List of Famous people born in Gauteng, South Africa

Lyle Brent Foster is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward in Portugal for Vitória Guimarães and the South Africa national team.

Cariba Heine (born c. 1988) is a South African-born Australian actress and dancer. She is known for her roles as Rikki Chadwick in the Network Ten show H₂O: Just Add Water, Bridget Sanchez in the third series of Blue Water High, and Caroline Byrne in A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne.

Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords.

David Nthubu Koloane was a South African artist. In his drawings, paintings and collages he explored questions about political injustice and human rights. Koloane is considered to have been "an influential artist and writer of the apartheid years" in South Africa.

Keorapetse William Kgositsile, also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist. An influential member of the African National Congress in the 1960s and 1970s, he was inaugurated as South Africa's National Poet Laureate in 2006. Kgositsile lived in exile in the United States from 1962 until 1975, the peak of his literary career. He made an extensive study of African-American literature and culture, becoming particularly interested in jazz. During the 1970s he was a central figure among African-American poets, encouraging interest in Africa as well as the practice of poetry as a performance art; he was well known for his readings in New York City jazz clubs. Kgositsile was one of the first to bridge the gap between African poetry and black poetry in the United States.

Jack Mekler was a South African long-distance runner. His early life was spent in Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown Boys' High School.

Lebogang Mothiba is a South African professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg and the South African national team.

Tayler James Scott is a South African professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles.

Gregory de Vink was a South African racing cyclist.

Daryl Impey is a South African professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation. Impey is an all-rounder; he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints.