Ingrid Jonker

Ingrid Jonker

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...
Herman Charles Bosman

Herman Charles Bosman

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...
Uys Krige

Uys Krige

male, deceased (1987)
Uys Krige (christened Mattheus Uys Krige) (4 February 1910 - 10 August 1987) was a South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby...

Paul Roos

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...
Daantjie Badenhorst

Daantjie Badenhorst

male
Daniel Streicher Badenhorst (6 December 1967 -) (better known as Daantjie Badenhorst or even Daantjie Dinamiet (Daantjie Dynamite) is South...

John van Melle

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....
Louw Wepener

Louw Wepener

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...
Basetsana Kumalo

Basetsana Kumalo

female
Basetsana Julia Kumalo (born Basetsana Julia Makgalemele) is a former Miss South Africa and is currently a television presenter and businesswoman....
Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown

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....

Wilhelm Otto Kühne

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...