Boksburg
Boksburg ranks 3,307th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Orenburg Governorate, Kananga, and Santa Clara County, California. Memorable people born in Boksburg include Angelique Rockas, Jamie Uys, and John McDowell. Boksburg has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors. Boksburg is located in South Africa.
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel (1887) was used as a staging post. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1921 and 1986, Boksburg was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Angelique Rockas, Jamie Uys, and John McDowell.
People Born in Boksburg
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Angelique Rockas
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1
Jamie Uys
FILM DIRECTOR
1921 - 1996
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 2
John McDowell
PHILOSOPHER
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3
Richard Goldstone
JUDGE
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 4
Bernard Parker
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Boksburg were actors (1), film directors (1), philosophers (1), judges (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Boksburg, including Angelique Rockas. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Boksburg, including Angelique Rockas.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Boksburg since 1700.
