Barnard, Christiaan (Beaufort West)
The doctor who performed the first heart transplant
Famous People from South Africa
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Coetzer, Amanda (Hoopstad)
South Africa's top tennis star in the early 2000s -
Gordimer, Nadine (Springs) (Transvaal)
The Nobel-winning South African author who wrote July's People -
Logan, Lara (Durban)
Intrepid Iraq reporter for CBS News -
Musk, Elon (Pretoria)
The rich guy behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter -
Pistorius, Oscar (Johannesburg)
The Olympic amputee sprinter who killed his girlfriend -
Ramone, Phil
The legendary music producer of Billy Joel's 52nd Street -
Semenya, Caster (Ga-Masehlong) (Limpopo)
The woman South African runner who was accused of being a man -
Steenkamp, Reeva (Cape Town)
The South African model killed by Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius in 2013 -
Swanpoel, Candice (Mooi River)
Wide-eyed blonde model for Victoria's Secret -
Theron, Charlize (Benoni)
The Oscar-winning star of the movie Monster -
Tolkien, J.R.R. (Bloemfontein)
The author of The Lord of the Rings -
Tutu, Desmond (Klerksdorp)
The bishop who won a Nobel prize for opposing apartheid