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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Slovo | Joe Slovo | 1926 | 1995 | South African | politician, and an opponent of the apartheid system | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Slovo |
| Denis Goldberg | Denis Theodore Goldberg | 1933 | 2020 | South African | social campaigner, who was active in the struggle against apartheid | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Goldberg |
| Arthur Goldreich | Arthur Goldreich | 1929 | 2011 | South African | abstract painter and a key figure in the anti-apartheid movement in the country of his birth and a critic of the form of Zionism practiced in Israel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Goldreich |
| Harold Wolpe | Harold Wolpe | 1926 | 1996 | South African | lawyer, sociologist, political economist and anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wolpe |
| Ronnie Kasrils | Ronald Kasrils | 1938 | n/a | South African | politician and military commander | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Kasrils |
| Lionel Bernstein | Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein | 1920 | 2002 | South African | Jewish anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bernstein |
| James Kantor | James Kantor | 1927 | 1974 | South African | lawyer and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kantor |
| Harry Oppenheimer | Harry Frederick Oppenheimer | 1908 | 2000 | South African | prominent businessman, industrialist and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Oppenheimer |
| Helen Zille | Otta Helene Maree | 1951 | n/a | South African | politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Zille |
| Ruth First | Heloise Ruth First | 1925 | 1982 | South African | anti-apartheid activist and scholar | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_First |
| Helen Suzman | Helen Suzman, OMSG, DBE | 1917 | 2009 | South African | anti-apartheid activist and politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Suzman |
| Nadine Gordimer | Nadine Gordimer | 1923 | 2014 | South African | writer and political activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer |
| Harry Schwarz | Harry Heinz Schwarz | 1924 | 2010 | South African | lawyer, statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa, who eventually served as the South African Ambassador to the United States during the country's transition to majority rule | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Schwarz |
| Joel Pollak | Joel Barry Pollak | 1977 | n/a | South African | conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Pollak |
| Mark Weinberg | Sir Mark Aubrey Weinberg | 1931 | n/a | South African | financier | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weinberg |
| Albie Sachs | Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs | 1935 | n/a | South African | activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albie_Sachs |
| Ivan Glasenberg | Ivan Glasenberg | 1957 | n/a | South African | business executive and former chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity trading and mining companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Glasenberg |
| Sid James | Sidney James | 1913 | 1976 | South African | actor, best known for his numerous roles in the Carry On series | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James |
| Ronald Segal | Ronald Michael Segal | 1932 | 2008 | South African | activist, writer and editor, founder of the anti-apartheid magazine Africa South and the Penguin African Library | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Segal |
| Hymie Barsel | Hymie Barsel | 1920 | 1987 | South African | activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymie_Barsel |
| Dean Israelite | Dean Israelite | 1984 | n/a | South African | film director, writer, and producer, best known for directing the found footage film Project Almanac, the 2017 reboot of Power Rangers, and the 2019 reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Israelite |
| Gary Barber | Gary Barber | 1957 | n/a | South African | film producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barber |
| Esther Barsel | Esther Barsel | 1924 | 2008 | South African | political activist and long-standing member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Barsel |
| Baruch Hirson | Baruch Hirson | 1921 | 1999 | South African | political activist, academic, author and historian, who was jailed for nine years in apartheid-era South Africa before moving to England in 1973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Hirson |
| Norma Kitson | Norma Cranko Kitson | 1933 | 2002 | South African | political activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Kitson |
| Tony Leon | Anthony James Leon | 1956 | n/a | South African | politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999-2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon |
| Nicky Oppenheimer | Nicholas F. Oppenheimer | 1945 | n/a | South African | billionaire businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Oppenheimer |
| Jody Scheckter | Jody David Scheckter | 1950 | n/a | South African | business proprietor and former motor racing driver | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Scheckter |
| Richard Goldstone | Richard Joseph Goldstone | 1938 | n/a | South African | former judge | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Goldstone |
