The Most Famous
PRESENTERS from South Africa
This page contains a list of the greatest South African Presenters. The pantheon dataset contains 143 Presenters, 1 of which were born in South Africa. This makes South Africa the birth place of the 18th most number of Presenters behind France, and Egypt.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South African Presenters of all time. This list of famous South African Presenters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Trevor Noah (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 38.22, Trevor Noah is the most famous South African Presenter. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.
Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He was the host of The Daily Show, an American late-night talk show and satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 2015 to 2022. Noah has won various awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named one of "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world. In 2023, he won the Erasmus Prize. Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in 2008. He had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa's iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv. In 2014, Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015 succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart. His autobiographical comedy book Born a Crime was published in 2016. He hosted the 63rd, 64th, 65th, and 66th Annual Grammy Awards as well as the 2022 White House Correspondents Dinner.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as South African presenters born between 1984 and 1984. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South African presenters include Trevor Noah.
