Hannah van der Westhuysen
Actor
Father: Afrikaner, possibly other · Mother: English
Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
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Hugh Grant
Actor
Scottish (mostly), English, with distant Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and Dutch, remote Afrikaner/French/Belgian [Walloon]
Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
J. M. Coetzee
Afrikaner [Dutch, French, German, Belgian Flemish], Portuguese, one eighth Polish, English, Irish, as well as 1/256th Tamil Indian, 1/1024 Malagasy, remote Danish and Finnish
Cape Town, South Africa
Jenn Wasner
Musician
English, German, Irish, Dutch, Scottish, French, Belgian, Swiss, Austrian, Luxembourgish
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Jim Fouché
Politician
Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Danish, Swiss-German, Portuguese], small amounts of African [Angolan, Khoikhoi, Ethiopian], Indian [Malayali, Bengali], English, remote Timorese, Malagasy, Indonesian, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, and Swiss-French
Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa
Johannes de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Belgian [both Flemish and Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Burgersdorp, Cape Colony (now South Africa)
Lesley-Ann Brandt
Actor
Cape Coloured [English, East Indian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Khoisan, Ashkenazi Jewish]
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Lola Flanery
Actor
Father: Cajun [French/French-Canadian], English, German, smaller amounts of Irish, Scottish, Swiss-German, and Dutch · Mother: British Isles, Afrikaner [French, Dutch, German, some Norwegian]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Marais Viljoen
Politician
Afrikaner [French, some German and Dutch, more distant Belgian Walloon and Flemish, remote Swiss-German], small amount of African [Angolan, Guinean, Mozambican, Khoikhoi], remote Indonesian, Indian, and Danish
Robertson, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now Western Cape)
Mike Rutherford
Musician
*87.5% English *12.5% Afrikaner [Dutch, German, distant Danish and French Huguenot, remote Bengali and Angolan]
Surrey South Western, Surrey, England, U.K.
Mitchell Slaggert
Actor · Model
English, German, Irish, Scottish, some Austrian and French-Canadian, more distant Dutch and Swiss-German
Georgia, U.S.
Neil Sandilands
Actor · Musician
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, distant Swiss-German], Scottish, Norwegian
Randfontein, South Africa
Oscar Pistorius
Athlete
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, some French Huguenot, distant Belgian Flemish and Walloon], English, as well as Danish, remote Malagasy, Bengali, Indian, and Indonesian, evidently one eighth Italian
Sandton, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
P. W. Botha
Politician
Afrikaner (Belgian [both Flemish and Walloon], Dutch, German, Swiss-German), remote African, Danish, English, Indian, Indonesian, and Norwegian
Paul Roux, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
Reeva Steenkamp
Model
English (about three quarters), Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, smaller amounts of Belgian Flemish, Swiss-German], remote Irish, Danish, Swedish, Indian, African [Angolan, Khoikhoi], Norwegian, Finnish, and Indonesian [Sumbawa]
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Richard Dawkins
TV Personality
English, 5/16th Cornish, smaller amount of Afrikaner [German, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Frisian, Belgian Flemish, remote Bengali Indian], distant Northern Irish
Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (now Kenya)
Richard E. Grant
Actor · TV Personality
Afrikaner [Dutch, possibly other], German, English, possibly Hungarian
Mbabane, Protectorate of Swaziland (now Eswatini)
Roger Federer
Athlete
Father: Swiss-German · Mother: Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French/French Huguenot, distant Scottish, Belgian Flemish, Swiss-German, Danish, and Portuguese]
Basel, Switzerland
Sailor Malan
Politician
Father: Afrikaner [French Huguenot, Dutch, German, smaller amount of Belgian] · Mother: English
Wellington, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now South Africa)