| Graham Spanier | Graham Basil Spanier | 1948 | n/a | South African | sociologist and university administrator who became the 16th president of Pennsylvania State University on September 1, 1995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Spanier |
| Daniel Lapin | Daniel Lapin | 1947 | n/a | South African | Orthodox rabbi, author, and public speaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lapin |
| Trevor Rabin | Trevor Charles Rabin | null | null | South African | musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film composer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Rabin |
| Johnny Clegg | Jonathan Paul Clegg, OBE, OIS | 1953 | 2019 | South African | musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African peoples | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Clegg |
| Ronald Harwood | Sir Ronald Harwood | 1934 | 2020 | South African | author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Harwood |
| Sydney Brenner | Sydney Brenner | 1927 | 2019 | South African | biologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Brenner |
| Wayne Odesnik | Wayne Odesnik | 1985 | n/a | South African | retired professional left-handed tennis player, with a two-handed backhand | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Odesnik |
| Sol Kerzner | Solomon Kerzner | 1935 | 2020 | South African | accountant and business magnate | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner |
| Michael Levitt | Michael Levitt | 1947 | n/a | South African | biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levitt |
| William Kentridge | William Kentridge | 1955 | n/a | South African | artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kentridge |
| John Cranko | John Cyril Cranko | 1927 | 1973 | South African | ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cranko |
| Janet Suzman | Dame Janet Suzman | 1939 | n/a | South African | actress who enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles, among others, on TV. In her first film, Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), her performance as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna earned her several honours, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Suzman |
| David Goldblatt | David Goldblatt HonFRPS | 1930 | 2018 | South African | photographer noted for his portrayal of South Africa during the period of apartheid | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goldblatt |
| Andrew Feinstein | Andrew Josef Feinstein | 1964 | n/a | South African | former politician who currently resides in the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Feinstein |
| Lana Marks | Lana J. Marks | 1953 | n/a | South African | business executive who founded the eponymous fashion brand | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks |
| Seymour Papert | Seymour Aubrey Papert | 1928 | 2016 | South African | mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert |
| Kelly Hoppen | Kelly Elaine Hoppen | 1959 | n/a | South African | born, British interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Hoppen |
| Pieter-Dirk Uys | Pieter-Dirk Uys | 1945 | n/a | South African | performer, author, satirist, and social activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter-Dirk_Uys |
| Ted Grant | Edward Grant | 1913 | 2006 | South African | Trotskyist who spent most of his adult life in Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Grant |
| Deep Fried Man | Daniel Friedman | 1981 | n/a | South African | musical comedian and writer based in Johannesburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Fried_Man |
| Errol Damelin | Errol Damelin | 1969 | n/a | South African | entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Damelin |
| Tomas Scheckter | Tomas Scheckter | 1980 | n/a | South African | former racing driver | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Scheckter |
| J. R. Rotem | Jonathan Reuven Rotem | null | null | South African | record producer, songwriter and music publisher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Rotem |
| Lewis Wolpert | Lewis Wolpert | 1929 | 2021 | South African | developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Wolpert |
| Louis Washkansky | Louis Joshua Washkansky | 1912 | 1967 | South African | man who was the recipient of the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, and the first patient to regain consciousness following the operation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky |
| Manfred Mann (musician) | Manfred Sepse Lubowitz | 1940 | n/a | South African | keyboardist, arranger, singer and songwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann_(musician) |
| Cliff Simon | Cliff Simon | 1962 | 2021 | South African | athlete and actor, best known for his portrayal of Ba'al in Stargate SG-1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Simon |
| Abe Segal | Alan Abraham Segal | 1930 | 2016 | South African | tennis player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Segal |
| Leonard Sachs | Leonard Meyer Sachs | 1909 | 1990 | South African | actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Sachs |
| Meyer Fortes | Meyer Fortes FBA FRAI | 1906 | 1983 | South African | anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Fortes |
| Dean Furman | Dean Furman | 1988 | n/a | South African | professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English side Warrington Rylands 1906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Furman |
| Joel Stransky | Joel Theodore Stransky | 1967 | n/a | South African | former rugby union player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Stransky |
