NOBLEMEN from South Africa

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South African Noblemen of all time. This list of famous South African Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (b. 1942)

With an HPI of 63.85, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark is the most famous South African Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Ειρήνη; born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of the Hellenes and his wife, Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of the Hellenes. She is also the great-granddaughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, who was the first grandson of Queen Victoria.

2. Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (b. 1982)

With an HPI of 34.53, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania is the 2nd most famous South African Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Leka, Prince of Albania (Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe Zogu, born 26 March 1982) is the current head of the House of Zogu, the former royal family of Albania. At the time of his birth on 26 March 1982, the South African government, by order of Prime Minister P. W. Botha, declared his maternity ward extraterritorial land, to ensure that Leka was born on Albanian soil. Leka is the only child of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania and his wife Susan, Crown Princess of Albania. He is the only grandchild of King Zog I of the Albanians, succeeding as head of the royal house upon the death of his father in 2011. He has worked as an official at the country's interior and foreign ministries. He also served as a political advisor to the Albanian President from 2012 to 2013. In May 2010, Leka became engaged to Elia Zaharia, an Albanian actress and singer. They married on 8 October 2016 in Tirana. In January 2024, they revealed they were getting a divorce.