29.0003° S, 23.9988° E
DOUGLAS
Most Famous People Born in Douglas, South Africa
- Notable people
- 588
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1962
- Most distinctive
- Killer 74.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Douglas during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Douglas Is Known For
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Player is Douglas's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (93).
Douglas over-indexes on killer — 74.5× the global rate.
Douglas under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Douglas's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Science
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Business
- Other
Phil Ramone
1934 - 2013
Solomon Linda
1909 - 1962
Peter Temple
1946 - 2018
Wendy Beckett
1930 - 2018
Jean Grae
Born 1976
Simon Peyton Jones
Born 1958
Sandra Prinsloo
Born 1947
Hendrik Witbooi (Namaqua chief)
1830 - 1905
Ted Moore
1914 - 1987
David Benatar
Born 1966
Margaret Sixel
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Stephen Goldblatt
Born 1945
Eugene de Kock
Born 1949
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
1921 - 2020
James Gregory (writer)
1941 - 2003
Henry Markram
Born 1962
Aquiles Priester
Born 1971
Ingrid Sischy
1952 - 2015
Michele Dougherty
Born 1962
Tosca Musk
Born 1974
Thandiswa Mazwai
Born 1976
David du Plessis
1905 - 1987
George Steer
1909 - 1944
Elana Meyer
Born 1966
Nicky Oppenheimer
Born 1945
Viv Thomas
Born 1948
Rob Davies (politician)
Born 1948
Larry Abramson
Born 1954
David Freedberg
Born 1948
Walter Veith
Born 1949
Justine Shapiro
Born 1963
David Theo Goldberg
Born 1952
Gary Levinsohn
Born 1959
Nkosi Johnson
1989 - 2001
Mark Solms
Born 1961
Caren Pistorius
Born 1990
Justin Cartwright
1945 - 2018
Jan Breytenbach
Born 1933
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Born 1979
Niki Torrão
Born 1987
Ashley Gardner
Born 1964
Ashlee Vance
Born 1977
Breyton Paulse
Born 1976
Terenzo Bozzone
Born 1985
Amanda Craig
Born 1959
Trevor Hastie
Born 1953
Ingrid de Kok
Born 1951
Paul O'Brien
Born 1978
Lindsay Armstrong
-
Philip Blaiberg
1909 - 1969
Tikvah Alper
1909 - 1995
Nicole Flint
Born 1988
Doreen Mantle
Born 1930
Raymond Ackerman
Born 1931
Marda Vanne
1896 - 1970
Moeletsi Mbeki
Born 1945
Robert Mansergh
1900 - 1970
Casper de Vries
Born 1964
Jonathan Kent (director)
Born 1946
Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Born 1979
Mark Gevisser
Born 1964
Evan Penny
Born 1953
Magogo kaDinuzulu
1900 - 1984
Nick Boraine
Born 1971
William C. Faure
1949 - 1994
Oscarine Masuluke
Born 1993
Michael Kidron
1930 - 2003
Walter Fraser Oakeshott
1903 - 1987
Brett Goldin
1977 - 2006
Linda Buthelezi
Born 1969
Jopie Fourie
1879 - 1914
Mpho
Born 1982
David Bale
1941 - 2003
Neil Tennant (philosopher)
Born 1950
Siphelele Ntshangase
Born 1993
David James (actor, born 1972)
Born 1972
August Makalakalane
Born 1965
Daniel Kötze
Born 1987
Omar Badsha
Born 1945
Taliep Petersen