| Brian Levine | Brian Levine | 1958 | n/a | South African | former tennis player who played professional tennis from 1982 to 1988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Levine |
| David Theo Goldberg | David Theo Goldberg | 1952 | n/a | South African | professor working in the United States, known for his work in critical race theory, the digital humanities, and the state of the university | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Theo_Goldberg |
| Moses Blackman | Moses Blackman FRS | 1908 | 1983 | South African | crystallographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Blackman |
| Caron Bernstein | Caron Bernstein | 1970 | n/a | South African | model, actress, and singer-songwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caron_Bernstein |
| Jonathan Liebesman | Jonathan Liebesman | 1976 | n/a | South African | film director and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Liebesman |
| Sydney Kentridge | Sir Sydney Kentridge | 1922 | n/a | South African | lawyer, judge and member of the Bar of England and Wales | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Kentridge |
| Jeremy Levin | Jeremy Levin | 1954 | n/a | South African | businessman, medical doctor and research scientist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Levin |
| Leonard Suransky | Leonard Suransky | null | null | South African | doctor of International Relations and Education and is the former Head of the Department of International Relations at Webster University in Leiden, Netherlands | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Suransky |
| Helen Joseph | Helen Beatrice Joseph | 1905 | 1992 | South African | anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Joseph |
| Shaun Tomson | Shaun Tomson | 1955 | n/a | South African | professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author, and businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Tomson |
| Anneline Kriel | Anneline Kriel | 1955 | n/a | South African | actress, model and beauty queen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneline_Kriel |
| Max Gluckman | Herman Max Gluckman | 1911 | 1975 | South African | social anthropologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gluckman |
| Ali Bacher | Aron "Ali" Bacher | 1942 | n/a | South African | former Test cricket captain and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Bacher |
| Hal Shaper | Hal Shaper | null | null | South African | songwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Shaper |
| Gillian Slovo | Gillian Slovo | 1952 | n/a | South African | novelist, playwright and memoirist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Slovo |
| Joseph Wolpe | Joseph Wolpe | 1915 | 1997 | South African | psychiatrist and one of the most influential figures in behavior therapy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wolpe |
| Norman E. Rosenthal | Norman E. Rosenthal | null | null | South African | author, psychiatrist and scientist who in the 1980s first described seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and pioneered the use of light therapy for its treatment | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_E._Rosenthal |
| Abraham Manie Adelstein | Abraham Manie Adelstein | 1916 | 1992 | South African | born medical doctor who became the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Manie_Adelstein |
| Greg Joseph | Greg Joseph | 1994 | n/a | South African | professional American football placekicker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Joseph |
| Damon Galgut | Damon Galgut | 1963 | n/a | South African | novelist and playwright | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut |
| Harry Rabinowitz | Harry Rabinowitz MBE | 1916 | 2016 | South African | conductor and composer of film and television music | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rabinowitz |
| Jack Barnato Joel | Isaac "Jack" Barnato Joel | 1862 | 1940 | South African | mining magnate and a champion horse breeder | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Barnato_Joel |
| Sonia Bunting | Sonia Bunting, OLS | 1922 | 2001 | South African | journalist, and a political and anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Bunting |
| Hugh Lewin | Hugh Lewin | 1939 | 2019 | South African | anti-apartheid activist and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lewin |
| Dan Jacobson | Dan Jacobson | 1929 | 2014 | South African | novelist, short story writer, critic and essayist of Lithuanian Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jacobson |
| Selig Percy Amoils | Selig Percy Amoils, FRCS | null | null | South African | ophthalmologist and biomedical engineering inventor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selig_Percy_Amoils |
| Candice Breitz | Candice Breitz | 1972 | n/a | South African | white artist who works primarily in video and photography | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Breitz |
| Henry Cornelius | Henry Cornelius | 1913 | 1958 | South African | film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cornelius |
| Solly Sachs | Emil Solomon “Solly” Sachs | 1900 | 1976 | South African | trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solly_Sachs |
| Sadie Forman | Sadie Forman | 1929 | 2014 | South African | teacher, librarian and anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Forman |
