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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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588 notable people

0301 POLITICIAN

Claudia Nielsen

Born 1962

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0302 SWIMMER

Monique Olivier

Born 1998

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0303 FOOTBALL

Peter Gordon (South African footballer)

Born 1963

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0304 FOOTBALL

Benjamin Reed

Born 1961

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0305 ECONOMIST

Ingrid Woolard

Born 1970

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0306 FOOTBALL

Paul Byrne (footballer, born 1982)

Born 1982

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0307 PRODUCTION MANAGER

Gary Downie

1940 - 2006

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0308 ROWER

Jake Green (rower)

Born 1994

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0309 FOOTBALL

Junaid Sait

Born 1993

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0310 LAWYER

Claire Palley

Born 1931

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0311 PLAYER

Danie Thiart

Born 1980

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0312 ARTIST

Liza Grobler

Born 1974

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0313 CINEMA

Wayne Shields

Born 1975

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0314 RUNNER

Zithulele Sinqe

1963 - 2011

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0315 ACTOR

Stan Schmidt

1936 - 2019

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0316 PLAYER

Mark Johnson (rugby league)

Born 1969

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0317 KILLER

Johannes Mashiane

Died 1989

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0318 PLAYER

Japie Krige

1879 - 1961

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0319 PLAYER

Scott Zimmerman

Born 1980

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0320 JOURNALIST

Bob Crampton

-

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0321 STATISTICIAN

Herbert Sichel

1915 - 1995

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0322 PLAYER

Jandrè Mynhardt

Born 1981

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0323 SEXUAL ASSAULT

Robin Camp

Born 1952

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0324 CRICKET

Courtney Kruger

Born 1988

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0325 PSYCHIATRIST

Colin Bouwer

Born 1950

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0326 PSYCHOLOGIST

Floretta Boonzaier

Born 1974

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0327 SPORT

Maksim Kahan

1918 - 2006

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0328 PLAYER

Howard Mnisi

Born 1989

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0329 ARCHITECT

Laura Kurgan

Born 1961

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0330 ARTIST

Steven Cohen (artiste)

Born 1962

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0331 KILLER

Bulelani Mabhayi

Born 1974

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0332 POLITICIAN

Anna Elizabeth Botha

1922 - 1997

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0333 POLITICIAN

Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)

Born 1968

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0334 PLAYER

David Barends

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0335 BUSINESS

Dudu Myeni

Born 1963

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0336 ACTOR

Tshamano Sebe

Born 1960

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0337 PLAYER

Grant Esterhuizen

Born 1976

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0338 PLAYER

Willem Barnard

1923 - 2012

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0339 JOCKEY

George Levendis

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0340 POLITICIAN

Candice Burch

Born 1988

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0341 BUSINESS

Vinny Lingham

Born 1979

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0342 MODEL

Megan McKenzie

Born 1980

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0343 PLAYER

Jaco Booysen

Born 1966

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0344 PLAYER

Boela du Plooy

Born 1977

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0345 RADIO

Darren "Whackhead" Simpson

Born 1977

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0346 CEO

Yael Cohen

Born 1986

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0347 FOOTBALL

Wandisile Letlabika

Born 1989

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0348 FOOTBALL

Ian Muller

Born 1965

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0349 DARTS PLAYER

Wynand Havenga

Born 1965

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0350 ACADEMIC

Bernard Meltzer (Informatiker)

1916 - 2008

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0351 FILM

Steve Pasvolsky

Born 1966

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0352 ACTOR

Rowan Schlosberg

-

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0353 JOCKEY

Weichong Marwing

Born 1970

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0354 FOOTBALL

Nompumelelo Nyandeni

Born 1987

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0355 MAYOR

Sally Betts

-

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0356 ARCHITECT

Adèle Naudé Santos

Born 1938

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0357 FOOTBALL

Kristoffer Johannsen

Born 1977

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0358 RULING

Moses Witbooi

1807 - 1888

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0359 PLAYER

Adri Badenhorst

Born 1978

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0360 JOCKEY

Robbie Fradd

Born 1964

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0361 CHAMPION

Nick Turvey

1931 - 2006

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0362 COMPOSER

Hannes Taljaard

Born 1971

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0363 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Tracy Edser

Born 1982

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0364 DESIGNER

Sophia Webster

Born 1985

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0365 ACADEMIC

Hennie Strydom

Born 1956

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0366 BANK

Ken Costa

Born 1949

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0367 SCIENTIST

Dennis M. Levi

-

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0368 FOOTBALL

Mark Anderson (South African footballer)

