29.8579° S, 31.0251° E
DURBAN
Most Famous People Born in Durban, South Africa
- Notable people
- 589
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1972
- Most distinctive
- Surfer 45.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Durban during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Durban Is Known For
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Cricket is Durban's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (113).
Durban over-indexes on surfer — 45.2× the global rate.
Durban under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Durban's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Music
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
Cyril Cusack
1910 - 1993
Nick Price
Born 1957
Mark González
Born 1984
Kandyse McClure
Born 1980
Tanit Phoenix
Born 1984
Musetta Vander
Born 1963
Glynis Barber
Born 1955
Roy Campbell (poet)
1901 - 1957
Chad le Clos
Born 1992
Howard Carpendale
Born 1946
Siyabonga Nomvethe
Born 1977
David Bateson
Born 1960
Navi Pillay
Born 1941
Phillip V. Tobias
1925 - 2012
Adhir Kalyan
Born 1983
Delron Buckley
Born 1977
Fatima Meer
1928 - 2010
Senzo Meyiwa
1987 - 2014
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Born 1934
Andrew Mehrtens
Born 1973
Daniel Hope (violinist)
Born 1973
Matthew Ebden
Born 1987
Mimi Coertse
Born 1932
Leleti Khumalo
Born 1970
Sibusiso Zuma
Born 1975
Hashim Amla
Born 1983
Ricky Fataar
Born 1952
Devdas Gandhi
1900 - 1957
Noel Langley
1911 - 1980
Graeme Pollock
Born 1944
Tony Leon
Born 1956
Lewis Nkosi
1936 - 2010
Sean Dundee
Born 1972
Liezel Huber
Born 1976
Henry Cele
1949 - 2007
Kumi Naidoo
Born 1965
Bruce Grobbelaar
Born 1957
Blondie Chaplin
Born 1951
Kevin Curren
Born 1958
Lillian Board
1948 - 1970
Gordon Murray
Born 1946
Tracey Rose
Born 1974
MacBeth Sibaya
Born 1977
Ela Gandhi
Born 1940
Frederick Charles Frank
1911 - 1998
Siboniso Gaxa
Born 1984
David King (chemist)
Born 1939
Mazisi Kunene
1930 - 2006
Gcina Mhlope
Born 1958
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Born 1960
Patrick Lambie
Born 1990
Lee Brilleaux
1952 - 1994
Reggie Walker
1889 - 1951
Jordy Smith
Born 1988
Lionel Bernstein
1920 - 2002
Robbie Koenig
Born 1971
Wesley Moodie
Born 1979
Shaun Tomson
Born 1955
John van de Ruit
Born 1975
Lara Logan
Born 1971
Mira Calix
Born 1969
David Adams (tennis)
Born 1970
Siyanda Xulu
Born 1991
Brad Barritt
Born 1986
Bheki Mseleku
1955 - 2008
Dillon Sheppard
Born 1979
Patrick van Rensburg
1931 - 2017
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
1940 - 2009
Thanduyise Khuboni
Born 1986
Glyn Jones (South African writer)
1931 - 2014
Barry Richards
Born 1945
Craig Joubert
Born 1977
Elleke Boehmer
Born 1961
Roselee Goldberg
Born 1947
Nhlanhla Khuzwayo
Born 1990
Tim Clark (golfer)
Born 1975
Rosalyn Fairbank
Born 1960
Gary Muller
Born 1964
Jay Rodan
Born 1974
Warren Whiteley
Born 1987
Kate Rooney
Born 1984
BJ Botha
Born 1980
Pravin Gordhan
Born 1949
Rory Sabbatini
Born 1976
Renée Schuurman
