Boksburg
Boksburg ranks 2,976th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bad Ischl, Venlo, and Cubatão. 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 (Ekurhuleni) 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
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
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1
Jamie Uys
1921 - 1996
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2
John McDowell
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 3
Richard Goldstone
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 4
Bernard Parker
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.42
Rank: 5
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 .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Boksburg since 1700.