1950 - 2006
Christopher Nupen
-
Jeff Nelson (musician)
Born 1962
Jeni Couzyn
Born 1942
Cedric Maake
Born 1965
Linda Motlhalo
Born 1998
Rhys M. Thomas
Born 1982
Hannes Coetzee
Born 1944
Nicholas White (cyclist)
Born 1974
Paulo Tocha
Born 1955
James Ryan (actor)
Born 1952
Neville Phillips
Born 1927
Camilla Waldman
Born 1968
Bettie Cilliers-Barnard
1914 - 2010
Ayanda Nkili
Born 1990
Riaan Cruywagen
Born 1945
Rachel Zadok
Born 1972
Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton
1934 - 2000
Dave Freer
Born 1959
Henda Swart
1939 - 2016
Louie Ramsay
1929 - 2011
Alex Bapela
Born 1969
Tony Coyle
Born 1976
Michael Roberts (jockey)
Born 1954
Gwendoline Joyce Lewis
1909 - 1967
Charles Manning
1894 - 1978
Riaan Viljoen
Born 1983
Vuyo Dabula
Born 1976
Jeremy Crutchley
-
Nathaniel Willemse
Born 1995
Laura Rossouw
Born 1946
Gert van Rooyen
1938 - 1990
Brandon Silent
Born 1973
Jan du Plessis
Born 1954
Connie Mitchell
Born 1970
Ohanna Shivanand
Born 1982
A.S. Mopeli-Paulus
1913 - 1960
Doron Swade
-
Pineas Jacob
Born 1985
Edward George Hudson Oliver
Born 1938
Dan O'Meara
Born 1948
Alexander Michaeletos
Born 1992
Nick du Toit
-
Andrew Tucker
Born 1968
Izak Davel
Born 1983
Edwin Harris Dunning
1892 - 1917
Vernon Dixon
1915 - 2009
Isaac Shai
Born 1971
Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode
Born 1975
Neil Adcock
1931 - 2013
Vuyisile Colossa
Born 1982
Max Krook
1913 - 1985
Thando Thabethe
Born 1990
Papi Khomane
Born 1975
Thuso Mpuang
Born 1984
Ann Pettifor
-
Hillel Ticktin
Born 1937
Makgatho Mandela
1950 - 2005
Melissa van der Schyff
-
Raphael Kaplinsky
Born 1946
Piet van Zyl (Namibian rugby union player)
Born 1979
Wycliff Kambonde
Born 1988
Terence English
Born 1932
Cameron Wright (rugby union)
Born 1994
Pieter Hendriks
Born 1970
Mokope Modjadji
1936 - 2001
Madge Bester
1963 - 2018
Enoch Mgijima
1868 - 1928
Farhad Manjoo
Born 1978
Wylie Human
Born 1979
Gerhard Steyn
Born 1976
Dennis Wyndham
1887 - 1973
Michelle Breedt
Born 1967
Gerald Abramovitz
1928 - 2011
Johnny du Plooy
1964 - 2013
Yvonne Whittal
-
Olive Coates Palgrave
1889 - 1963
Marianne du Toit
Born 1970
Patricia Fresen
Born 1940
Rebecca Moeti
-
Mick Davis
Born 1958
Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu
1939 - 2013
Mark Weinberg
Born 1931
Joseph Sonnabend
Born 1933
Gavin Lawless
Born 1970
Emil Nofal
1926 - 1986
Warren Stevelmans
Born 1983
Hermien Dommisse
1916 - 2010
Graham Bell (artist)
1910 - 1943
Marius Goosen
Born 1974
Andisiwe Mgcoyi
Born 1988
Mary Bedford
1907 - 1997
Collette Dinnigan
Born 1965
Zamandosi Cele
Born 1990
Hannes Dreyer
Born 1985
Robert Coryndon
1870 - 1925
Deon Stewardson
1951 - 2017
Mary E. White
1926 - 2018
Piet Botha
1955 - 2019
Mpumi Nyandeni
Born 1987
John Briscoe (water engineer)
1948 - 2014
Gerrie Nel
Born 1961
Riku Lätti
Born 1973
Anton Robert Krueger
Born 1971
Jabulani Mnguni
Born 1972
Steven Cann
Born 1988
Frances Hargreaves
1954 - 2017
Brigitte Pakendorf
Born 1970
Lennox Broster
1889 - 1965
Daphne Courtney
Born 1917