| Joseph Sonnabend | Joseph Adolph Sonnabend | 1933 | 2021 | South African | physician, scientist and HIV/AIDS researcher, notable for pioneering community-based research, the propagation of safe sex to prevent infection, and an early multifactorial model of AIDS. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnabend |
| Leo Kuper | Leo Kuper | 1908 | 1994 | South African | sociologist specialising in the study of genocide | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kuper |
| Asher Karni | Asher Karni | 1954 | n/a | South African | businessman known for his financial involvement and support for both the Pakistani and Israeli nuclear programs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asher_Karni |
| Jacqueline Arenstein | Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein | 1921 | n/a | South African | anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Arenstein |
| Aubrey Levin | Aubrey Levin | 1938 | n/a | South African | psychiatrist and former Colonel in the South African Defence Force who used abusive procedures on homosexual army conscripts and conscientious objectors in an attempt to cure them of suspected same-sex attraction in apartheid era South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Levin |
| Lennie Lee | Lennie Lee | 1958 | n/a | South African | conceptual artist who lives and works in London | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennie_Lee |
| Paula Slier | Paula Slier | null | null | South African | television, radio and print journalist, news editor, and war correspondent, who is based in the Middle East | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Slier |
| Sam Kahn | Sam Kahn | 1911 | 1987 | South African | Communist and MP from 1949 to 1952, for one of the constituencies representing native African voters | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kahn |
| Joseph H. H. Weiler | Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler | 1951 | n/a | South African | academic, currently serving as European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University Law School and Senior Fellow of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._H._Weiler |
| Emanuel Derman | Emanuel Derman | 1945 | n/a | South African | academic, businessman and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Derman |
| Adam Bacher | Adam Marc Bacher | 1973 | n/a | South African | cricketer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Bacher |
| Zapiro | Jonathan Shapiro | 1958 | n/a | South African | cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapiro |
| Norman Gordon | Norman Gordon | 1911 | 2014 | South African | cricketer who played in five Test matches during the 1938–39 South African cricket season | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Gordon |
| Lionel Abrahams | Lionel Abrahams | 1928 | 2004 | South African | novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams |
| Ariel Kaplan | Ariel Erin Kaplan | 1994 | n/a | South African | actress, singer and dancer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Kaplan |
| Hacjivah Dayimani | Hacjivah Graham Dayimani | null | null | South African | rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacjivah_Dayimani |
| Ingrid Sischy | Ingrid Barbara Sischy | 1952 | 2015 | South African | writer and editor who specialized in covering art, photography, and fashion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Sischy |
| Sara Blecher | Sara Blecher | null | null | South African | director and producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Blecher |
| Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe | Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe | 1932 | 2017 | South African | lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Joffe,_Baron_Joffe |
| Laurence Lerner | Laurence (David) Lerner | 1925 | 2016 | South African | literary critic and poet and novelist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Lerner |
| Isador Goodman | Isador Goodman AM | 1909 | 1982 | South African | Jewish pianist, composer and conductor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isador_Goodman |
| Benjamin Pogrund | Benjamin Pogrund | 1933 | n/a | South African | author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Pogrund |
| Justine Shapiro | Justine Shapiro | 1963 | n/a | South African | actress, filmmaker, writer, hostess and producer, who was one of several main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel/adventure series Globe Trekker (also called Pilot Guides in Canada and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Shapiro |
| Jonny Pasvolsky | Jonathan Marc Pasvolsky | 1972 | n/a | South African | actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Pasvolsky |
| Okey Geffin | Aaron "Okey" Geffin | 1921 | 2004 | South African | rugby union player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okey_Geffin |
| Yonty Solomon | Jonathan "Yonty" Solomon | 1937 | 2008 | South African | pianist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonty_Solomon |
| Richard Solomon (barrister) | Sir Richard Solomon | 1850 | 1913 | South African | attorney and legislator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Solomon_(barrister) |
| Phyllis Spira | Phyllis Spira | 1943 | 2008 | South African | ballet dancer who began her career with the Royal Ballet in England | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Spira |
| Dona Strauss | Dona Anschel Papert Strauss | 1934 | n/a | South African | mathematician working in topology and functional analysis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Strauss |
