South African anti-apartheid activists

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

South African writer (1923–2014)

South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)

President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008

4th President of South Africa (2009–2018)

South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)

President of South Africa since 2018

South African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)

South African Greek actress, producer, artistic director of Internationalist Theatre, and activist (born 1951)

South African activist and politician (1936-2018)

South African politician (1898–1967)

South African photojournalist

South African politician

South African writer and activist (1903-1988)

South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993)

South African jazz trumpeter

MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016)

South African writer (1935–2015)

South African writer and painter (1939–2024)

South African politician

South African politician (1917–2009)

South African pop singer (1964-2004)

South African reggae musician (1964–2007)

South African politician (1925-1982)

South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (1912-2003)

South African anti-apartheid activist (1942-1993)

South African politician

British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon

South African playwright (1932–2025)

South African anti–apartheid activist (1918-2011)

South African politician (1929-2017)

South African writer and academic

South African politician (1926-1995)

South African academic and writer (1928-2010)

South African teacher, Pan-Africanist, and anti-apartheid activist (1924-1978)

South African politician

Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)

South African politician (1910-2001)

South African philosopher, educator, politician, publisher, editor, novelist, and poet (1871-1946)

South African anti-apartheid activist (1911–1980)

South African activist

South African journalist and politician

South African former judge

South African politician

South African activist (1933-2020)

South African activist and politician

South African photographer (1932–2024)

South African activist (1924-2010)

South African politician

British-born South African activist (1905-1992)

South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist (1908-1975)

South African poet (1901–1957)

South African anti-Apartheid activist

anthropologist (1925–2012)

South African activist and writer (1924–2009)

South African anti-Apartheid activist leader, author and judge of the Constitutional Court (born 1935)

South African businessman (1908–2000)

South African Xhosa newspaper editor (1859-1921)

Greek-South African lawyer