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DOUGLAS

Most Famous People Born in Douglas, South Africa

Notable people
588
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1962
Most distinctive
Killer 74.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Douglas during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 79 notable births.

What Douglas Is Known For

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Player is Douglas's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (93).

Douglas over-indexes on killer74.5× the global rate.

Douglas under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Player93
  2. Football68
  3. Actor47
  4. Politician21
  5. Business19
  6. Cricket18
  7. Sport13
  8. Killer13
  1. Killer1374.5×
  2. Netball671.3×
  3. Player938.1×
  4. Business193.2×
  5. Botanist62.5×
  6. Cricket182.4×
  7. Film121.7×
  8. Academic91.5×
  1. Politician210.3×
  2. Writer80.4×

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.

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Showing 46 of 588 notable people

0003 NOVELIST

Peter Temple

1946 - 2018

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0007 ACTOR

Sandra Prinsloo

Born 1947

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0012 FILM

Stephen Goldblatt

Born 1945

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0013 POLICE

Eugene de Kock

Born 1949

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0015 WRITER

James Gregory (writer)

1941 - 2003

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0025 BUSINESS

Nicky Oppenheimer

Born 1945

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0026 FILM

Viv Thomas

Born 1948

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0027 POLITICIAN

Rob Davies (politician)

Born 1948

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0029 ART HISTORIAN

David Freedberg

Born 1948

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0030 ZOOLOGIST

Walter Veith

Born 1949

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0037 AUTHOR

Justin Cartwright

1945 - 2018

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0056 ECONOMIST

Moeletsi Mbeki

Born 1945

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0059 THEATRE

Jonathan Kent (director)

Born 1946

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0065 FILM

William C. Faure

1949 - 1994

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0073 ENTREPRENEUR

David Bale

1941 - 2003

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0079 PHOTOGRAPHER

Omar Badsha

Born 1945

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0083 POET

Jeni Couzyn

Born 1942

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0087 COMPOSER

Hannes Coetzee

Born 1944

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0095 TELEVISION

Riaan Cruywagen

Born 1945

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0110 PLAYER

Laura Rossouw

Born 1946

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0120 ACADEMIC

Dan O'Meara

Born 1948

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0139 PROFESSOR

Raphael Kaplinsky

Born 1946

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0158 WRITER

Patricia Fresen

Born 1940

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0180 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

John Briscoe (water engineer)

1948 - 2014

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0212 CULTURE-CORE

Denise Darvall

1942 - 1967

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0254 ACTOR

Lucinda Gane

1949 - 2005

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0265 MINISTER

Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet

1940 - 2015

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0277 CRICKET

Jennifer Gove

Born 1940

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0281 THEATRE

Eckard Rabe

Born 1948

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0283 ACTOR

Thembi Mtshali

Born 1949

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0286 ACTOR

Estelle Kohler

Born 1940

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0307 PRODUCTION MANAGER

Gary Downie

1940 - 2006

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0366 BANK

Ken Costa

Born 1949

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0373 FOOTBALL

Eliakim Khumalo

1940 - 1996

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0384 BILLIONAIRE

Rodney Sacks

Born 1949

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0391 EDITOR

Anna Harvey

1944 - 2018

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0443 INSURANCE

Patrick Enthoven

Born 1943

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0455 THEOLOGIAN

Caesar Molebatsi

Born 1949

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0459 ACADEMIC

Leonard Suransky

Born 1942

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0460 BUSINESS

John Craven (businessman)

Born 1940

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0462 ACTOR

Stephanie Randall

Born 1942

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0482 PRIEST

Johannes Seoka

Born 1948

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0516 CANOE

Graeme Pope-Ellis

1948 - 2010

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0538 SCIENTIST

Wim Richter

1946 - 2019

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0544 MISSING

Michael Stevenson (educator)

Born 1943

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0567 ARTIST

Constanze Wagner (Künstlerin)

Born 1943

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