Born 1962

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0369 WRITER

Morris Krok

1931 - 2005

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0370 EVANGELIST

Paseka Motsoeneng

Born 1968

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0371 ARTIST

Ambra Gambale

-

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0372 POLITICS

S'bu Zikode

Born 1975

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0373 FOOTBALL

Eliakim Khumalo

1940 - 1996

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0374 LAWYER

Nomgcobo Jiba

-

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0375 BOTANIST

Carl August Lückhoff

1914 - 1960

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0376 FOOTBALL

Calvin Petersen

Born 1961

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0377 KILLED

Maki Skosana

Died 1985

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0378 DARTS PLAYER

Charl Pietersen (darts player)

Born 1991

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0379 EDUCATION

Shael Polakow-Suransky

Born 1972

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0380 PLAYER

Retief Uys

Born 1979

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0381 ACTIVIST

Ronni Kahn

-

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0382 SPORT

Kate Beavon

Born 2000

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0383 LAWYER

Johan D. van der Vyver

Born 1934

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0384 BILLIONAIRE

Rodney Sacks

Born 1949

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0385 FOOTBALL

Khayelihle Shozi

Born 1994

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0386 FOOTBALL

Wade du Plessis

Born 1967

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0387 BOXER

Mzolisi Yoyo

-

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0388 NETBALL

Amanda Mynhardt

Born 1986

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0389 POLITICIAN

Rowan Cronjé

1937 - 2014

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0390 BUSINESS

Dick Enthoven

-

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0391 EDITOR

Anna Harvey

1944 - 2018

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0392 FOOTBALL

Xolani Mdaki

Born 1992

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0393 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrew Kuper

-

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0394 POLITICIAN

Moira Coatsworth

Born 1953

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0395 CRICKET

Lara Maritz

Born 2001

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0396 BOWLER

Gerald Baker (bowls)

Born 1960

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0397 ACTOR

Denise Zimba

Born 1988

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0398 PHILANTHROPIST

Manfred Gorvy

Born 1938

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0399 VIDEO GAME

Siobhan Reddy

-

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0400 PLAYER

Archer Dames

-

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0401 ARTIST

CJ Hendry

Born 1988

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0402 FLYING ACE

Petrus Hugo

1917 - 1986

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0403 BILLIONAIRE

Hilton Schlosberg

Born 1952

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0404 CRICKET

Christo Botma

Born 1991

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0405 BOTANIST

Ian Oliver

Born 1954

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0406 RUGBY

Stuart Yule

Born 1976

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0407 SPORT

Yolandi Du Toit

Born 1985

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0408 PLAYER

Nico Serfontein

Born 1968

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0409 REVOLUTIONARY

Kgosi Galeshewe

1840 - 1927

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0410 FOOTBALL

Sergio Dos Santos

Born 1950

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0411 ACADEMIC

Paul A. D. de Maine

1924 - 1999

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0412 BUSINESS

Zibusiso Mkhwanazi

Born 1983

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0413 PLAYER

Andrew Ballot

Born 1971

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0414 PLAYER

Pierre Van Wyke

-

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0415 MODEL

Maritza Veer

Born 1980

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0416 SPORT

David Maree

Born 1989

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0417 PHOTOGRAPHER

Warwick Saint

Born 1972

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0418 PLAYER

Gerald Williams (rugby league)

Born 1969

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0419 CRICKET

Michau du Preez

Born 1996

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0420 NETBALL

Zukelwa Cwaba

Born 1984

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0421 FOOTBALL

Ayanda Nkosi

Born 1993

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0422 ZOOLOGIST

Chris Fallows

-

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0423 SINGER

E^ST

Born 1997

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0424 PLAYER

Bertus Van der Merwe

1929 - 1971

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0425 BUSINESS

Irene Charnley

Born 1960

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0426 CHEMIST

Nazira Karodia

-

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0427 SINGER

Eileen Küpper

-

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0428 PLAYER

Nathan Amos

Born 1979

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0429 PHILOSOPHER

Aletta Norval

-

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0430 KARATE

Norman Robinson (karate)

Born 1936

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0431 PLAYER

Guy Coombe

-

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0432 PLAYER

Hans Mork

1909 - 1960

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0433 KILLER

David Randitsheni

1964 - 2009

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0434 PLAYER

Kobus Van Deventer

-

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0435 PLAYER

Tim O'Shea (rugby league)

Born 1970

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0436 POLITICIAN

Penny Hulse

-

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0437 FOOTBALL

Stan Williams (footballer, born 1919)

