Famous South African

The Most Famous South African
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Yolandi	December 1, 1984	South African	Check out all that you wanted to know about Yolandi Visser, the famous South African singer and actress; her birthday, her family and personal life, her boyfriends, fun trivia facts and more.
Errol Musk	1946	South African	Errol Musk is a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor
Cariba Heine	October 1, 1988	South African	Cariba Heine is an Australian-South African actress and dancer
Sarah Baartman	1787	South African	Sarah Baartman was a South African woman who became a source of amusement for the Europeans in 19th century due to her abnormally large buttocks
Christiaan Barnard	November 8, 1922	South African	Dr
Candice Swanepoel	October 20, 1988	South African	Candice Swanepoel is a South African supermodel, associated with the popular brand Victoria’s Secret
Alex Lange	March 3, 2001	South African	Alex Lange is a French-South African model, who is quite popular on Instagram
Charlize Theron	August 7, 1975	South African	Charlize Theron is a Hollywood actress best known for her award winning role in the film ‘Monster’
Cyril Ramaphosa	November 17, 1952	South African	Cyril Ramaphosa is the fifth and present post-apartheid President of South Africa
John Kani	August 30, 1942	South African	John Kani is a South African actor, voice actor, playwright and director

Albert John Luthuli was a leader of black resistance in South Africa

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

Shaka kaSnzangakhona was an influential Zulu tribal monarch

Desmond Tutu is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop

Allan McLeod Cormack was a South African-American physicist, who received the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist who developed a vaccine against yellow fever

Oscar Pistorius is an athlete of South African origin, who has fetched several laurels as a runner

Bryce Courtenay was an Australian novelist, one of the country’s best-selling authors

A Nobel laureate, Nelson Mandela was the man responsible for overthrowing apartheid & unifying the country of South Africa

Nikki Williams is a South African singer and songwriter known for her forceful and gutsy singing