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PRETORIA
Most Famous People Born in Pretoria, South Africa
- Notable people
- 558
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1978
- Most distinctive
- Golf 12.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pretoria during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 133 notable births.
What Pretoria Is Known For
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Player is Pretoria's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (136).
Pretoria over-indexes on golf — 12.7× the global rate.
Pretoria under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Pretoria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Elon Musk
Born 1971
Glynis Johns
Born 1923
Arnold Vosloo
Born 1962
Sharlto Copley
Born 1973
Seymour Papert
1928 - 2016
Michael Levitt
Born 1947
Max Theiler
1899 - 1972
Roger Michell
Born 1956
Nigel Green
1924 - 1972
Joost van der Westhuizen
1971 - 2017
Cameron van der Burgh
Born 1988
Eugène Marais
1871 - 1936
Louis Meintjes
Born 1992
Robert Calvert
1945 - 1988
Es'kia Mphahlele
1919 - 2008
Austin Stevens
Born 1950
AB de Villiers
Born 1984
Pierre Spies
Born 1985
Damon Galgut
Born 1963
Magnus Malan
1930 - 2011
Roland Schoeman
Born 1980
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
1886 - 1957
Theo de Raadt
Born 1968
Vusi Mahlasela
Born 1965
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
1940 - 2010
Faf du Plessis
Born 1984
Steve Hofmeyr
Born 1964
Ashleigh Moolman
Born 1985
Karin Melis Mey
Born 1983
Fourie du Preez
Born 1982
Lillian Ngoyi
1911 - 1980
Edwin Cameron
Born 1953
Ivan Vladislavic
Born 1957
Bongi Makeba
1950 - 1985
Ellis Ferreira
Born 1970
John Niemeyer Findlay
1903 - 1987
Judith Mason
1938 - 2016
Willem Alberts
Born 1984
Roy Wegerle
Born 1964
Can Themba
1924 - 1968
Solomon Mahlangu
1956 - 1979
Louis Raymond (tennis)
1895 - 1962
Neil Tovey
Born 1962
Zain Bhikha
Born 1974
Elna Reinach
Born 1968
Themba Mnguni
Born 1973
Kurt Darren
Born 1970
Branden Grace
Born 1988
Gary Botha
Born 1981
Chris Haggard
Born 1971
Anna Amelia Obermeyer
1907 - 2001
Richardt Strauss
Born 1986
Kotaro Matsushima
Born 1993
Corrie Sanders
1966 - 2012
Gerald Kyd
Born 1973
Maude Bonney
1897 - 1994
Gustav Preller
1875 - 1943
Marike de Klerk
1937 - 2001
Kopano Matlwa
Born 1985
Brett Murray
Born 1961
Gerald Dreyer
1929 - 1985
Hendrik van der Bijl
1887 - 1948
Bennett Mnguni
Born 1974
Alexis Preller
1911 - 1975
Christiaan Bakkes
Born 1965
Lehann Fourie
Born 1987
Rudolf Straeuli
Born 1963
Andrew Pattison
Born 1949
Austin Roberts (zoologist)
1883 - 1948
Johnny Hubbard
1930 - 2018
Gerhard Zandberg
Born 1983
Jaco van Zyl
Born 1979
Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot
1897 - 1989
Kimbal Musk
Born 1972
Oti Mabuse
Born 1990
George Coetzee
Born 1986
Annette Van Zyl
Born 1943
Cherise Taylor
Born 1989
Dane van Niekerk
Born 1993
Moyra Caldecott
1927 - 2015
Willem de Beer
Born 1988
Quinn Roux
Born 1990
Patrick Cullinan
1933 - 2011
Jacques-Louis Potgieter
Born 1984
Jaqueline Tyrwhitt
1905 - 1983
Mary Benson (campaigner)
1919 - 2000
Kallie Knoetze
Born 1953
Gail Kelly
Born 1956
Tutu Puoane
Born 1979
Chris Morris (cricketer)
Born 1987
Warren Goldstein
Born 1971
Paul Willemse
Born 1992
Hendrick Mokganyetsi
Born 1975
Richard Sterne (golfer)
Born 1981
Philip Burger
Born 1980
Lawrence Brittain
Born 1990
Henry Dafel
1889 - 1947
An-Li Kachelhoffer
Born 1987
John Hewie
1927 - 2015
Rory Byrne
Born 1944
Keryn Jordan
1975 - 2013
Neil Wagner
Born 1986
Johan Roux
Born 1969
Johann Kriegler
Born 1932
Daphne Hasenjäger
Born 1929
Michelle Toro
Born 1991
Lionel Abrahams
1928 - 2004
Ismail Mahomed
1931 - 2000
Zane Moosa
Born 1968
Caroline Wöstmann
Born 1983
Spokes Mashiyane
1933 - 1972
Kevin Dowling (bishop)
Born 1944
Inez Clare Verdoorn
1896 - 1989
Mignon du Preez
Born 1989
Tony Maggs
1937 - 2009
Lawrence Ah Mon
Born 1949
Darren Fichardt
Born 1975
Greig Tonks
Born 1989
Nicky Hambleton-Jones
Born 1971
Elias Xitavhudzi
Died 1960
Fanie Eloff
1885 - 1947
Irma Joubert
Born 1947
Braam van Straaten
Born 1971
Frances Ames
1920 - 2002
Lionel Ngakane
1920 - 2003
Robby Brink
Born 1971
John W. de Gruchy
Born 1939
Natalie Steward
Born 1943
Marise Kruger
Born 1958
Simon Harmer
Born 1989
Philip Tabane
1934 - 2018
Daniel Mudau
Born 1968
Schalk Ferreira
Born 1984
Stanley Unwin (comedian)
1911 - 2002
Freddie van der Goes
1908 - 1976
Riaan Botha
Born 1970
Gerhard Vosloo
Born 1979
Laurie Ackermann
Born 1934
Marissa van der Merwe
Born 1978
Andries Strauss
Born 1984
Ronnie Cooke
Born 1984
Dikgang Moseneke
Born 1947
Ido Drent
Born 1987
Hannes Hopley
Born 1981
James Selfe
Born 1955
George Lebese
Born 1989
Luki Botha
1930 - 2006
Johann de Lange
Born 1959
Paul Bosch
Born 1984
Willie du Plessis (rugby player born 1990)
Born 1990
Ursula Grobler
Born 1980
Sean Robinson
Born 1993
Pierre Coetzer
Born 1961
Louis Hendrik Potgieter
1951 - 1994
Gideon Louw
Born 1987
Tucker Vorster
Born 1988
Quartus de Wet
1899 - 1980
Gertrud Theiler
1897 - 1986
Kgosi Ntlhe
Born 1994
Stephan Lewies
Born 1992
Theunis de Bruyn
Born 1992
Jennifer Fry
Born 1989
Harold Strachan
1925 - 2020
Edwin Hewitt (rugby union)
Born 1983
Johann Myburgh
Born 1980
Marc Mundell
Born 1983
Surina De Beer
Born 1978
Arthur Hezlet
1914 - 2007
Tjaart van der Walt
Born 1974
Margaret Roberts (herbalist)
1937 - 2017
Claudia Henkel
Born 1983
Julian Bahula
Born 1938
Gary van Aswegen
Born 1990
Lappies Labuschagné
Born 1989
Richie Berrington
Born 1987
Edward Motale
Born 1966
Jamie Ball
Born 1979
Neil Wheeler
1917 - 2009
Dale Hayes
Born 1952
Louis Fouché (rugby union)
Born 1990
Deon Fourie
Born 1986
Francois Brummer
Born 1989
Graham McIntosh
Born 1944
Riaan Manser
Born 1973
Nana Meriwether
Born 1985
Julian Redelinghuys
Born 1989
Zack Piontek
Born 1991
Tiger Lance
1940 - 2010
Melinda Bam
Born 1989
Eileen Krige
1905 - 1995
Gérard Korsten
Born 1960
Maurice Letchford
1908 - 1965
