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Last name First name Synopsis Date of birth Date of death
Baadjies Clement
Frances Baard portraitBaard Frances Organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist. 01-October-1909 02-June-1997
Baardman Jeffrey
Baartman Henry
Ben Baartman portraitBaartman Ben

Member of the ANC and SACTU, banished person

1924
Sara “Saartjie” Baartman portraitBaartman Sara “Saartjie” A Khoikhoi woman 1789 29-December-1815
Bolo  Baba portraitBaba Bolo
Babenia Natuarlal
Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia portraitBabenia Natvarlal “Natoo” Political prisoner, participated in the Indian and South African liberation struggles, journalist, member of the Natal Indian Youth Congress, Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe, Robben Island prisoner, banned person 28-March-1924 01-January-1999
Professor   Bacela portraitBacela Professor Member of COSAS and ANC, Robben Island political prisoner, Secretary of the Central House Committee (UWC), Mayor and Local Municipal Manager.  21 September 1964 May 2012
Ali Bacher portraitBacher Ali Cricketer, Medical Doctor and South African Administrator of the United Cricket Board. 24-May-1942
Headman Stanford Bacola portraitBacola Headman
Saleem Badat portraitBadat Saleem Academic, author, Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University, the first black South African to hold this post in 102 years, Editor of  Grassroots community newspaper,  Program Director: International Higher Education & Strategic Projects, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York, USA) 29 August 1957
Sipho Arthur Badela portraitBadela Sipho 1937
Mono Badela portraitBadela Mono

Eastern Cape Journalist, particularly known for his journalism that helped to put major trade unions, along with the PE Black Civic Organisation (Pebco) and the Congress of SA Students (Cosas), on the national political map (1970s)

circa 1937 November 2002
Badsha Omar

A self-taught, award winning artist and photographer. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation struggle, as a cultural and political activist and trade union leader.

27 June 1945
Badsha Ebrahim 13 March 1931 27 September 2003
Badusa Schriener
Sanny  Baepi portraitBaepi Sanny
Headman Katini Baginpofa portraitBaginpofa Headman
Baginpofa Headman
Jim Bailey portraitBailey Jim Founder of Drum magazine (1950) and The Golden City Post (1955), author, historian, poet and RAF pilot 23-October-1919 29-February-2000
John Thomas Baines portraitBaines John Marine and Portrait Painter 27- November-1820 08- May-1875
Wiggi  Bakela portraitBakela Wiggi 21-March-1960
Sir Herbert  Baker portraitBaker Herbert Architect 9 June 1862 4 February 1946
 Villa   Baker portraitBaker Villa political activist, shop steward for the National Garment Workersof the SACP, exiled person  12-March-1917 25-December-2004
Julius  Baker portraitBaker Julius
Lewis Baker portraitBaker Lewis

civil rights lawyer, member of the South African Communist Party and African National Congress, political prisoner, banned person and exile 

1979
Bakubaku Golden 26-December-1976
William  Bala portraitBala William
Harold  Baldry portraitBaldry Harold
Aaron  Baleka portraitBaleka Aaron
Baleka Aaron
Raraza  Balekili portraitBalekili Raraza
Balela Maranti
Maranti  Balela portraitBalela Maranti
Mzini  Balele portraitBalele Mzini
Mabel Balfour portraitBalfour Mabel

anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist, arrested, General Secretary of the African Food and Canning Workers Union, banned

Coto  Balfour portraitBalfour Coto
Balindlela Siziwe

Politician, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province and former Minister of Sport and Art and Culture in the Eastern Cape Province.

