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Vanessa Gounden, South Africa's richest businesswoman (born 1961) Morris Kahn, Israeli billionaire, founder and chairman of Aurec Group (born 1930) [5] Sol Kerzner, hotel magnate (1935–2020) Basetsana Kumalo, former Miss South Africa, presenter and businesswoman (born 1974) Gary Lubner (born 1958 or 1959), businessman and philanthropist
Africans have received awards in all five of the Nobel prize categories: Peace, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Chemistry. The first Black African recipient, Albert Luthuli , was awarded the Peace Prize in 1960 and the first White African who received the prize was Max Theiler in 1951 for Physiology or Medicine.
Trefor Jenkins (born 1932), human geneticist from South Africa, noted for his work on DNA. Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, who won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He moved to South Africa at the age of two and studied at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Cape Town.
George Ayittey, economist, author, professor and president of the Free Africa Foundation; Kwesi Botchwey, professor and lawyer; Beattie Casely-Hayford, engineer; Gus Casely-Hayford, curator and cultural historian; Alexander Worthy Clerk, missionary and teacher; Carl Henry Clerk, teacher and church minister; Jane E. Clerk, teacher and education ...
According to the Berber author Leo Africanus, Amazigh meant 'free man'; some argued that there is no root of M-Z-Ɣ meaning 'free' in the modern Berber languages. However, mmuzeɣ ('to be noble', 'generous') exists among the Imazighen of Central Morocco and tmuzeɣ ('to free oneself', 'revolt') exists among the Kabyles of Ouadhia. [36]
13 July 2014 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 1972, 1973: A World of Strangers (1958) The Conservationist (1974) Burger's Daughter (1979) July's People (1981) Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991) Sweden Alan Paton: 11 January 1903 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 12 April 1988 in Botha's Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1972
1.22 South Africa. 1.23 Tanzania. 1.24 Uganda. 1.25 Zambia. ... This is a list of notable White Africans of European ... missionary to and advocate for the Tswana ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. List of notable Igbo people of Nigeria Part of a series on Igbo people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Ishielu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia Ohuhu Omuma Onitsha Oratta Ubani Ukwuani List of Igbo people Igbo culture Art Performing arts ...