Famous people that live in south Africa?

Answer 1

Yes they have. Famous is a general term that includes politicians straight through to movie stars

Nelson Mandela (probably the most famous one)

Parlotones ( a band, one of their hits - "push me to the floor")

Charlize Theron - although she's been living in the USA for years now)

Freshly Ground ( a band)

Desmond Tutu (Nobel peace prize)

Willem Pretorius (A pioneer and statesmen of the Great Trek in the mid 1800's)

President Paul Kruger (Pres. of the 1st Boer Republic)

Gen. de la Rey (The lion of the Western Transvaal - a very successful Boer leader against the British invasion of the 2nd Anglo Boer war.)

Gen. Jannie Smuts (a fully fledged international statesman)

Dr Christiaan Barnard (who performed the world's 1st human heart transplant)

Mark Shuttleworth (the 1st African in space)

Dr. van der Bijl (Engineered the first voice radio transmission from New York to Paris)

John Goodman Household (the 1st person to glide in Africa in 1875 in the then Natal)

Answer 2

It depends on their area of expertise, I will list you a few names and for the rest you can check out the link attached to this response - Names are in no particular order or chronology:

Acting: Charlize Theron, Arnold Vosloo, Paul Slabolepszy

Theatre: Athol Fugard (wrote a book, Tsotsi which was adapted into film and won an Oscar for Best Foreign Drama)

Music: Joseph Shabalala (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Miriam Makeba, Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mabuse, Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Band: Seether, Ladysmith Black Mumbazo, Mango Groove, Freshly Ground, die antwoord, just jinger, Rabbitt

Cartoonist: Zapiro, Tony Grogan

Authors: Nadine Gordimer, JJ Tolkin (The Hobbit stories), Douglas Reeman, James Percy FitzPatrick (Jock of the Bushveld), Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Breyten Breytenbach, Herman Chales Bosman, Olive Schreiner, Athol Fugard, Alan Paton, Wilbur Smith (although born in Zimbabwe),

Lyall Watson

Sportsmen/ women: Hansie Cronje, Oscar Pistorius, Morné du Plessis, Naas Botha, 'Doctor' Khumalo, Lucas Radebe, Bruce Fordyce, Zola Budd, Wally Hayward, Elana Meyer, Graeme Pollock,Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes, Makhaya Ntini, Bobby Locke, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Brian Mitchell, 'Baby Jake' Matlala, Gerrie Coetzee, Dingaan Thobela, Wayne Ferreira, Penny Heyns, Natalie du Toit, Jody Scheckter

Statesmen/ political personalities: Nelson Mandella, FW de Klerk, Jan Smuts, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Chris Hani, Jacob Zuma, Helen Suzman, Paul Kruger, Desmond Tutu,

General and historical personalities: Christiaan Barnard (1st heart transplant), Sharka King of the Zulu, Dingaan, Sol Kerzner, Mark Shuttleworth, Anton Rupert, Harry Oppenheimer, Raymond Ackerman, Barney Barnato, Louis Botha, Richard Goldstone, Robert Moffat, Albert Luthuli

Answer 3

A very broad question given that Africa is a fairly large place and that there have been thousands of "famous Africans" over the past few thousand years.

Some of the more famous names that you may be able to place are:

Ramses 1 and 2, Tutankhamen, Nefertiti, Cleopatra (of Ancient Egypt)

Charka (South Africa - King of the Zulus)

Haile Selassie (Ruler of Ethiopia)

Jan Smuts (South Africa - Prime Minister and statesman)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt - Secretary General of the UN)

Kofi Annan (Ghana - Secretary General of the UN)

Wangari Muta Maathai (Kenya - Political Activist)

Anwar Sadat (Egypt - President and Nobel Peace Prize winner)

Desmond Tutu (South Africa - Political activist)

Nelson Mandela (South African - Political activist and first black president of that country and Nobel Peace Prize winner)

Charlize Theron (South African actress)

Chris Barnard (South Africa - first heart plant surgeon)

Gary Player (South Africa - Golfer)

Freddy Mercury, the singer in the group Queen, was born in Zanzibar. His birth name was Farouk Bulsara.

J.R.R. Tolkien (South Africa - author of Lord of the Rings)

Answer 4

· football stars including Didier Drogba, Solomon Kolou (Both play for Chelsea FC) , Yaya Toure (Barcelona), Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue (Both play for Arsenal)

Answer 5

The most famous person in Africa is a boy named Callum McNeill

he is a god in Africa

Answer 6

Nelson "Madiba" Mandela

Answer 7

Kofi Atta Anaan

Answer 8

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