1919 - 2007

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0438 PLAYER

Justin Jennings

-

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0439 PLAYER

Tristan Tedder

Born 1996

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0440 FOOTBALL

Fetsi Molatedi

Born 1960

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0441 CRICKET

Gian-Piero Meade

Born 1996

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0442 PLAYER

Jaco Van Niekerk

-

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0443 INSURANCE

Patrick Enthoven

Born 1943

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0444 PLAYER

Eugene Powell

-

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0445 FOOTBALL

Michael Araujo

Born 1968

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0446 PLAYER

Pro Legoete

Born 1976

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0447 PLAYER

Phillip Van Schalkwyk

Born 1980

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0448 PLAYER

Errie Claassens

Born 1981

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0449 PLAYER

Jaco Webb

-

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0450 MILITAR

Guy Percy Lumsden Drake-Brockman

1894 - 1952

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0451 POLITICIAN

Eli Louw

Born 1927

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0452 PLAYER

Jaco Alberts

-

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0453 FOOTBALL

Raymond Seopa

Born 1975

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0454 FOOTBALL

Pule Maraisane

Born 1995

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0455 THEOLOGIAN

Caesar Molebatsi

Born 1949

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0456 SPORT

Keegan Linderboom

Born 1989

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0457 PLAYER

Marlou van Niekerk

Born 1993

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0458 PLAYER

Brian Best

-

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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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0461 PLAYER

Quinton De Villiers

-

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0462 ACTOR

Stephanie Randall

Born 1942

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0463 BOTANIST

Ray Charles Littlewood

1924 - 1967

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0464 PLAYER

Thomas Gubb

1908 - 1978

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0465 PLAYER

Sakkie van Zyl

Born 1932

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0466 SURFER

David Lilienfeld

1991 - 2012

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0467 KILLER

Samuel Sidyno

Born 1962

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0468 PLAYER

Hercules Erasmus

-

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0469 PLAYER

Louis Schmidt

1936 - 1999

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0470 BRUDER

Peter Rive

-

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0471 POLITICIAN

Rima Berns-McGown

-

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0472 PLAYER

Alexander Hauck

Born 1988

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0473 POLITICIAN

Brian Tee (politician)

Born 1969

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0474 JUDGE

Allan Mossop

1887 - 1965

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0475 PLAYER

Jaco Visser

-

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0476 ALDERMAN

Maureen Prinsloo

1939 - 2017

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0477 PLAYER

Corne Nel

-

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0478 BUSINESS

Yashoda Naidoo

Born 1963

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0479 CRICKET

Rudi Scholtz

Born 1979

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0480 FOOTBALL

Mpho Mbebe

Born 1992

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0481 FOOTBALL

Samora Khulu

1958 - 2008

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0482 PRIEST

Johannes Seoka

Born 1948

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0483 VORSITZENDER

Roland Boekhout

Born 1963

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0484 PLAYER

Jan Stegmann

1887 - 1984

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0485 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Catherine Constantinides

-

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0486 PLAYER

Richard Louw

-

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0487 ACTOR

Miemsie Retief

-

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0488 POLITICIAN

Tasneem Essop

-

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0489 PLAYER

Willem Boshoff (rugby league)

-

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0490 PLAYER

Chris Hurter

-

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0491 PLAYER

Leon Barnard

-

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0492 ACTOR

Pauline Malefane

Born 1976

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0493 PLAYER

Hugo van Zyl

1932 - 2007

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0494 BUSINESS

Hixonia Nyasulu

Born 1954

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0495 PLAYER

Mark Schulze

-

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0496 FOOTBALL

Archie Radebe

1959 - 2015

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0497 ATHLETE

Okkie van Greunen

1933 - 1987

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0498 FOOTBALL

Derek Backman

Born 1966

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0499 PLAYER

Lodie Britz

Born 1980

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0500 PLAYER

Kost Human

-

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0501 PLAYER

Gideon Watts

-

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0502 PLAYER

Barend Alkema

-

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0503 POLITICIAN

Elaine Bellew-Bryan, Baroness Bellew

1885 - 1973

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0504 FOOTBALL

Lebohang Maboe

Born 1994

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0505 BUSINESS

Wendy Lucas-Bull

Born 1950

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0506 PLAYER

Edwin Ludic

-

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0507 CRICKET

Basil Helfrich

1919 - 1938

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0508 COMPOSER

Clare Loveday

Born 1967

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0509 ATHLETIC

Sergio Mullins

Born 1980

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0510 PLAYER

Hendrik Mulder

-

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0511 PLAYER

Trix Truter

Born 1939

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0512 MISSING

David McPherson

Born 1960

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0513 FOOTBALL

Ryan Gamble (soccer)

Born 1972

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0514 CRICKET

Alfred Evans (Royal Navy officer)