28-November-1949
Baliso Alfred
Balizulu Senwabo
 August Aime Balkema portraitBalkema August Dutch typographer, calligrapher, author and book publisher 06-October-1906 04-September-1966
Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger portraitBallinger Violet 11-January-1894 07-February-1980
William George Ballinger portraitBallinger William Ballinger was a trade union organizer, member of the Joint Council movement, a representative of Africans in the Senate, and a founder of the Liberal Party. 21-September-1894 1974
Margareth Baloi portraitBaloi Margareth 8 August 1936 2001
Robert  Baloi portraitBaloi Robert
Richard Granville Baloyi portraitBaloyi Richard Member of the Atlantic Charter Committee, Treasurer-general of the ANC, vice-president of the Non-European United Front and businessperson  1897 05-October-1962
 Vincent  Baloyi portraitBaloyi Vincent Artist 4-February-1954
Baloyi Patric 14-February-1988
Jacob N. Baloyi portraitBaloyi Jacob
Brigalia Bam portraitBam Brigalia Head of Independent Electoral Commission
Fikile Charles Bam portraitBam Fikile Judge-President of the Lands Claim Court; Member of the Eastern Cape Bar; Member of Independent Mediation Services of South Africa; Member of Eastern Cape Society of Advocates and Johannesburg Bar Council; political prisoner on Robben Island. 18-July-1937 18-December-2011
Bogatsu Clemont Bana portraitBana Bogatsu
Sangxeke Alfred Banca portraitBanca Sangxeke
Daniel Thomas Banda portraitBanda Daniel Thomas frtist 1952
Banda Vronda
Banda Michael 01-July-1988
Bandile Sivuku
Joni Milton Bandile portraitBandile Joni
Gordon  Bandon portraitBandon Gordon
Bangani Alphios
Bangani Arthur
Arthur  Bangani portraitBangani Arthur
Bani Goba
Silas  Bani portraitBani Silas
Bani Nobandla 29-July-1987
Jan Gerritze Bantjes portraitBantjes Jan 1817 1887
N.  Bantwini portraitBantwini N.
Jeffry Dumo Baqwa portraitBaqwa Jeffry Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, Medical doctor 24-July-1949 02-August-2001
Dumo Jeffrey Baqwa portraitBaqwa Dumo
Elijah  Barayi portraitBarayi Elijah Trade unionist, President of Cosatu. 15-June-1930 24-January-1994
Barber Robert
Barcela Professor
Dorothy Barclay portraitBarclay Dorothy fotanical painter 1892 1940
Mogamat Taufie Bardien portraitBardien Mogamat Taufie

Banned political activist, Bardien was involved in the Unity Movement, Coloured Affairs Department (CAD) and South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO)

1923 March 1976
Yetta Barenblatt portraitBarenblatt Yetta Trade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) in 1954. Barenblatt was arrested on charges of treason in 1956, detained during the state of emergency in 1960 and banned in 1962. Sh 24-September-1913 1999
Sam  Barlin portraitBarlin Sam
Arthur  Barlow portraitBarlow Arthur
Mahomed Dawood Barmania  portraitBarmania Mahomed businessman, politician, community worker, member of the Cape Indian Congress, elected Cape Province representative on the executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and joint secretary of the SAIC
 Christiaan Neethling Barnard portraitBarnard Christiaan Famous cardiac surgeon 8 November 1922 2 September 2001
 Barney  Barnato portraitBarnato Barney South African Randlord and entrepreneur. 21-February-1851 14-June-1897
Barnes Isaac 25-August-1976
Jack  Barnett portraitBarnett Jack
Naomi  Barnett portraitBarnett Naomi
Howard  Barrell portraitBarrell Howard
Michael Barry portraitBarry Michael Artist and photographer 1954
Maritz Barrymore   portraitBarrymore Maritz 1928 8 December 1994
Hymie Barsel portraitBarsel Hymie 1956 Treason Trialist and member of the SACP 1920
Esther Barsel portraitBarsel (nee Levin) Esther Political activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), one of the accused in the Bram Fischer Trial 17 October 1924 6 October 2008
Robinson Basela portraitBasela Robinson
Mpolopo  Basil portraitBasil Mpolopo
Jeremy Michael Baskin portraitBaskin Jeremy
Hyman Meir  Basner portraitBasner Hyman Political activist, lawyer, journalist member of the SACP 1905 1977
Cassim Mohammed Bassa portraitBassa Cassim Mohammed Estate agent and Community leader 11 August 1925 1983
Basel  Basset portraitBasset Basel
Saul James Bastomsky portraitBastomsky Saul A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
 Henry  Bathurst portraitBathurst Henry Politician and British Colonial Officer 22-May-1762 27-July-1834
Walter Battiss portraitBattiss Walter Painter 6-January-1906 20 August 1982
Khumalo Eddie Bavana portraitBavana Khumalo
Nguqu Bafo Bawana portraitBawana Nguqu
Bawo-Dlamini Albert
Sir. Wyke Bayliss portraitBayliss Wyke 1835 1906
Bayti Jackson
Sithole Thabani Bazil portraitBazil Sithole
Bbatha Vusumzi
Professor Terence  Beard portraitBeard Terence A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned by the apartheid government.
Beard Terrence
William Henry Beaumont portraitBeaumont William

Chairman of the Natives Land Commission, member of the, South African National Party and Judge at the Natal Supreme Court.

24 February 1851 c. 1930
Godfrey Kenneth Beck portraitBeck Godfrey
Peter Becker portraitBecker Peter Author, ethnologist and advertising executive 1921 1984
Befile Johnson
Befile Tembe
Temba  Befile portraitBefile Temba
Bekwayo Wilson
Beleni Mashekile
Moshekile  Beleni portraitBeleni Moshekile
Beleni Moshekile
 Barbara  Bell portraitBell Barbara 13-December-1914 03-April-2005
Terry Bell portraitBell Terence Journalist, author, social activist, teacher, educator, broadcaster, political prisoner, banned person, exile, member of the NAYF, COD, ANC, ANCYL, responsible for setting up the primary division of SOMAFCO in Tanzania, responsible for Friends of Moses Mayekiso campaign. 12 September 1942
Ben James
Mashinini Letsie Ben portraitBen Mashinini
Poyi Bidekile Ben portraitBen Poyi
Mahlongo  Benati portraitBenati Mahlongo
Matshoba Diliza Benedict portraitBenedict Matshoba
Mantilini  Benene portraitBenene Mantilini
Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu portraitBengu Sibusiso High school principal, Vice Chancellor at the University of Fort Hare, Secretary-General of the Inkatha Freeom Party, Minister of Education 08-May-1934
Bengu Siegfried
Bengu Makulana
Dumisane  Bengu portraitBengu Dumisane
Bengu Joseph
 Sathima Bea Benjamin portraitBenjamin Sathima Jazz singer 17-October-1936 20-August-2013
Hlolile  Benjamin portraitBenjamin Hlolile
Matyu  Benjamin portraitBenjamin Matyu
Mokgosi  Benjamin portraitBenjamin Mokgosi
Ntoele  Benjamin portraitBenjamin Ntoele
Ntule  Benjamin portraitBenjamin Ntule
Pixie Olga Benjamin portraitBenjamin Pixie
Pixie Benjamin  portraitBenjamin Pixie Organizer of the 1956’s Women’s March, Charged, Arrested and Banned for Distributing Illegal Literature under the Suppression of Communism Act and aiding ANC activists.  1976
Benjamin Olga
Nkosi Elias Bennet portraitBennet Nkosi
Alven Ntenie Bennie portraitBennie Alven
Bennie Ntenie 2007
Tollie  Bennun portraitBennun Tollie
Mervyn  Bennun portraitBennun Mervyn
Naphtali  Bennun portraitBennun Naphtali
Mary Dorothy Benson portraitBenson Mary Author, journalist, anti-apartheid activist, co-founded the Africa Bureau, first person to record the ANC’s history 08-December-1919 19-June-2000
Ndimba  Benson portraitBenson Ndimba
Arthur David Bensusan portraitBensusan Arthur Medical doctor, lecturer at Wits University, inventor of the first instantaneous X-ray, photographer, photographic historian, founder member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of South Africa, (now the SA College of Medicine), secretary of the S 1921 2007
Watu Milton Bentele portraitBentele Watu
Bentele Milton
Benyani Kebeta
Bequezi Alton
Qumza Mthunzi Berenc portraitBerenc Qumza
Berger Guy
Bee Berman portraitBerman Bee Photographer 1949
Myrtle Berman portraitBerman Myrtle 1924
Ray Berman portraitBerman Ray South African Painter and fine artist living in  Swaziland  1941
Hymie  Bernadt portraitBernadt Hymie
Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin) portraitBernadt (nee Alkin) Jean Member of the CPSA,  member of the National Council of Women, the Congress of Democrats, the Federation of South African Women and Black Sash. 19-May-1914 09-April-2011
Huna  Bernard portraitBernard Huna
Nkosi Mfanyana Bernard portraitBernard Nkosi
Hilda Bernstein portraitBernstein Hilda Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the Federation of South African Women, one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union Buildings that took place on the 9th 15-May-1915 08-September-2006
Lionel Rusty Bernstein portraitBernstein Lionel Writer, Political Activist, Architect, SACP and MK member, banned person, politcal prisoner, exile,  recipient of The Order of Luthuli in Gold. 20-March-1920 23-June-2002
 Vernon Celliers Berrange portraitBerrange Vernon Banned person, member of the Springbok Legion and the South African Communist Party, human rights advocate, Queens Counsel and recipient of the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver. 25 November 1900 14 September 1983September 1972
Vernon  Berrange portraitBerrange Vernon Lawyer in the 1963-1964 Rivonia Trail
Jevon  Berrange portraitBerrange Jevon
Ian Berry portraitBerry Ian Photographer 04-April-1934 05-May-2013
James  Beshe portraitBeshe James 21-March-1960
Beshe Weyi
Beshenga Mama Beshenga Political Activist and Trade unionist (1960's) 1936
James Buti Bessie portraitBessie James 21-March-1960
Clifford Bestall portraitBestall Clifford Film maker 1947
Willie Bester portraitBester Willie Artist 29 February 1956
Beto Mzondezi
Mzondezi  Beto portraitBeto Mzondezi
Simon  Beto portraitBeto Simon
Beto Tanana 1921
William George Bevington portraitBevington William George 1881 1953
Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld portraitBeyleveld Pieter National organiser for the Labour Party, in 1952, President of the Congress of Democrats, President of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, 1956 Treason trialist, member of the South African Communist Party. 15-November-1916 1988
Beyleveld Petrus
Bezuidenhout Isaac 14-September-1976
Bhala Patric
John  Bhedava portraitBhedava John
Gumbi Joseph Bheki portraitBheki Gumbi
Hyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu portraitBhengu Hyacinth Attorney and Political Activist 07-September-1919 1990
Gerard Bhengu portraitBhengu Gerard Artist 6-September-1910 1990
Edward  Sonnyboy Bhengu portraitBhengu Edward Founder member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), political detainee 08 November 1934 26 December 2010
Bhengu Moses
Bhengu Siegfried
Nimrod  Bhentele portraitBhentele Nimrod
E.  Bhikha portraitBhikha E.
Bhixa Vuyisile 11-November-1987
 M. N.  Bhola portraitBhola M. N. Political Activist and ANC member 03-September-1841 1948
Khululani  Bhongo portraitBhongo Khululani
Bhoya Herbert
Bhugwan Sonnie Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress
Mtombeni Vusi Bibi portraitBibi Mtombeni
Jodi Bieber portraitBieber Jodi Artist. 1966
Amy Biehl portraitBiehl Amy

An American volunteer who was killed just before the 1994 democratic elections.

26 April 1967 25 August 1993
Ngcobo  Bifana portraitBifana Ngcobo
Bikie Michael
 Doc   Bikitsha portraitBikitsha Doc Teacher, journalist, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for his contribution to journalism and literature and as an important social commentator 19-November-1930 06-January-2007
Bikitsha Linda
Bikitsha Harrington
Bikitsha Zolile Bikitsha portraitBikitsha Bikitsha
Bikitsha Zolile
Stephen Bantu Biko portraitBiko Stephen

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader, banned person, political prisoner, killed in police detention

18-December-1946 12-September-1977
Biko Bomwana
Bila Strike
Philimon  Bileya portraitBileya Philimon
Bili William
Nair  Billy portraitBilly Nair
Binda Sipho
Binta Joseph
Bisho Mzimasi 11-November-1984
Bishop Diana (Di)

Political Activist.

Bishoti Thembile
Bitjane Hlubi
Toto  Biza portraitBiza Toto
Advocate George Bizos portraitBizos George Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Unit, member of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, Judge of the Botswana Court of Appeal, one of the architects of South Africa’s democratic constitution, author 15 November 1927 9 September 2020
Dr. Philip Blaaiberg portraitBlaaiberg Philip Dentist, Heart transplant recipient and a Captain of the South African Army Medical Corps during the Second world War. 1909 17 August 1969
Blaauw Alcott
Stephen William Black portraitBlack Stephen Novelist, prize-fighter, journalist, actor and South Africa’s first professional playwright. September 1879 08-August-1931
Molly Blackburn portraitBlackburn Molly South African political activist. 11-November-1930 28-December-1985
Arthur William  Blaxall portraitBlaxall Arthur Clergyman, political activist, teacher and pacifist  15-May-1891 1970
Thomas D. Blayi portraitBlayi Thomas 1927 7 October 1961
Nyamalipeli  Blayi portraitBlayi Nyamalipeli 1895 7 October 1961
Hlati  Blayi portraitBlayi Hlati 1898 7 October 1961
Bles Vuyisile
Ngobese Thembinkosi Blessing portraitBlessing Ngobese
Bloch Graeme
Makaleni  Bloem portraitBloem Makaleni
Harry  Bloom portraitBloom Harry
Charles  Bloomberg portraitBloomberg Charles
Bloyi Chitibhunga
John  Blundell portraitBlundell John A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned by the apartheid government.
Bobbetyana Vuyana
Sebotsa Patrick Bobby portraitBobby Sebotsa
Bobo Vuyami
Bock William
 Esme   Bodenstein portraitBodenstein Esme Physiotherapist, political prisoner 06-July-1929 22-February-2000
Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak portraitBoesak Allan Anti-apartheid activist, leader of the World Alliance of Churches and patron of the United Democratic Front (UDF). 1945
Boesak Johannes
Bogale Boyce
Bogatsu Clemont
Bogwana Kildas
Kildas Jonsilanga Bogwana portraitBogwana Kildas
Leepile Joseph Boitumelo portraitBoitumelo Leepile
Bokaba Alpheus
 Isaac  Bokala portraitBokala Isaac Teacher, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League. Bokala was active in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, the 1959 “Stay at Home” campaign in 1959, and was detained during the State of Emergency in 1960. He was a founding membe 1929 24-April-2005
Bokala Papase 11-November-1982
Bokwe John Journalist, Minister and Musician 15-March-1855 22-February-1922
Roseberry Tandwefika  Bokwe portraitBokwe Roseberry Educator, physician and politician  07-March-1900 1963
Kondile  Bolente portraitBolente Kondile
Ngqengqeleka  Bolisi portraitBolisi Ngqengqeleka
Bollo Massimo
Massimo Domingo Bollo portraitBollo Massimo
Bolo Baba
Bolo Baba
Bolosha Malunga
Bolosha Malunga
Malunga Sidwell Bolosha portraitBolosha Malunga
Bolosha Malunga
Harriet Bolton portraitBolton Harriet General Secretary of the Garment Workers’ Industrial Union (GWIU), Secretary of the Furniture Workers` Industrial Union and the Textile Workers’ Industrial Union, a member of the general council of the International Textile, Garment and Lea 15-January-1927 22-November-2009
Jimmy  Bolton portraitBolton Jimmy
Biko  Bomwana portraitBomwana Biko
Rala  Bonakele portraitBonakele Rala
Bonani Milton
Bonayele Nicholas
Bonga Thamsanqa
Bongani Abednego
Bongani Zacheus
Dunjana  Bongani portraitBongani Dunjana
Mpondo Richard Bongani portraitBongani Mpondo
Mthembu Zacheus Bongani portraitBongani Mthembu
Ngeleza Eric Bongani portraitBongani Ngeleza
Bongco Mpumelelo
Washington  Bongco portraitBongco Washington 1928 10-December-1964
Bongo Mbulilo
Wellington Mpumelo Bongo portraitBongo Wellington 1964/05
Mbulilo  Bongo portraitBongo Mbulilo
Bonhomme Virgile

Trade unionist, political activist, political prisoner, founder member and Chair of the Coloured Labour Party in Natal, Vice-Chair of the Durban Housing Action Committee, Vice-Chair of the United Democratic Front, was instrumental in establishing the C

15-March-1944
Bono Sikuleme
Lulamile  Bonya portraitBonya Lulamile
Booi Wilson
Booi Joseph
Booi Gladstone
Sawutini  Booi portraitBooi Sawutini February 1989
Booi Nomvu
Booi Joseph
Booi Joseph
Feziwe Bookholane portraitBookholane Feziwe Political activist, political prisoner and nurse.  October 1942
 Daniel  Cornelis Boonzaier portraitBoonzaier Daniel Cartoonist 11-November-1865 20-March-1950
Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier portraitBoonzaier Gregoire Artist 31-July-1909 22-April-2005
Joseph Booth portraitBooth Joseph Missionary 1851 1932
Booysen Fanie
Booysen Maggie
Maggie Bopalamo portraitBopalamo Maggie Teacher, who was resistant to the Boputhatswana Homeland government and arrested on several occasions, appointed District Manager of Education in Rustenburg in 1994. January 1939
David  Wilcox  Bopape portraitBopape David Education activist, community leader and important Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) figure until his banning in the mid-1950s. 22-September-1915 02-September-2004
 Johannes Maisha (Stanza)  Bopape portraitBopape Johannes ANC political activist and civic leader tortured and killed in police custody. 26-April-1961 12-June-1988
Abrasha  Bor portraitBor Abrasha
Andrew Michael Boraine portraitBoraine Andrew frade unionist, President of Cosatu. 18-February-1959
Alexander Lionel  Boraine 'Alex' portraitBoraine Alexander Member of Parliament. Vice Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, author, Recipient of the South Government's National Award in 2014 10 January 1931 5 December 2018
Andrew  Boraine portraitBoraine Andrew
Boraine Michael
Bors Mcedisi
Mcedisi  Bors portraitBors Mcedisi
Rodger Bosch portraitBosch Rodger
Bosch Fred
 Marutle  Flag  Boshielo portraitBoshielo Marutle Flag SACP, SACTU, ANC and MK member  1920
Professor Carel Boshoff portraitBoshoff Carel Academic and Afrikaner cultural leader 9 November 1927 16 March 2011
Abel  Boshomane portraitBoshomane Abel
Amos  Boshomane portraitBoshomane Amos 27 February 1988
Martinus Boshomane portraitBoshomane Martinus

Banished person

Zwelingima Bosi  portraitBosi Zwelingima
Mompati Godfrey Bosigo portraitBosigo Mompati
Boskati Mabuti
Mabuti  Boskati portraitBoskati Mabuti
Bota Michael 26-December-1976
 Andries Johannes Botha portraitBotha Andries Sculptor 22 September 1952
Elize Botha portraitBotha Elize author, literator, journalist, editor, academic, first woman to become Chancellor of the University of Stellenbosch 19-November-1930 16-November-2007
Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha portraitBotha Roelof  Law Adviser of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa 27-April-1932 12 October 2018
 Pieter Willem Botha portraitBotha Pieter Pieter Willem Botha commonly known as "PW" an 12 January 1916 31 October 2006
Wim Botha portraitBotha Wim Artist, Sculptor  1974
Louis Botha portraitBotha Louis

