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Rustenburg (zaf)

South Africa

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Rustenburg ranks 5,646th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Newport, Arkansas, Feltre, and Apatin. Memorable people born in Rustenburg include John Cranko, Pik Botha, and Sunette Viljoen. Rustenburg has been the birth place of many athletes, and dancers. Rustenburg is located in South Africa.

Rustenburg is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa. In 2017, the city's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached ZAR 63.8 billion, accounting for 21.1% of the GDP of the North West Province, and 1.28% of the GDP of South Africa. Rustenburg was one of the official host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, being in close proximity to Phokeng, the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, where the Royal Bafokeng Stadium is located. The England national football team also used this as their base camp for the tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1927 and 2000, Rustenburg was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including John Cranko, Pik Botha, and Sunette Viljoen.

People Born in Rustenburg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Rustenburg were athletes (2), dancers (1), politicians (1), and soccer players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rustenburg, including Sunette Viljoen, and Esther Toko. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rustenburg, including Sunette Viljoen, and Esther Toko.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Rustenburg since 1700.