List of Famous people born in South Africa

Deon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing in Afrikaans. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also written numerous scripts for television and film.

Michelle Butler-Emmett is a South African badminton player. She was the All-Africa Games silver medalists in the mixed doubles in 2015 and in the team event in 2011 and 2015. Butler-Emmett won the African Championships in the mixed doubles in 2013 and 2014, also in the women's doubles in 2017.

Emanuel Derman is a South African-born academic, businessman and writer. He is best known as a quantitative analyst, and author of the book My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance.

Dino Ndlovu is a South African professional footballer who plays as a striker for Zhejiang Greentown in the China League One and for the South Africa national football team.

Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM is a South African prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Durban since 1992 and a cardinal since 2001. He was Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992.

Michelle Claire Edwards is a female badminton player from South Africa.

David Oliver Sacks is an entrepreneur, and investor in internet technology firms. He is general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017. Previously, Sacks was the founding COO and product leader of PayPal and founder/CEO of Yammer. In 2016, he led the turnaround of Zenefits as interim CEO. In 2017, Sacks co-founded Craft Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. His angel investments include Facebook, Uber, SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, Airbnb and Houzz. He is a co-host of the podcast All In.

Thandi Modise is a South African politician, and former Anti-Apartheid guerilla. She is currently serving as Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa. She served as Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019.

Gary Barber is a South African-born American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is also co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment.