List of Famous people born in South Africa
Michael Neser
Michael Gertges Neser is an Australian cricketer. In domestic cricket, he represents Queensland, and the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. He made his international debut for the national team in June 2018.
Johann Rabie
Johann Rabie is a South African former road cyclist.
Beatrice Marshoff
Frances Beatrice Marshoff was Premier of the Free State from 2004 to 2009. She succeeded Winkie Direko to the position on 22 April 2004, and was replaced by Ace Magashule on 6 May 2009.
Robert Hunter
Robert "Robbie" Hunter is a retired South African professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1999 and 2013. Hunter competed with UCI ProTeam Garmin–Sharp during his final professional season.
Okkert Brits
Okkert Brits is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Stephen Brislin
Stephen Brislin is a South African prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Dianna Cilliers
Clinton Larsen
Clinton Larsen is a South African former football player and current manager of Polokwane City in the South African Premier Division.
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Charles Rabin is a South African musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a variety of artists. In 1972, he joined the rock band Rabbitt who enjoyed considerable success in South Africa, and released his first solo album, Beginnings. In 1978, Rabin moved to London to further his career, working as a solo artist and a producer for various artists including Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Jay Robert Thomson
Jay Robert Thomson is a South African former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the Team Konica Minolta, Fly V Australia, Bissell, UnitedHealthcare and NTT Pro Cycling teams. In 2013 he won the South African National Road Race Championships. He rode in the 2014 Vuelta a España. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.