List of Famous people born in Western Cape, South Africa

Stefan Temmingh

First Name Stefan
Last Name Temmingh
Born on January 1, 1978 (age 48)

Stefan Temmingh is a South African recorder player who now lives in Munich.

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Sylvia Rafael

First Name Sylvia
Last Name Rafael
Born on April 1, 1937
Died on February 10, 2005 (aged 67)
Spy

Sylvia Raphael Schjødt was a South African-born Israeli Mossad agent, convicted of murder in Norway for her involvement in the Lillehammer affair.

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Ronald Harwood

Ronald Horwitz
First Name Ronald
Last Name Harwood
Born on November 9, 1934
Died on September 8, 2020 (aged 85)

Sir Ronald Harwood, was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).

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Olivia Jackson

First Name Olivia
Last Name Jackson
Born on August 25, 1983 (age 42)

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is a 2016 science fiction action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. A direct sequel to Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), it is the sixth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the video game series of the same name. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, Rola, and William Levy. In the film, Alice and her friends are betrayed by a clone of Albert Wesker, who gathers the entire forces of Umbrella into one final strike against the apocalypse survivors.

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Johann Rupert

First Name Johann
Last Name Rupert
Born on June 1, 1950 (age 75)

Johann Peter Rupert is a South African-born entrepreneur, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro. As of 1 April 2010, he assumed the CEO position of Compagnie Financiere Richemont. Together with his family, he was estimated to be worth $5.9 billion as of April 2019, and was ranked as the second wealthiest person in South Africa on the Forbes list of The World's Billionaires of 2019, with his fortune reported as having declined from US$7.3 billion. Rupert and family were ranked as the second-richest in South Africa on the 2020 Forbes list, with a fortune reported as US$5.4 billion.

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Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

First Name Princess
Last Name Denmark
Born on May 11, 1942 (age 83)

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of Greece and his wife Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and of the deposed King Constantine II of Greece, Prince of Denmark and maternal aunt of king Felipe VI of Spain.

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Alice Phoebe Lou

First Name Alice
Last Name Lou
Born on July 19, 1993 (age 32)

Alice Phoebe Lou is a South African singer-songwriter. She has released three EPs and two studio albums. In December 2017 her song "She" from the film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story was included on the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song. Since 2019 she had also been active in her side project Strongboi.

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Benni McCarthy

Benedict Saul McCarthy

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African coach and former footballer who was appointed head coach of the Durban based PSL team, AmaZulu Football Club on 14 December 2020.

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Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn

First Name Johan
Born on August 15, 1932
Died on November 28, 2017 (aged 85)

Johan van Zyl Steyn, Baron Steyn, PC was a South African-British judge, until September 2005 a Law Lord. He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.

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Louis Moholo

First Name Louis
Last Name Moholo
Born on March 10, 1940 (age 86)

Louis Tebogo Moholo, is a South African jazz drummer. He has been a member of several notable bands, including The Blue Notes, the Brotherhood of Breath and Assagai.

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