| Claire Palley | Claire Dorothea Taylor Palley, OBE | 1931 | n/a | South African | academic and lawyer who specialises in constitutional and human rights law | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Palley |
| Robyn Slovo | Robyn Slovo | null | null | South African | film producer, based in the UK. Her work includes the 2000 film Morvern Callar, the 2006 film Catch a Fire, and the 2011 film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Slovo |
| Sarah Millin | Sarah Gertrude Millin, née Liebson | 1889 | 1968 | South African | author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Millin |
| Max Michaelis | Sir Maximillian Michaelis | 1852 | 1932 | South African | financier, mining magnate, benefactor and patron of the arts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Michaelis |
| Shireen Sapiro | Shireen Sapiro | 1991 | n/a | South African | paralympics swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shireen_Sapiro |
| Brett Goldin | Brett Goldin | 1977 | 2006 | South African | actor and part of the Crazy Monkey comedy troupe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Goldin |
| Olga Kirsch | Olga Kirsch | 1924 | 1997 | South African | poet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Kirsch |
| Steve Bloom | Steve Bloom | 1953 | n/a | South African | photographer and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bloom |
| Ian Froman | Ian Froman | 1937 | n/a | South African | former tennis player and tennis patron | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Froman |
| Basil Yamey | Basil Selig Yamey CBE | 1919 | 2020 | South African | economist and expert in the history of accounting | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Yamey |
| Jesse Clegg | Jesse Clegg | 1988 | n/a | South African | singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist, whose three studio albums, When I Wake Up, his 2011 follow up Life on Mars, and his latest, Things Unseen, have made Clegg a platinum-selling success in his home country | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Clegg |
| Dena Kaplan | Dena Amy Kaplan | 1989 | n/a | South African | actress, singer, dancer, and DJ. She is best known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in Dance Academy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena_Kaplan |
| Colin Legum | Colin Legum | 1919 | 2003 | South African | journalist and writer on African politics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Legum |
| Wilf Rosenberg | Wilf Rosenberg | 1934 | 2019 | South African | rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Rosenberg |
| Eric Abraham (producer) | Eric Abraham | 1954 | n/a | South African | producer and former journalist and activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Abraham_(producer) |
| Cecil Moss | Cecil Moss | 1925 | 2017 | South African | rugby union player, coach and a professional physician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Moss |
| Sharon Tandy | Sharon Tandy | 1943 | 2015 | South African | singer who achieved some success in the United Kingdom in the 1960s as part of the blue-eyed soul and psychedelic movements | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Tandy |
| Edana Romney | Edana Romney | 1919 | 2002 | South African | actress, writer, and television presenter, based in London and later in Southern California | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edana_Romney |
| Harold Rubin | Harold Rubin | 1932 | 2020 | South African | artist and free jazz clarinetist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Rubin |
| Louis Babrow | Doctor Louis Babrow | 1915 | 2004 | South African | rugby union player and medical doctor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Babrow |
| Bernard Oppenheimer | Sir Bernard Oppenheimer, 1st Baronet | 1866 | 1921 | South African | diamond merchant and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Oppenheimer |
| Toby Scheckter | Toby Scheckter | 1978 | n/a | South African | racing driver | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Scheckter |
| Mandy Yachad | Mandy Yachad | 1960 | n/a | South African | former cricketer and field hockey player who represented the South African national team in both sports | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Yachad |
| Kenneth Bonert | Kenneth Bonert | null | null | South African | writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bonert |
| Manu Herbstein | Manu Herbstein | 1936 | n/a | South African | author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (2001), which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Herbstein |
| Hillel Abbe Shapiro | Hillel Abbe Shapiro | 1909 | 1984 | South African | forensic pathologist with a range of specialisms in experimental physiology and forensic medicine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_Abbe_Shapiro |
| Moses Kottler | Moses Kottler | 1896 | 1977 | South African | painter and sculptor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Kottler |
| Fred Susskind | Manfred Julius Susskind | 1891 | 1957 | South African | cricketer who played in five Tests in 1924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Susskind |
| Philip Blaiberg | Philip Blaiberg | 1909 | 1969 | South African | dentist and the third person to receive a heart transplant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Blaiberg |
| Jonathan Oppenheimer | Jonathan M. E. Oppenheimer | 1969 | n/a | South African | billionaire businessman and conservationist, and the Executive Chairman of Oppenheimer Generations, a former chairman of De Beers and a former vice-president of his family's firm, Anglo American Corporation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Oppenheimer |
