Alex Garland
TV Personality
English, one eighth Lebanese, 1/16th Scottish, around 1/64th Afrikaner [Dutch, German, as well as remote Belgian, Indonesian, and Angolan]
Westminster, London, England, U.K.
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Alice Krige
Actor
Father: Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, distant Swiss-German] · Mother: English, distant Irish
Upington, Cape Province, South Africa
Andrew Lincoln
Actor
English, smaller amounts of Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot], Scottish, and Irish
St. Pancras, London, England, U.K.
Arnold Vosloo
Actor
Afrikaner – including Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish, as well as distant or remote Danish, Norwegian, Indian [Malayali, some Bengali], Indonesian [Javanese, Makassarese], Timorese, Malagasy, Angolan, Scottish, Chinese, Swedish, Guinean, Ethiopian, and Austrian
Pretoria, South Africa
B. J. Vorster
Politician
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French, small amounts of Belgian Flemish and Walloon, as well as Swiss-German], small amounts of Danish, Indonesian, Indian, Norwegian, African [Angolan, Guinean], remote Chinese
Jamestown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Behati Prinsloo
Model
Afrikaner (Dutch, Frisian, as well as French and German, distant Latvian, Finnish, and Kenyan, remote Portuguese, Norwegian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Malagasy, and other African [including Angolan])
Grootfontein, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
Candice Hillebrand
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot]
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Candice Swanepoel
Model
Afrikaner, including Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French Huguenot, and German, with very distant African [Angolan, Ethiopian], English, Malayali Indian, Sumbawa Indonesian, and Norwegian
Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Cariba Heine
Actor
likely Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot]
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Caron Bernstein
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Dutch [including remote Frisian], as well as small amount of French and German
Johannesburg, South Africa
Charlbi Dean
Actor · Model
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, likely distant Swiss]
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Athlete · Socialite
English, German, some Scottish and Irish, 1/16th Afrikaner [German, Dutch, French Huguenot, distant Danish, remote Malagasy, Indian, Indonesian, Angolan, and Khoikhoi]
Mater Dei Hospital, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Charlize Theron
Actor · Model
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, smaller amounts of Belgian Flemish/Belgian Walloon, distant Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish], distant English, as well as possibly 1/1024 Khoisan
Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Dave Matthews
Actor · Musician
Irish, English, Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German], at least 1/64th African, including remote Angolan
Johannesburg, South Africa
David Pocock
Athlete · Politician
English, Scottish, Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot]
Messina, Transvaal, South Africa
Demi-Leigh Tebow
Model
Afrikaner – Dutch [including Frisian], French Huguenot, German, small amount of Belgian [Flemish], possibly Cape Coloured, as well as 1/256th Ukrainian, and remote African, Chinese, English, Indian, Indonesian [including Sumbawa], Malagasy, and Norwegian
Sedgefield, Western Cape, South Africa
Derek Muller
TV Personality
British Isles [English, Scottish, Irish], Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, Danish, remote Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, Luxembourgish, Bengali Indian, Indonesian, Timorese, Tamil, Khoisan, Malagasy, Angolan, Ethiopian, Beninese, Czech, Mauritian, Kenyan, other African]
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Elon Musk
TV Personality
English (mostly), along with Scottish, German/Swiss-German, and Afrikaner [French Huguenot, Dutch, German, Belgian, remote Swedish, Indonesian, Malaysian, and Bengali Indian], distant Welsh
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
F. W. de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Austrian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Francois Hougaard
Athlete
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot], Danish
Paarl, Cape Province (now Western Cape), Republic of South Africa
Gene Rockwell
Musician
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, and Swiss-French], as well as, some Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Indonesian, Chinese, Khoisan, Indian, English, Scottish, Irish, Mauritian, remote Xhosa], distant Angolan, Malayali, Guinean, Malagasy, Khoikhoi, Bengali, Norwegian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Timorese, remote Spanish, Sri Lankan, Finnish, Basque, Latvian, and Kenyan
Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa