20 Famous People from South Africa

Can you name 20 famous people from South Africa?

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Princess consort of Monaco married to Albert II and a former Olympic swimmer	Charlene
Sprinter whonbecame the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympics	Oscar Pistorius
Tennis player who became the fifth-ranked player in the world in 2018	Kevin Anderson
King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828	Shaka
Tennis player who became the third-ranked player in the world on WTA list	Amanda Coetzer
Comedian and the host of The Daily Show	Trevor Noah
President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018	Jacob Zuma
Only African driver to win the Formula One World Championship	Jody Scheckter
Actress who won Oscar for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster	Charlize Theron
Olympic gold medalist middle-distance runner who is an intersex woman	Caster Semenya
Sprinter who is the current world record holder in the 400 m	Wayde Van Niekerk
Archbishop known for his anti-Apartheid activism	Desmond Tutu
Actress who played in Schindler's List	Embeth Davidtz
Singer who was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government	Miriam Makeba
Anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa	Nelson Mandela
Model and TV personality who was shot dead, at the age of 29	Reeva Steenkamp
Business magnate, engineer and the founder of SpaceX	Elon Musk
Model who became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010	Candice Swanepoel
President of South Africa since 2018	Cyril Ramaphosa
Regarded as one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the sport	AB de Villiers

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