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A list of notable South Africans.

Christiaan Barnard, heart surgeon
Stephen Biko, political activist
Herman Charles Bosman, author
Louis Botha[?], statesman
John Michael Coetzee[?], author, winner of the Booker Prize
Clement Martyn Doke, linguist
Ernie Els, golfer
Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author
F.W. de Klerk, statesman and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner
Paul Kruger, statesman
Albert Luthuli[?], statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Nelson Mandela, statesman and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner
Dave Matthews, musician
Harry Oppenheimer, businessman
Alan Paton, author
Gary Player[?], golfer
Trevor Rabin[?], musician
Olive Schreiner, author
Jody Scheckter, Formula 1 world champion
Shaka, founder of the Zulu nation
Mark Shuttleworth[?], Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte[?], astronaut
Jan Smuts, statesman
Charlize Theron, actress
Desmond Tutu, cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd[?], former Prime Minister

See also: List of people by nationality

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