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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
Claude Carter
1881 - 1952
Mark Burmester
Born 1968
George Earle (rugby player)
Born 1987
Trevor Wadley
1920 - 1981
Travis Logie
Born 1979
Bryan Watson (dancer)
Born 1969
Abednigo Ngcobo
1950 - 2014
Ian Wilson (Künstler)
1940 - 2020
Kevin Mileham
Born 1971
Oli Kebble
Born 1992
Robin Francis
Born 1982
Thamsanqa Mkhize
Born 1988
Francois Kleinhans
Born 1991
Robert Howden
1917 - 2004
Robert Kirby (satirist)
1936 - 2007
Brad Wheal
Born 1996
Colin Wesley
Born 1937
Precious McKenzie
Born 1936
Joe Matthews (politician)
1929 - 2010
Peter Brown (South African politician)
1924 - 2004
Harry Preston (writer)
1923 - 2009
Mike Macaulay
Born 1939
Tweezy
Born 1992
Wade Paton
Born 1986
Grant Baker
Born 1972
John Steenhuisen
Born 1976
Dale Chadwick
Born 1989
Ian Lloyd (politician)
1921 - 2006
Thoko Didiza
Born 1965
Ian Corden-Lloyd
1938 - 1978
Taine Paton
Born 1989
Del Topoll
Born 1933
Kyle Hodnett
Born 1986
Dalton Conyngham
1897 - 1979
Robert B. Hargraves
1928 - 2003
Florence Ellen Hewitt
1910 - 1979
Gareth Roderick
Born 1991
Philip Russell (bishop)
1919 - 2013
Himla Soodyall
Born 1963
Gary Strydom
Born 1960
Tarnia Baker
1967 - 2017
Leonard Slatter
1894 - 1961
Mark Sanders
Born 1979
Jacki McInnes
Born 1966
Derek James
Born 1960
Brynard Stander
Born 1990
Des Horne
1939 - 2015
Killie Campbell
1881 - 1965
Zena Stein
-
Matt Hawkins
Born 1983
Bradley Ritson
Born 1982
Pat Trimborn
Born 1940
Zandile Gumede
Born 1961
Corbin Bosch
Born 1994
Melissa Corfe
Born 1986
Christopher Hyman
Born 1963
Marc Raubenheimer
1952 - 1983
John Royston
1860 - 1942
Cheryl de la Rey
-
Lex Mpati
Born 1949
Tanya Levin
Born 1971
Len Tuckett
1885 - 1963
Bongiwe Msomi
Born 1988
Stephen Watson (racing driver)
Born 1974
Peter Cousens (cricketer)
Born 1932
Matthew Dennington
Born 1982
Sibusiso Khumalo (footballer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Prince Nxumalo
Born 1990
Sean Roberts (footballer)
Born 1983
Dean Macpherson
Born 1985
Aimee Barrett-Theron
Born 1987
Clinton Marsh
Born 1972
Brian Gessner
Born 1947
Neil Versfeld
Born 1985
Ossie Dawson
1919 - 2008
Jesse Engelbrecht
Born 1983
Penny Busetto
-
Hubert Freakes
1914 - 1942
Rivash Gobind
Born 1982
Lauren Henry
Born 1988
Cyril Robinson (cricketer)
1873 - 1948
Hugh Leslie
1900 - 1974
Chris Reeve
Born 1953
Yanga Gcilisha
Born 1988
Frida Blumenberg
Born 1935
Bruno Zanotti
Born 1982
Daryn Smit
Born 1984
Hans Hallen
Born 1930
Makhosonke Bhengu
Born 1983
Linda Sokhulu
Born 1976
Justin Coetzee
Born 1984
Daryn Dupavillon
Born 1994
Sifiso Hlanti
Born 1990
Nic Billington
Born 1984