| Florence, Lady Phillips | Dorothea Sarah Florence Alexandra, Lady Phillips | 1863 | 1940 | South African | art patroness and promoter of indigenous culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Lady_Phillips |
| Larry Abramson | Larry Abramson | 1954 | n/a | South African | artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Abramson |
| David Friedgood | David Friedgood | 1946 | n/a | South African | chess master | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Friedgood |
| Sid Kiel | Sidney Kiel | 1916 | 2007 | South African | doctor better known for his sporting career | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Kiel |
| Felicia Kentridge | Felicia, Lady Kentridge | 1930 | 2015 | South African | lawyer and anti-apartheid activist who co-founded the South African Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in 1979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Kentridge |
| Shaun Rubenstein | Shaun Rubenstein | 1983 | n/a | South African | canoer and Olympian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Rubenstein |
| Dennis Gamsy | Dennis Gamsy | 1940 | n/a | South African | former cricketer who played in two Tests as a wicketkeeper in 1970 against Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Gamsy |
| Harry Isaacs (boxer) | Harry Isaacs | 1908 | 1961 | South African | boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Isaacs_(boxer) |
| Maxine Fassberg | Maxine Fassberg | 1953 | n/a | South African | retired educator, engineer, and CEO. She immigrated from South Africa to Israel in 1975 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Fassberg |
| Steven Friedman | Steven Eli Friedman | 1953 | n/a | South African | academic, newspaper columnist, intellectual, activist, former trade unionist and journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Friedman |
| Valerie Mizrahi | Valerie Mizrahi | 1958 | n/a | South African | molecular biologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Mizrahi |
| David Yudelman | David Yudelman | null | null | South African | author and financial writer who resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Yudelman |
| Nik Rabinowitz | Nik Rabinowitz | null | null | South African | comedian, actor and author, who has made guest appearances on several comedy shows, including the British panel show Mock the Week | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Rabinowitz |
| Lippy Lipshitz | Israel-Isaac Lipshitz | 1903 | 1980 | South African | sculptor, painter and printmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippy_Lipshitz |
| Harry Bloom | Harry Saul Bloom | 1913 | 1981 | South African | journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bloom |
| Leo Camron | Leo Camron | 1916 | 2007 | South African | educationalist and sportsman, from Natal particularly remembered for his English textbooks, and rugby advocacy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Camron |
| Sarah Carneson | Sarah Carneson | 1916 | 2015 | South African | labour organizer and anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Carneson |
| Kara Janx | Kara Janx | 1975 | n/a | South African | fashion designer best known for her participation as a contestant on the second season of Bravo's Project Runway, which aired from December 2005 to March 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Janx |
| Rita Hinden | Rita Hinden | 1909 | 1971 | South African | social democratic activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hinden |
| Lawrence Seeff | Lawrence Seeff | 1959 | n/a | South African | former First-class cricketer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Seeff |
| Garen Bloch | Garen Bloch | 1978 | 2018 | South African | former Olympic cyclist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garen_Bloch |
| Tony Karon | Tony Karon | null | null | South African | journalist and former anti-Apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Karon |
| Ray Alexander Simons | Ray Alexander Simons | 1913 | 2004 | South African | communist, anti-apartheid activist, campaigner and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons |
| Madeleine Masson | Madeleine Rayner | 1912 | 2007 | South African | English-language author of plays, film scripts, novels, memoirs and biographies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Masson |
| Mervyn Susser | Mervyn Wilfred Susser | 1921 | 2014 | South African | activist, doctor and epidemiologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Susser |
| Taddy Blecher | Taddy Blecher | 1967 | n/a | South African | actuary, management consultant and educational entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taddy_Blecher |
| Shulamith Muller | Shulamith Muller | 1922 | 1978 | South African | lawyer, communist, and anti-apartheid activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Muller |
| Joe Kaminer | Joe Kaminer | 1934 | 2021 | South African | rugby union player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kaminer |
| Chanie Rosenberg | Chanie Rosenberg | 1922 | 2021 | South African | artist, former teacher and socialist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_Rosenberg |
| Eldred Tabachnik | Eldred Tabachnik, QC | 1943 | 2020 | South African | barrister, recorder and a former president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_Tabachnik |