Boer general and statesman

27 September 1862 27 August 1919
Botha George 15-December-1976
Botha Tozamile 15 June 1950
 Russel  Botman portraitBotman Russel Political detainee, academic, author, minister of religion, theologian, thinker, President of the South African Council of Churches, first black Rector and Vice Chancellor of the University Of Stellenbosch. 18-October-1953 27-June-2014
 Wonga Welile Bottoman portraitBottoman Wonga 28 April 1961
Sir. Richard Bourke portraitBourke Richard Acting Governor of the Cape Colony 4 May 1777 13 August 1855
 Jan  Bouws portraitBouws Jan Musician, composer, lecturer and author 28-July-1902 26-January-1978
Dorothy Ruth Boxall portraitBoxall Dorothy Ruth music lecturer,  founder of the Young Citizen’s Orchestra, served on executive council of the Johannesburg Music Society, adjudicator, member of the Music Committee of the School Teachers’ Music Association, served on the Research and Education Committee of the South African Society of Music Teachers, and was twice chairwoman of the Witwatersrand University Musical Society. 19-July-1895 23-December-1951
Boyhna Sam Boyce portraitBoyce Boyhna
Boyce Thembekile
Boyhna Zamile
Diamond Bozas portraitBozas Diamond Artist and founder member of Zululand Society of Arts 1923
Bozwana Notemba 02-November-1964
Conny Braam portraitBraam Conny Dutch anti apartheid activist and Operation Vula Operative 1948
Bradfield April
Linda  Brakvis portraitBrakvis Linda 29 January 1988
Johannes Henricus Brand portraitBrand Johannes 6 December 1823 14 July 1888
Nkukuwana  Brandford portraitBrandford Nkukuwana
Brandt Nieodemus
Brecker Karl
Sydney Brenner portraitBrenner Sydney Scientist and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 13 January 1927
Breyten Breytenbach portraitBreytenbach Breyten

Poet, writer, painter and activist

16-September-1939 24 November 2024
Cloete Breytenbach portraitBreytenbach Cloete Photojournalist, Photographer 1933 31 May 2019
Mazibuko  Brian portraitBrian Mazibuko
Joan Brickhill portraitBrickhill Joan 06-March-1924 15-January-2014
Jeremy  Brickhill portraitBrickhill Jeremy
Ngqungwana Lizo Bright portraitBright Ngqungwana
André Philippus Brink portraitBrink André South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic. 29 May 1935 6 February 2015
Aba  Brink portraitBrink Aba A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned and detained by the apartheid government.
John  Brink portraitBrink John A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).
Britten Ronald (Ronnie) Teacher, exile, member of the then Non-European Unity Movement, organiser for the Teachers League of South Africa, member of the African Peoples Democratic Union 30 June 2013
Barbara  Brock portraitBrock Barbara
Norman  Bromberger portraitBromberger Norman A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) and the African Resistance Movement (ARM). Banned by the apartheid government.
Bromberger Norman 2 December 1935 4 January 2019
Edgar Harry  Brookes portraitBrookes Edgar Political activist, academic, lay clergy and member of the Liberal Party   04-February-1897 22-April-1979
Alan Keith Brooks portraitBrooks Alan

Member of the Liberal Party, African Resistance Movement, South African Communist Party, author and activist. 

18 May1940 10 May 2008
Allan  Brooks portraitBrooks Allan
Robert Broom portraitBroom Robert

Physician and palaeontologist, discoverer of “Mrs Ples” or the most complete Australopithecus africanus skull.

