List of Famous people born in South Africa

Bryan Gary Habana OIS is a South African former rugby union player who played as a wing. He most recently played for Toulon in the French Top 14 competition, and for the South Africa national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby Union players in history.

He is appointed as Pakistan Cricket Team bowling Coach

John Michael Arthur is a South African Australian cricket coach and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He was also the coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team from 2016 to 2019. He is the current head coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team as of December 2020.

Duhan van der Merwe is a rugby union player, who plays as a wing for Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland. He was born and grew up in South Africa, and qualified for Scotland through the three year residency rule.

Manfred Mann is a British keyboard player, guitarist, and vocalist, born in South Africa, who became best known as a founding member and eponym of the bands Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Watkin Tudor Jones, better known by his stage name Ninja, is a South African rapper, songwriter, record producer, and director. Jones is part of the rap-rave group Die Antwoord. Jones also has had a number of acting roles, including a self-styled role as Ninja in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp film Chappie.

Sharlto Copley is a South African actor. He has played Wikus van der Merwe in the Academy Award-nominated science fiction film District 9, Howling Mad Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team, Agent C.M. Kruger in the science fiction film Elysium, James Corrigan in the science fiction horror film Europa Report and King Stefan in the dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent. He also played the title character in the science fiction film Chappie, as Jimmy in Hardcore Henry, and starred in two seasons as Christian Walker of the TV series Powers. Sharlto is married to fellow South African actress and fashion model Tanit Phoenix.

Cliff Simon is a South African athlete and actor, best known for his portrayal of Ba'al in Stargate SG-1.

Daniel Hope is an Irish-German classical violinist.

Nomzamo Nonzwakazi Mbatha, is a South African actress, television personality, businesswoman and human rights activist.