List of Famous people born in Gauteng, South Africa

Greg Marinovich is a South African photojournalist, filmmaker, photo editor, and member of the Bang-Bang Club.

Marks Maponyane is a retired South African football player.

Adelaide Frances Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political exile, and regarded as a hero of the liberation struggle against apartheid.

Lauren Beukes is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter.

Steve Bloom is a South African photographer and writer. Son of journalist, novelist, and political activist Harry Bloom, he is best known for his photography books and essays as well as his large scale outdoor exhibitions called Spirit of the Wild.

George Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon. FRSSAf, is the emeritus distinguished professor of complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, published in 1973, and is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology. From 1989 to 1992 he served as president of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. He is a past president of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is an A-rated researcher with the NRF.

Zakes Makgona Mokae was a South African-American actor of theatre and film

Peter Clive Sarnak is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory. He also sits on the Board of Adjudicators and the selection committee for the Mathematics award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.

Martin Glover, better known by his stage name Youth, is an English record producer and musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of Killing Joke. He is also a member of the Fireman, along with Paul McCartney.

Jodi Bieber is a South African photographer. Her photograph of Bibi Aisha, a woman from Afghanistan whose ears and nose were severed by her husband and brother-in-law, was selected as the World Press Photo of the Year in 2010.