Tshifhiwa Munyai
Born 1985
Mzwandile Ngubeni
Born 1982
Jimmy Maketta
Born 1964
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde
Born 1955
Hazel Redick-Smith
Born 1926
Xoliswa Sithole
Born 1967
Thembinkosi Lorch
Born 1993
Jonathan Kaplan (writer)
Born 1956
Fanie du Plessis
1930 - 2001
Charles van Sandwyk
Born 1966
Elifasi Msomi
Died 1956
Dinesha Devnarain
Born 1988
Andrew Wilson (rugby union)
Born 1980
Vincent Ebrahim
Born 1951
Thozamile Taki
Born 1971
Tharini Mudaliar
-
Markus Jooste
Born 1961
Kika Mirylees
Born 1953
Gwyneth Williams
Born 1953
Kirsten Joy
Born 1986
Saleem Mukuddem
Born 1972
Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl
Born 1960
Denise Darvall
1942 - 1967
Eugene Cussons
Born 1979
Patrick Deane (professor)
Born 1956
Anton Enus
-
Jack Mogale
Born 1960
Damian Cupido
Born 1982
Malcolm Kohll
Born 1953
Puven Pather
-
Alfred Ntombela
Born 1972
Errol Damelin
Born 1969
Louis van Schoor
Born 1951
Hugo Lentz
1859 - 1944
Arthur McDonald
1903 - 1996
Milan Murray
Born 1974
Sibusiso Duma
Born 1984
Bridgette Radebe
Born 1960
Ed Stein (footballer)
Born 1955
Mariette Bosch
1950 - 2001
Steyn von Rönge
Born 1955
Mbuyisa Makhubo
Born 1957
Wiseman Meyiwa
Born 1999
Makoma Modjadji
1905 - 1980
Mr Pearl
Born 1962
Thapelo Mokoena
Born 1982
Jackie Martin (cyclist)
Born 1971
Tony Kgoroge
-
Craig Reucassel
Born 1976
Shrone Austin
Born 1989
Khetoane Modjadji
1869 - 1959
Nthato Motlana
1925 - 2008
Ian Katz
Born 1967
Manuel Francisco
Died 2020
Yvette Christiansë
Born 1950
Rene Ritchie
Born 1972
William Harding le Riche
1916 - 2010
Riaan Swanepoel
Born 1986
Joe Kaminer
Born 1934
Dee McLachlan
Born 1950
Jamal Reiners
Born 1998
Kirk Haygarth
Born 1971
Marry Ntsweng
Born 1989
Wilton Mkwayi
1923 - 2004
Lucinda Gane
1949 - 2005
Amos du Plooy
1921 - 1980
Wayne Price
Born 1968
John E. L. Peck
1918 - 2013
Olivia Anderson
Born 1987
Graham Tainton
Born 1927
Matthew Buckland
1974 - 2019
Jonathan Brown (Scottish footballer)
Born 1990
Walter Randall
1918 - 2008
Florence Masebe
-
Thillaiaadi Valliammai
1898 - 1914
Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
1940 - 2015
Mark Dubowitz
Born 1968
Denwin Farmer
Born 1996
Stuart Berry
Born 1982
Jeremy Levin
Born 1954
Andrea Stelzer
Born 1960
Lungile Shongwe
Born 1983
Jonathan Oppenheimer
Born 1969
Ivan Lichter
1918 - 2009
Pieter Groenewald
-
Masalanabo Modjadji
Died 1894
Mlondi Dlamini
1997 - 2017
Jennifer Gove
Born 1940
Siyabonga Siphika
Born 1981
Morné van der Merwe
1973 - 2013
Sean Bloch
Born 1973
Eckard Rabe
Born 1948
Asande Baninzi
Born 1983
Thembi Mtshali
Born 1949
Lourens van der Merwe
-
Anthony Bishop
1971 - 2019
Estelle Kohler
Born 1940
Hastings Ndlovu
1961 - 1976
Ayanda Dlodlo
Born 1963
Maselekwane Modjadji
Died 1854
Sylvia Neame
Born 1937
Steven H. Collis
Born 1961
Nik Rabinowitz
-
Eileen Hurly
Born 1932
Darren Beck
Born 1978
Samuel Bongani Mfeka
-
Gavyn Farr Arthur
1951 - 2016
Rob Adam
Born 1955
Roger Hudson (sailor)
Born 1978
Gareth Penny
Born 1962
Barbara Cairncross
-