Basil Schonland

Basil Schonland

male, deceased (1972)
physicist, South African, cambridge university, world war one, World War I, cape town…OldRhodian, Old Andreans
Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland CBE FRS (2 February 1896 - 24 November 1972) was the first president of the South African Council for...
Max Theiler

Max Theiler

male, deceased (1972)
Leptospira icteroides, Harvard University faculty, rockefeller foundation, Rhesus monkeys, Royal College of Surgeons of England, OldRhodian
Max Theiler (January 30, 1899 - August 11, 1972) was a South African virologist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951...
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

male, 90 years old
Presbyterian, Independence Decoration, unilaterally declared independence, economic sanctions, Zimbabwe Parliament, cape town…OldRhodian
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (born April 8, 1919) served as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from April...
Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith

male, 76 years old
The 7 scrolls, Michaelhouse Old Boy, Families, Northern Rhodesia, British Book Awards, book series…Michaelhouse Old Boys, OldRhodian
Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9, 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)) is a best-selling novelist. As a baby, he became sick...
Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz

female, 44 years old
film actor, Embeth Jean Davidtz, OldRhodian, From Lafayette, Indiana, From Pretoria, actress
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965 or 1966) is an American-born South African actress.

Michael Roberts

male, deceased (1997)
World War II, Rhodes University College, early modern, Swedish history, Royal Irish Academy, OldRhodian
Michael Roberts (1908-1997) was a British historian specializing in the early modern period and particularly known for his studies of Swedish...
Alice Krige

Alice Krige

female, 55 years old
from the Northern Cape Province, Star Trek Armada II, Laurence Olivier Theatre Award, Ellis Island, Chariots of Fire, Star Trek First Contact…OldRhodian
Alice Krige is married to writer/director, Paul Schoolman, and lives what she describes as an "itinerant" lifestyle. Although she and her husband...

Sir Michael Edwardes

male, 79 years old
British Leyland, South African, writer, Business Person, OldRhodian, Michael Edwardes…Old Andreans
Michael Edwardes (born 1930 in South Africa) is a business executive.

Sir Rupert Bromley

male, 73 years old
Michaelhouse Old Boy, Sir Rupert Charles Bromley, 10th Bt, British South Africa Company, Michaelhouse Old Boys, OldRhodian, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Sir Rupert Charles Bromley, 10th Bt. (born 2 April 1936 in South Africa) is a retired businessman. Bromley was educated at Michaelhouse and...

William Smith

male
South African, OldRhodian
William Smith is South Africa's best-known and most popular television science and mathematics teacher.