- male, deceased (1904)
- Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (October 10, 1825 - July 14, 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as "Oom Paul" (Afrikaans for...
- male, deceased (1950)
- Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, PC, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 - September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and British...
- female, 86 years old
- Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer, political activist and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature. Her writing...
- male, deceased (1919)
- Louis Botha was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa—the forerunner of the modern South African state. He became a me...
- female, 57 years old
- Antjie Krog is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer.
- male, 70 years old
- Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship. Breyten Breytenbach was born in...
- female, 92 years old
- Helen Suzman was born Helen Gavronsky on 7 November, 1917 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa as the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. She...
- female, 34 years old (Encino, California, United States)
- Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an Academy Award winning South African actress and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best...
- male, 55 years old
- Koos Kombuis is a South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer who became famous as part of a group of anti-establishment maverick...
- male, deceased (1838)
- Pieter Retief (usually referred to as Piet Retief), was born about 1780 in the Cape Colony, South Africa, and died 6 February 1838 in what is now...
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