Kathleen Annie Lansdell
1888 - 1967
Themba Mkhize
Born 1957
Vause Raw
1921 - 2001
Tiffany Kruger
Born 1987
Ramadan Suleman
Born 1955
Dennis Dyer
1914 - 1990
Vyash Gobind
Born 1984
Yacoob Omar
Born 1948
Shaun Adendorff
Born 1992
Warren Britz
Born 1973
Senuran Muthusamy
Born 1994
Gerald Stapleton
1920 - 2010
Tayla Alexander
Born 2000
David Staniforth (field hockey)
Born 1976
Brad Lacey
Born 1994
Charles Barlow (businessman)
1905 - 1979
James Hall (rugby union, born 1996)
Born 1996
Saleem Badat
Born 1957
James Henderson Ross
Born 1941
Aubrey MacKenzie
1894 - 1933
Greg Goosen
Born 1983
Dylan Smith (rugby union)
Born 1994
Monde Hadebe
Born 1990
David Weare
Born 1980
Stephen Saad
Born 1964
Nicole Cutler
Born 1972
Cody Chetty
Born 1991
Sti Sithole
Born 1993
Craig Tiley
Born 1962
Isabel Ellie Knaggs
1893 - 1980
Nqoba Mxoli
Born 1994
Peter Holiday
Born 1952
Mark Boulle
Born 1979
Sidney Martin
1909 - 1988
Tellaman
Born 1991
Theo Verster
Born 1975
Calvin Savage
Born 1993
Margaret McCord
1913 - 2004
Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo
Born 1944
Bridget Masinga
Born 1981
Maurice Podbrey
Born 1934
Vejaynand Ramlakan
1957 - 2020
Mzamo Majola
Born 1995
Dean Muir
Born 1989
Michael Poppmeier
Born 1982
Derrick Spencer
Born 1982
Calvin Dickinson
Born 1996
Gena Löfstrand
Born 1995
Gary Watson (cricketer)
Born 1944
Sibonelo Makhanya
Born 1996
Tshepo Moreki
Born 1993
Rogers Govender
Born 1960
Allan du Toit
-
Jovan Bowles
Born 1983
Njabulo Manqana
Born 1986
Robin Greene
1931 - 2014
Dhaya Pillay
Born 1958
Rory Duncan
Born 1977
Phelelani Mpangase
Born 1983
Ntokozo Sikhakhane
Born 1983
Dion George
-
Lindo Mfeka
Born 1994
George Godfrey (swimmer)
1888 - 1965
Tyrone Lamont
Born 1985
Warrick Scheffer
Born 1992
Anton Harber
Born 1958
Peter Dodds
Born 1933
PW Botha (rugby union)
Born 1991
Liam Wright
Born 1997
Erin Gallagher
Born 1998
Gareth Blanckenberg
Born 1980
Warren Lewis (footballer, born 1971)
Born 1971
Nomonde Mbusi
Born 1976
Abdul Razak (South African cricketer)
Born 1987
Lenin Steenkamp
Born 1969
Purified (rapper)
-
Chris Micklewood
Born 1987
Conrad Penny
Born 1951
Slindile Nodangala
Born 1972
Ryan Harris (cyclisme)
Born 1998
Dale Studzinski
Born 1979
David White (South African cricketer)
Born 1991
Ntokozo Vidima
Born 1995
Brian Whitfield
Born 1959
Brad Moses
Born 1983
Natalie Fulton
Born 1977
Wesley Dunlop
Born 1987
Nqubeko Zulu
Born 1987
Brian Shabangu
Born 1988
Two-Boys Gumede
Born 1985
Adrian "Wildman" Cenni
-
Nadine Moodley
Born 1990
Michelle Cowan
Born 1983
Umesh Valjee
Born 1969
Abigail Keats
Born 1986
Neill Roberts
Born 1954
Gordon Dallas
Born 1959
Kyle Tonetti
Born 1987
Shaun Davies
Born 1989
Matthew Friedlander
Born 1979
Wendy Wason
-
Esme Steyn
Born 1953
Ayanda Lubelo
Born 1992
Rheece Evans
Born 1990
Anthony Evans (cricketer)
1942 - 2016
Nicole Rencken
Born 1981
DJ Roxxi
Born 1985
Mike Wood (fencer)
Born 1971
Scott Mathie
Born 1983
Matthew Arnold (cricketer)
Born 1988
Rupert Ellis-Brown
1880 - 1969
Zakhele Qwabe
Born 1988
Brown Lindiwe Mkhize
-
Kyle Simmonds
Born 1994
Christina Kukielka
Born 1944
Shane Getkate
Born 1991
Nkosingiphile Gumede
Born 1993
Brady Barends
Born 1989
Craig Barnsley
Born 1983
Brummer Badenhorst
Born 1990
Alan Khan
Born 1971
Andrew MacKinlay (cricketer)
Born 1967
Gavin Morris
Born 1998
Christiaan Nagel
Born 1982
Tommy Lalande
1904 - 1983
Ravi Naidoo
Born 1964
Jackie Carr (footballer, born 1926)
1926 - 1996
Nick Labuschagne
Born 1931
Angus Maclaine
Born 1972
Vassi Naidoo
Born 1955
Cecil Goodricke
1883 - 1944
Dennis Smith (South African cricketer)
Born 1971
Kerron van Vuuren
Born 1995
Luke Schlemmer
Born 1995
George Eaton (cricketer)
1904 - 1938
Zakariya Paruk
Born 1998
T. Alan Hatton
-
Diana Page
Born 1965
Dudu Zondo
Born 1994
Sohail Mahmoud
Born 1996
Elizabeth Sneddon
1907 - 2005
Sifiso Mzobe
-
Thulani Ngidi
Born 1986
Lynton Morby-Smith
Born 1936
James Draper (umpire)
1925 - 2013
Robbie Harris
Born 1982
Lubabalo Gcuma
Born 1976
Albert King (umpire)
1878 - 1946
Pat O'Brien (rugby union)
Born 1989
Brandon Scullard
Born 1991
Kirti Menon
Born 1959
Kathleen Dalziel
1881 - 1969
David Drew (umpire)
1919 - 1976
John Leuchars
1852 - 1920
Simon Roberts (Cambridge cricketer)
Born 1926
Mishkal Ramsaroop
Born 1993
Brendon Reddy
Born 1983
Dexter Fahey
Born 1989
Sithabiso Zungu
Born 1997
Arthur Tayfield
Born 1931
Mduduzi Dlamini
Born 1993
Bryan Rennie (rugby union)
Born 1984
Matt Hewitt
Born 1991
Keertan Dheda
Born 1969
Jarred Barnes
Born 1998
Nick Mulgrew
Born 1990
Shamita Naidoo
-
Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
1917 - 1978
Malcolm Smith (cricketer)
1932 - 2012
Leonard Dixon
1896 - 1951
Thomas Bryant (cricketer)
1933 - 2012
Arthur Lightening
1936 - 2001
Precious Mthembu
Born 1984
Mark Logan (cricketer)
Born 1960
Fawzia Peer
-
Billy Jacobson
Born 1980
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili
-
Justin Bonello
Born 2005
Sally-Ann Murray
Born 1961
Andrew Evans (rugby union)
Born 1997
Nonhle Beryl
Born 1983
Andrew Aitken
Born 1968
Sydney Martin
-
Revel Fox
1924 - 2004
Louisa Motha
-
Jean Morrison
Born 1984
Ettiené Fynn
Born 1972
Keith McMillan (rugby union)
1927 - 1998
John Siedle
1932 - 2008
Phiwe Sigwili
1975 - 2013
Ndoni Mcunu
-
Alan John Oxley
1919 - 2011
Renna Kellaway
Born 1934
Linda Thwala
Born 1994
Dykie Lyons
1873 - 1921