- female, deceased (1965)
- Ingrid Jonker (19 September 1933 - 19 July 1965) (OIS), was a South African poet. Although she wrote in Afrikaans, her poems have been widely...
- male, deceased (1951)
- Herman Charles Bosman (1905 - October 14 1951) was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld...
- male, deceased (1987)
- Uys Krige (christened Mattheus Uys Krige) (4 February 1910 - 10 August 1987) was a South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby...
- male, 131 years old
- Paul J. Roos (1878 - 19??) (also known as "Oom Polla" - Afrikaans for "Uncle Polla") was the first South African Springbok rugby captain and led...
- male
- Daniel Streicher Badenhorst (6 December 1967 -) (better known as Daantjie Badenhorst or even Daantjie Dinamiet (Daantjie Dynamite) is South...
- male, deceased (1953)
- John van Melle (February 11, 1887 - November 8, 1953) was the pen name of a Dutch-born South African author. His real name was Johannes van Melle....
- male, deceased (1856)
- Louw Wepener (d. 1856) was a military leader ("kommandant" in Afrikaans) in the Orange Free State who was killed during the Second Orange Free...
- female
- Basetsana Julia Kumalo (born Basetsana Julia Makgalemele) is a former Miss South Africa and is currently a television presenter and businesswoman....
- female, 91 years old
- Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books....
- male, deceased (1988)
- Wilhelm Otto (WO) Kühne was an award-winning author of children's literature and editor of "Die Jongspan" and "Die Burger" newspapers in Cape T...
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