Nico Janse van Rensburg
Born 1994
Thulasizwe Mbuyane
Born 1983
Stephan Myburgh
Born 1984
Steve Wegerle
Born 1953
Shaun Williams (wrestler)
Born 1976
Hendrik de Villiers
Born 1981
Roelof Botha
Born 1973
Nico Panagio
Born 1971
Lyndon Rive
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Marius Delport
Born 1985
Bernard Friedman
1896 - 1984
Dirkie Chamberlain
Born 1986
Charl du Toit
Born 1993
Raynor Parkinson
Born 1988
Irmgard Bensusan
Born 1991
Jake Roos
Born 1980
Lise Olivier
Born 1983
Motjeka Madisha
Born 1995
Michael Corbett (judge)
1923 - 2007
A-Reece
Born 1997
Tian Viljoen
Born 1961
Petronel Malan
Born 1976
Piet van Zyl (rugby player, born 1989)
Born 1989
Wayne Barker
Born 1963
David Spencer Hardy
1931 - 1998
Johannes van Heerden
Born 1986
Emile Erasmus
Born 1992
Moaner van Heerden
Born 1951
Michael Neser
Born 1990
Rassie van der Dussen
Born 1989
Frits Potgieter
Born 1974
Keagan Girdlestone
Born 1997
Keo Motsepe
Born 1985
Johan de Beer
Born 1972
Sydney Burke
Born 1934
Niel van der Watt
Born 1962
Gareth Cliff
Born 1977
Ivan van Zyl
Born 1995
Jason Jenkins
Born 1995
Oliver Bekker
Born 1984
Gérard Rudolf
Born 1966
Uli Schmidt
Born 1961
Kenneth Meshoe
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Alexander Lipmann-Kessel
1914 - 1986
Zander Lombard
Born 1995
George Fouché
Born 1965
Charlize van der Westhuizen
Born 1984
Danie Poolman
Born 1989
Jan Prinsloo
1935 - 1966
Natasha Mazzone
Born 1979
Anel Alexander
Born 1979
Lucy Katherine Armitage Chippindall
1913 - 1992
Daleen Terblanche
Born 1969
Joas Magolego
1971 - 2014
Connie Chen
Born 1992
Duncan Faure
Born 1956
Giam Swiegers
Born 1956
Desvonde Botes
Born 1974
Paul Mashatile
Born 1961
Robbie Klay
Born 1986
Minnette Vári
Born 1968
Ruan Ackermann
Born 1995
Heinrich Klaasen
Born 1991
Tian Schoeman
Born 1991
Schalk Booysen
1927 - 2011
Nico Jacobs
Born 1981
Marcel Laponder
Born 1978
Sean Nowak
Born 1987
Margaret Casson
1913 - 1999
Michiel Bothma
Born 1973
Phat Joe
Born 1974
Heerden Herman
Born 1990
Alistair Davis
Born 1992
Etienne de Villiers
Born 1949
Willie van Niekerk
1937 - 2009
Robbie Coetzee
Born 1989
Christi Viljoen
Born 1987
Vernon Berrangé
1900 - 1983
Antony Trew
1906 - 1996
Lourens Erasmus
Born 1993
Alf Ackerman
1929 - 1988
Heinrich Barnes
Born 1986
Shaun de Jager
Born 1991
Mario Olivier
Born 1982
Eduan van der Walt
Born 1987
Mathew Pillans
Born 1991
David F. Kessler
1906 - 1999
Pierre de Bruyn
Born 1977
Louis Klazinga
Born 1985
Deanne Bergsma
Born 1941
Hennie Jacobs
Born 1981
Boy-Boy Mosia
1985 - 2016
Jim Christy (cricketer)
1904 - 1971
David Mark Richardson
Born 1958
Japie Motale
Born 1979
Yulandi van der Merwe
Born 1977
Ruan Snyman
Born 1987
Johann Carl Vogel
1932 - 2012
Dan van Zyl
Born 1971
Anchen Dreyer
Born 1952
David Hunt (rower)
Born 1991
Jackie Botten
1938 - 2006
Avril Malan
Born 1937
Carlo Mombelli
Born 1960
Luc Andrié
Born 1954
Tanja Jeschke
Born 1964
Mabel Malherbe
1879 - 1964
Myer Rosenblum
1907 - 2002