List of Famous people born in South Africa

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

James Leonard Brierley Smith, known more commonly as "J. L. B. Smith",, was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct.

Clive Ian Calder is a South African-born British billionaire record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records. As of September 2020, Calder is worth $5.8 billion.

Beverley Naidoo is a South African author of children's books who lives in the U.K. Her first three novels featured life in South Africa where she lived until her twenties. She has also written a biography of the trade unionist Neil Aggett.

Sipho Mandla Agmatir Thwala is a South African rapist and serial killer who was convicted in 1999 for the murders of 16 women and 10 rapes. He was sentenced to 506 years in prison. Thwala was known by the moniker "The Phoenix Strangler".

Elize du Toit is a South African-born English actress best known for playing the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2007.

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is a South African politician and United Nations official, and is currently serving as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Louis Meintjes is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux. He won the South African National Road Race Championships in 2014, and has finished 8th overall in the Tour de France, on 2 occasions in 2016 and 2017. He has also finished 10th overall at the 2015 Vuelta a España.

Jonathan David Klein is co-founder and Chairman of Getty Images, Inc., a global digital media company.

Lebohang "Lebo M" Morake is a South African producer and composer, known for his work on the soundtracks to Hollywood films such as The Lion King, The Power of One and Outbreak and numerous stage productions. He was recommended to Disney by Hans Zimmer, the composer of both adaptations of The Lion King, and was later hired to form and conduct the African choir that sang for the films.