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South Africa ranks 2,784th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Buckinghamshire, Nürtingen, and Charleville-Mézières. Memorable people born in South Africa include David Benatar, Eben Etzebeth, and Elana Meyer. Memorable people who died in South Africa include Ernest Leonard Johnson, and Christian Gitsham. South Africa has been the birth place of many athletes, and philosophers and the death place of many astronomers, and athletes. South Africa is located in South Africa.

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has over 62 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament, is the legislative capital. Bloemfontein has traditionally been regarded as the judicial capital. The largest and most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and the busiest port city in sub-Saharan Africa, Durban. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1966 and 2003, South Africa was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including David Benatar, Eben Etzebeth, and Elana Meyer. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in South Africa including Ernest Leonard Johnson, and Christian Gitsham.

People Born in South Africa

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People Deceased in South Africa

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day South Africa were athletes (2), philosophers (1), rugby players (1), musicians (1), and social activists (1),  while most who died were astronomers (1), and athletes (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in South Africa, including Elana Meyer, and Laura Strugnell. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day South Africa, including Elana Meyer, and Laura Strugnell.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in South Africa since 1700.