List of Famous people born in Gauteng, South Africa

John "Shoes" Lesiba Moshoeu was a South African football player who was part of the South African team that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations. He played as an attacking midfielder.

Bonginkosi "Zola" Dlamini is a South African musician, poet, actor and presenter.

Victor Miguel de Freitas Gomes is a South African football referee.

Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theatre director based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dilana Smith is a South African singer, songwriter, and performer who lives in Los Angeles, California. She is best known as the runner-up contestant on the CBS reality television show Rock Star: Supernova. She was the lead singer for Tracii Guns' version of L.A. Guns for a brief period in 2011.

Quartus de Wet was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer and musician. He left South Africa for Los Angeles in the 1960s, together with his wife, singer Letta Mbulu. Among the artists with whom he worked are Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa, Hotep Galeta, Miriam Makeba, Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley. Semenya also arranged the Swahili chant in the intro to Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl" from the 1987 Bad album.

Phakamani Lungisani Mahlambi is a South African professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for AmaZulu F.C. and the South African national football team.

Karin Melis Mey, née Karin Mey, is a South African-born Turkish female long jumper. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen in June 2008, and took the name Melis in addition to her birth name Karin Mey. The 172 cm tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where she is coached by Charley Strohmenger.