1939 - 2001
Ross Kettle
Born 1961
Dane Haylett-Petty
Born 1989
Sean Bergin
1948 - 2012
Kader Asmal
1934 - 2011
Matt Stevens (rugby union)
Born 1982
Gordon Igesund
Born 1956
Penelope Coelen
Born 1940
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Born 1955
Mike Procter
Born 1946
Candice Boucher
Born 1983
Nick Compton
Born 1983
Sid Atkinson
1901 - 1977
Tom Kirkwood
Born 1951
Naledi Pandor
Born 1953
Percy Deift
Born 1945
Marc Polmans
Born 1997
Ramdas Gandhi
1897 - 1969
Olga Lowe
1919 - 2013
Colin Munro
Born 1987
Kwanda Mngonyama
Born 1993
Carina Horn
Born 1989
Murray Stewart
Born 1986
Jason Roy
Born 1990
Phumlani Ntshangase
Born 1994
Lance Klusener
Born 1971
Herbie Taylor
1889 - 1973
Menzi Masuku
Born 1993
John Robert Dunn
1834 - 1895
Peter Grant (rugby union)
Born 1984
Michelle Claire Edwards
Born 1974
Lungi Ngidi
Born 1996
Andries Botha (artist)
1952 - 2019
Mary Peach
Born 1934
BJ Watling
Born 1985
Jean-Luc du Preez
Born 1995
Wesley Whitehouse
Born 1979
Olive Mary Hilliard
Born 1925
Siemon Allen
Born 1970
Dylan Unsworth
Born 1992
Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)
Born 1966
Robert McBride (police officer)
Born 1963
Jeremy Wafer
Born 1953
Craig Burden
Born 1986
Alfred Swift
1931 - 2009
Clinton Larsen
Born 1971
PJ Powers
Born 1960
Kerry-Lee Harrington
Born 1986
Thomas Shardelow
1931 - 2019
Dan du Preez
Born 1995
Mandla Langa
Born 1950
Brent Haygarth
Born 1967
Max Metzker
Born 1960
Chris Harris (rower)
Born 1985
Dudley Nourse
1910 - 1981
Sally Burgess
Born 1953
Antonie Claassen
Born 1984
Keshav Maharaj
Born 1990
Alan Koch (soccer)
Born 1975
Salim Abdool Karim
Born 1960
Roland de Marigny
Born 1975
Anna Karen
Born 1936
Margaret Calvert
Born 1936
Trevor Goddard (cricketer)
1931 - 2016
Black Coffee (DJ)
Born 1976
Mondli Cele
1989 - 2016
Wandile Mjekevu
Born 1991
Lise Gregory
Born 1963
Robin Smith (cricketer)
Born 1963
Sam Ramsamy
Born 1938
Lynn Arnold
Born 1949
Clarence Oldfield
1899 - 1981
Monty Naicker
1910 - 1978
Waylon Murray
Born 1986
Trisha Chetty
Born 1988
Greg Rawlinson
Born 1978
Myles Wakefield
Born 1974
Anant Singh
Born 1956
Tatum Keshwar
Born 1983
Vernon Kirby
Born 1911
Kearyn Baccus
Born 1991
David Nainkin
Born 1970
Liam Jordan
Born 1998
Clive Barker (soccer)
Born 1944
Shabbir Banoobhai
Born 1949
Bernard Esterhuizen
Born 1992
Percy Hansen
1890 - 1951
Imraan Coovadia
Born 1970
Darius Dhlomo
1931 - 2015
Chris Letcher
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Philip Buys
Born 1988
Andile Phehlukwayo
Born 1996
Candice Neethling
Born 1992
Clyde Rathbone
Born 1981
Minnie Dlamini
Born 1990
Michelle Butler-Emmett
Born 1983
Ilze Hattingh
Born 1996
Antoinette Uys
Born 1976
Joan Brickhill
1924 - 2014
Emma Hayman
Born 1988
Brausch Niemann
Born 1939
Chris Smith (cricketer, born 1958)
Born 1958
Amichand Rajbansi
1942 - 2011
Sarat Maharaj
Born 1951
Leigh-Ann Naidoo
Born 1976
Kyle Bridgwood
Born 1989
Thabiso Mchunu
Born 1988
Roxane Wilson
Born 1965
Hugh Tayfield
1929 - 1994
Jody Jenneker
Born 1984
Tyla Rattray
Born 1985
Tim Couzens
1944 - 2016
Alan Hatherly
Born 1996
Anton Leonard
Born 1974
Derek Smethurst
Born 1947
Gwen Griffiths
Born 1967
Deborah Poynton
Born 1970
Nasty C
Born 1997
Lawrence Alexander Hardie
1933 - 2013
John Didcott
1931 - 1998
Zama Magudulela
Born 1982
Bruce Johnstone (racing driver)
Born 1937
Chloe Tryon
Born 1994
John Yuill (tennis)
Born 1948
Monique Gladding
Born 1981
Surendran Reddy
1962 - 2010
Doron Toister
Born 1957
Garth Mulroy
Born 1978
Lindsay Tuckett
1919 - 2016
Royce Deppe
Born 1965
Lara de Wit
Born 1983
Nhlakanipho Ntuli
Born 1996
Stuart Meaker
Born 1989
George Weightman-Smith
1905 - 1972
Keith Horne
Born 1971
Alan Wilson (motorsport)
Born 1946
Jennifer Radloff
Born 1961
Kim Sozzi
Born 1976
Marsha Cox
Born 1983
Laurence Gandar
1915 - 1998
Raymond Suttner
Born 1945
Pat Kavanagh (agent)
1940 - 2008
Andrie Steyn
Born 1996
Sandile Ngcobo
Born 1953
John Anderson (Irish cricketer)
Born 1982
Bree O'Mara
1968 - 2010
Keanu Baccus
Born 1998
Ahmed Amla
Born 1979
Imraan Khan
Born 1984
Troyden Prinsloo
Born 1985
Barry Armitage
Born 1979
Alfred W. Crompton
Born 1927
Izak Van Heerden
1910 - 1973
Brent Stirton
Born 1969
Andrew Tracey
Born 1936
Sipho Gumede
1952 - 2004
Paul Murray (skier)
Born 1977
Pierre de Charmoy
Born 1961
Preston Mommsen
Born 1987
Na'eem Jeenah
Born 1965
Doug McGuigan
Born 1970
Andre Botha (bodyboarder)
Born 1980
Zak Yacoob
Born 1948
Victor Stiebel
1907 - 1976
Marco Neethling
Born 1985
John Watkins (South African cricketer)
Born 1923
Cameron Delport
Born 1989
Warren Abery
Born 1973
Tyron Henderson
Born 1974
Dugald MacDonald
Born 1950
Robert Frylinck
Born 1984
Robert du Preez (rugby player born 1993)
Born 1993
Jason Bakke
Born 1989
Lee Irvine
Born 1944
Alistair Hargreaves
Born 1986
Felix Coetzee
Born 1959
Tanith Maxwell
Born 1976
Kathryn Smith (artist)
Born 1975
Pregs Govender
Born 1960
Friedel de Wet
Born 1980
Himarsha Venkatsamy
Born 1984
Herby Wade
1905 - 1980
Stephan Gerber
Born 1980
Katja Dedekind
Born 2001
Nick Schonert
Born 1991
Daphney Hlomuka
1949 - 2008
Ian Smith (South African cricketer)
1925 - 2015
David Ames (field hockey)
Born 1989
Lynn Freed
Born 1945
Indira Naidoo-Harris
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Chris Green (cricketer)
Born 1993
Merrick Bremner
Born 1986
Kerishnie Naicker
Born 1980
Wayne Madsen (cricketer)
Born 1984
Ross Haylett-Petty
Born 1994
Chris Alcock
Born 1988
Grant Langston (motorcyclist)
Born 1982
Derek Varnals
Born 1935
Billy Nair
1929 - 2008
Phyllis Latour
Born 1921
Michael Maule
1921 - 2017
Patrick Trezise
Born 1982
Raoul Hyman
Born 1996
Georgina Grenville
Born 1975
Jonathan Fellows-Smith
1932 - 2013
Jim Neversink
Born 1969
Eric Dalton
1906 - 1981
Peter Fletcher (RAF officer)
1916 - 1999
Sthembiso Ngcobo
Born 1983
Abel Mabaso
Born 1991
Alan North (motorcyclist)
Born 1953
Ricky Riccitelli
Born 1995
Aewon Wolf
Born 1987
Michael Rhodes (rugby union)
Born 1987
Bryce Easton
Born 1987
Edward Jefferys
1936 - 1998