart surgeon
- Steve Biko, political activist
- Herman Charles Bosman, author
- Louis Botha, statesman
- John Michael Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author, twice winner of the Booker Prize
- Clement Martyn Doke, linguist
- Ernie Els, golfer
- Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author
- F.W. de Klerk, statesman and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Paul Kruger, statesman
- Albert Luthuli, statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Nelson Mandela, statesman and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Dave Matthews, musician
- Harry Oppenheimer, businessman
- Alan Paton, author
- Gary Player, golfer
- Trevor Rabin, musician
- Olive Schreiner, author
- Jody Scheckter, Formula 1 world champion
- Shaka, founder of the Zulu nation
- Mark Shuttleworth, Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte, astronaut
- Jan Smuts, statesman
- Charlize Theron, actress
- Desmond Tutu, cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former Prime Minister
See also:
List of people by nationality