| Syd Nomis | Sydney Nomis | 1941 | 2018 | South African | national rugby union player who until 2001 held the record for most consecutive matches (25) played for the Springboks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Nomis |
| Rodney Joffe | Rodney Joffe | null | null | South African | entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Joffe |
| Danila Botha | Danila Botha | null | null | South African | novelist and author of two short story collections | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danila_Botha |
| Arthur Goldstuck | Arthur Goldstuck | 1959 | n/a | South African | author, journalist, speaker, media analyst and commentator on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Internet and mobile communications and technologies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Goldstuck |
| Cecil Margo | Cecil Stanley Margo , QC | 1915 | 2000 | South African | Supreme Court Justice and war hero | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Margo |
| Gordon Schachat | Gordon Schachat | 1952 | n/a | South African | businessman and art collector | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Schachat |
| Pip Freedman | Pip Freedman | 1925 | 2003 | South African | born radio comedian and film actor and was best known for his performances on SABC's Springbok Radio on the show, The Pip Freedman Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Freedman |
| Louis Baise | Louis Joseph Baise | 1927 | n/a | South African | former Olympic wrestler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Baise |
| Lee Harris (South African writer) | Lee Harris | 1936 | n/a | South African | writer, musician, and activist who has lived and worked primarily in the United Kingdom since 1956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harris_(South_African_writer) |
| Sonja Schlesin | Sonia Schlesin | 1888 | 1956 | South African | best known for her work with Mohandas Gandhi while he was living in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Schlesin |
| Akiva Tatz | Akiva Tatz | null | null | South African | prominent Orthodox rabbi, inspirational speaker and writer who is heavily involved in Orthodox Jewish outreach | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_Tatz |
| Sylvia Raphael | Sylvia Raphael Schjødt | 1937 | 2005 | South African | Mossad agent, convicted of murder in Norway for her involvement in the Lillehammer affair | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Raphael |
| Martin Cohen (soccer) | Martin Cohen | 1952 | n/a | South African | former professional association footballer who played for the Los Angeles Aztecs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cohen_(soccer) |
| Madeleine Hicklin | Madeleine Bertine Hicklin | 1957 | n/a | South African | politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Hicklin |
| Nathan Sacks | Nathan Sacks | null | null | South African | former professional football (soccer) player who spent one season in the North American Soccer League | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Sacks |
| Morris Zimerman | Morris Zimerman | 1911 | 1992 | South African | rugby union player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Zimerman |
| Alfred Aaron de Pass | Alfred Aaron de Pass | 1861 | 1952 | South African | businessman, art-collector and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Aaron_de_Pass |
| Sean Bloch | Sean Bloch | 1973 | n/a | South African | former Olympic cyclist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bloch |
| Robert Berold | Robert Berold | 1948 | n/a | South African | poet, editor and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berold |
| Sydney Lipworth | Sir Maurice Sydney Lipworth QC | 1931 | n/a | South African | lawyer, businessman, public servant and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Lipworth |
| Gail Louw | Gail Louw | 1951 | n/a | South African | playwright | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Louw |
| Leopold Greenberg (judge) | Leopold Greenberg KC | 1885 | 1964 | South African | judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Judge of Appeal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Greenberg_(judge) |
| Guy Caminsky | Guy Caminsky | 1977 | n/a | South African | ten-pin bowler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Caminsky |
| Zena Stein | Zena Athene Stein | 1922 | 2021 | South African | epidemiologist, activist and doctor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zena_Stein |
| Gil Oved | Gil Oved | 1975 | n/a | South African | entrepreneur who is the co-founder and co-CEO of The Creative Counsel, South Africa's largest advertising agency | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Oved |
| Garth Saloner | Garth Saloner | 1955 | n/a | South African | economist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Saloner |
| Taubie Kushlick | Taubie Kushlick | 1910 | 1991 | South African | actress and producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taubie_Kushlick |
| Michael Lewis (businessman) | Michael Lewis | 1959 | n/a | South African | businessman in the fashion industry, and chairman of Foschini Group | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lewis_(businessman) |
| Jack Suchet | Jack Suchet | 1908 | 2001 | South African | consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, who carried out research on the use of penicillin in the treatment of venereal disease with Sir Alexander Fleming in London | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Suchet |