1884 - 1944

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0515 FOOTBALL

Wilf Waller

Born 1877

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0516 CANOE

Graeme Pope-Ellis

1948 - 2010

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0517 PLAYER

Dikkie Mulder

-

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0518 CRICKET

Imran Nackerdien

Born 1990

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0519 PLAYER

Elmar Lubbe

-

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0520 SPORT

Chrissie Viljoen

Born 1976

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0521 PLAYER

Jan Volschenk

Born 1986

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0522 PLAYER

Rudy Joubert

Born 1962

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0523 PLAYER

Jeremy Nel

Born 1934

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0524 FENCER

Rachel Barlow

Born 1982

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0525 PLAYER

Hoppie van Jaarsveld

1917 - 1980

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0526 HOCKEY

Jared Joyce

Born 1988

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0527 PLAYER

David Booysen

-

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0528 LYRICIST

Henry Kemp-Blair

1930 - 1986

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0529 FOOTBALL

Mtutuzeli Hlomela

-

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0530 BARRISTER

Christopher Steytler

-

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0531 BALLET

Robyn Hendricks

Born 1985

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0532 FOOTBALL

Mfundo Cecil Mathonsi

Born 1982

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0533 REBEL

Luka Jantjie

1835 - 1897

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0534 SWIMMER

Annette Cowley-Nel

Born 1967

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0535 PLAYER

Tony Thoma

Born 1977

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0536 DARTS PLAYER

Nolan Arendse

Born 1968

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0537 PLAYER

Frank Goedeke

-

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0538 SCIENTIST

Wim Richter

1946 - 2019

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0539 POLITICIAN

George Getzel Cohen

Born 1927

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0540 PLAYER

De Wet Roos

Born 1990

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0541 CRICKET

Jenna Bartholemew

Born 1988

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0542 FOOTBALL

Sthembiso Ntombela

Born 1982

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0543 CRICKET

Sbonginhlanhla Makhaye

Born 1997

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0544 MISSING

Michael Stevenson (educator)

Born 1943

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0545 MISSIONARY

Pieter Louis Le Roux

1865 - 1943

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0546 CHURCH

Frank Nelson (priest)

-

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0547 POLITICIAN

George Chatterton

1916 - 1983

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0548 PLAYER

Carl Mork

1906 - 1986

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0549 PRODUCER

Linda Sibiya

-

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0550 EXPORTER

John Charles Molteno Jr.

1860 - 1924

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0551 SURGEON

Toby Levitt

1908 - 1958

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0552 POLO

Devon Card

Born 1991

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0553 POLITICIAN

Pumla Kisosonkole

1911 - 1997

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0554 ARTIST

Natalia Molebatsi

-

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0555 AVIATOR

Claude Bettington

1875 - 1912

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0556 BUSINESS

Tebogo Mashego

Born 1982

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0557 GYMNAST

Mammule Rankoe

Born 1999

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0558 PHYSICIAN

Maurice McGregor

Born 1920

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0559 FOOTBALL

Roger Links

Born 1963

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0560 SERGEANT

Walter Stanley Cottrill

1914 - 2005

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0561 PLAYER

Tiny Naude

1936 - 2006

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0562 PLAYER

Andries Venter

Born 1986

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0563 PLAYER

Rudi Hasse

-

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0564 FOOTBALL

Grant Leitch

Born 1972

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0565 FOOTBALL

Innocent Ntsume

Born 1980

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0566 BALLET

Janet Lindup

-

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0567 ARTIST

Constanze Wagner (Künstlerin)

Born 1943

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0568 BALLET

Eileen Keegan

Died 2000

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0569 FOOTBALL

Cys Kurland

-

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0570 FOOTBALL

Hugh Gerhardi

Born 1933

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0571 WRITER

Nirvana Gounden

Born 1984

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0572 BOWLER

Shaun Addinall

Born 1969

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0573 ACADEMIC

Arthur H. Rubenstein

Born 1937

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0574 FOOTBALL

Ronald Crawford (footballer)

-

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0575 NETBALL

Thuli Qegu

Born 1987

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0576 FLYING ACE

Henry Meintjes

Born 1892

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0577 NETBALL

Chrisna van Zyl

Born 1983

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0578 NETBALL

Tsakane Mbewe

Born 1987

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0579 NETBALL

Kgomotso Itlhabanyeng

Born 1989

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0580 PLAYER

Jeff Rabkin

Born 1958

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0581 SPORT

Dianne Emery

Born 1984

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0582 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luke Bakhuizen

Born 1993

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0583 SPORT

Jonathan King (footballer)

Born 1993

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0584 FOOTBALL

Sydney Nkalanga

-

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0585 SPORT

Lynette Jansen

-

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0586 DRIVER

Dennis Murphy (motorcyclist)

Born 1974

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0587 MUSIC

David Fine (Musikmanager)

1929 - 2005

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0588 PLAYER

Pulane Motloung

Born 1985

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