| Adrian Gore | Adrian Gore | null | null | South African | businessman and entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Gore |
| Elias Broomberg | Elias "Elly" Broomberg | 1915 | 1977 | South African | businessman and politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Broomberg |
| Larry Cohen (soccer) | Larry Cohen | 1987 | n/a | South African | professional footballer of Lithuanian descent who currently plays for Ajax Cape Town and the Lithuanian national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Cohen_(soccer) |
| Stan Katz (broadcaster) | Stan Katz | 1949 | n/a | South African | broadcaster, best known as the presenter of Radio 702's highly rated Morning Zoo show | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Katz_(broadcaster) |
| Jules Browde | Jules Browde | 1919 | 2016 | South African | advocate and acting judge as well as a human-rights activist and Jewish communal leader | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Browde |
| Mendel Kaplan (philanthropist) | Mendel Kaplan | 1936 | 2009 | South African | Jewish industrialist executive in the firm Cape Gate, philanthropist and community activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendel_Kaplan_(philanthropist) |
| Barry Tannenbaum | Barry Tannenbaum | 1966 | n/a | South African | businessman who was accused of the largest corporate fraud in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Tannenbaum |
| Cys Kurland | Laicy Cecil "Cys" Kurland | null | null | South African | international footballer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cys_Kurland |
| Wolf Kibel | Wolf Kibel | 1903 | 1938 | South African | painter and printmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Kibel |
| Yael Cohen Braun | Yael Cohen Braun | 1986 | n/a | South African | businesswoman, and a co-founder of Fuck Cancer, a health organization working for early detection and prevention of cancer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yael_Cohen_Braun |
| Hymie Kloner | Hymie Kloner | 1929 | 2010 | South African | professional footballer who won four caps for his national team and who played in the Football League for Birmingham City | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymie_Kloner |
| Bertha Solomon | Bertha Solomon | 1892 | 1969 | South African | lawyer and politician and one of the country's early advocates for women's rights | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Solomon |
| Howard Joffe | Howard Joffe | 1971 | n/a | South African | tennis coach and former professional player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Joffe |
| Richard Lubner | Richard Lubner | 1967 | n/a | South African | former professional tennis player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lubner |
| Sarah Goldblatt | Sarah Eva Goldblatt | 1889 | 1975 | South African | journalist, teacher, and literary editor of C.J. Langenhoven's writing | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Goldblatt |
| Toby Levitt | Tobias Levitt | 1908 | 1958 | South African | doctor who wrote a textbook on the thyroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Levitt |
| Bernard Lewis (critic) | Bernard Lewis | 1870 | 1956 | South African | Jewish art critic, journalist, and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lewis_(critic) |
| Jimmy Green (South African politician) | Jimmy Green | null | null | South African | Jewish trade unionist and a senior Labour Party politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Green_(South_African_politician) |
| Florence Waren | Florence Waren | 1917 | 2012 | South African | dancer who performed at the Bal Tabarin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Waren |
| Warren Lewis (soccer, born 1971) | Warren Lewis | 1971 | n/a | South African | former professional association football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Lewis_(soccer,_born_1971) |
| Walter Bergman | Walter Bergman | 1913 | 1986 | South African | numismatist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bergman |
| Darren Lurie | Darren Ian Lurie | 1992 | n/a | South African | footballer who plays as a forward for Shimshon Tel Aviv | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Lurie |
| Alan Levin (Internet governance) | Alan Levin | 1968 | n/a | South African | computer scientist and internet activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Levin_(Internet_governance) |
| Manfred Nathan | Manfred Nathan | 1875 | 1945 | South African | lawyer, judge, and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Nathan |
| Afrique (impressionist) | Alexander "Alec" Witkin | 1907 | 1961 | South African | singer and impressionist who starred in theatre in Britain and the United States in the 1930s and 1940s | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrique_(impressionist) |
| Abraham Glantz | Abraham Glantz | 1907 | 1998 | South African | cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province from 1929 to 1940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Glantz |
| Julian Krinsky | Julian Krinsky | null | null | South African | former professional tennis player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Krinsky |
| Jack Saul (tennis) | Jack Saul | null | null | South African | former professional tennis player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Saul_(tennis) |
| Lionel Hersov | Professor Lionel Hersov | 1922 | 2018 | South African | child psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London from 1968 to 1984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Hersov |