30 November 1866 1951
Morris  Broughton portraitBroughton Morris
Peter  McKenzie Brown portraitBrown Peter Liberal Party founding member, Natal Midlands farmer and philanthropist.  24-December-1924 28-June-2004
Brown Clifford 06-November-1984
Babette  Brown portraitBrown Babette
Emanuel Mannie Brown portraitBrown Emanuel
Brown Brian 15 October 1938
Brown McKenzie
Brown Mary 20 July 1847 16 January 1935
Babette Brown portraitBrown Babette

Anti-racism activist, writer, teacher, founding member of the Congress of Democrats (COD), founded Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network (EYTARN) and Persona Doll Training (PDT)

1931 10 February 2019
David Bruce portraitBruce David

Conscientious objector, political prisoner, researcher, expert on policing in South Africa, author, recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award 

Dennis Brutus portraitBrutus Dennis Sports administrator, teacher, political activist, poet and academic 24-November-1924 26-December-2009
Brutus Wilfred
Brutus Joseph
Brutus Vincent 28 November 1924
Tim  Bruwer portraitBruwer Tim Tim Bruwer manages libraries and arts and cultural services at Moreland City Council in Melbourne. Moreland is a city where more than 70 home languages other than English are spoken by residents and where multiculturalism and diversity are valued and c
 Yvonne  Bryceland portraitBryceland Yvonne Actress 18-November-1925 13-January-1992
Buba Lawrence 09-September-1976
Joyce  Bucibo portraitBucibo Joyce
Budaza Coaster
 Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd portraitBudd Raymond A trade unionist and a founder of TUCSA 09-June-1910 14-August-1974
Zola Budd portraitBudd Zola  Former South African Athlete and World Record Holder 26-May-1966
Buhula Ephraim
Buller Redvers Henry 07-December-1839 02-June-1908
Bundi Phindle
Phindle Roney Bundi portraitBundi Phindle
Bundlender Jean
Bungalipeli Nokosi
Lwana  Bunge portraitBunge Lwana
Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu portraitBungu Vuyani Former South African & IBF Junior Featherweight Champion 26-February-1967
Brian Percy Bunting portraitBunting Brian Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the African Communist and Central Committee member of the SACP. 09-April-1920 18-June-2008
Sonia Beryl Bunting portraitBunting Sonia Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society 09-December-1922 24-March-2001.
Sidney  Percival Bunting portraitBunting Sidney Communist intellectual and organiser, Sydney Bunting was instrumental in the formation and early development of the Communist Party of South Africa. 29-June-1873 25-May-1936
Rebecca Bunting portraitBunting Rebecca

Founding member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)

Bunting Percy
Bunting Beryl
Buqwa D B
D B Buqwa portraitBuqwa D
Schalk   Burger portraitBurger Schalk 6 September 1852 5 December 1918
Henry Burton portraitBurton Henry South African advocate and Cabinet Minister in the South African Government between 1910 and 1924, vice-president of the Non-Racial Franchise Association. 2 June 1866 25 December 1935
Mary Maria Burton portraitBurton Mary  Political activist, Human Rights lobbyist, President of Black Sash, TRC Member 19-January-1940
 Julius  Phumelele  Busa portraitBusa Julius Trade unionist and ANC member 05-January-1927
Busakuwe Nelson
Busakwe Jackson
Molefe Petrus Bushy portraitBushy Molefe
Arthur Butelezi portraitButelezi Arthur Artist
Butelezi Samuel
Butelezi Sipho
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Mangosuthu South African politician and the founder and President Emeritus of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). 27 August 1928 9 September 2023
 Regina  Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Regina Artist 1928 1978
Buthelezi Amon
Buthelezi Norbert
Buthelezi Jimmy
Buthelezi Sethimbiso
Jimmy  Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Jimmy
Sethimbiso  Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Sethimbiso
Mkhombiseni  Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Mkhombiseni 6 June 1993
Mceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi portraitButhelezi Mceleli

Banished person

Buthelezi Philehlupheka
Buthelezi Hamilton
Buthelezi Joseph
Buti Philemon
Moyo Daniel Buti portraitButi Moyo
Frank Harold (Sam) Butler portraitButler Frank Harold (Sam) 1889 1980
 Makhwenkwe Harrison  Butshingi portraitButshingi Makhwenkwe Trade unionist and community leader. 28-February-1906 28-February-1980
Butshingi Ephraim
Mlindi  Buwa portraitBuwa Mlindi
Buyaphi Manka
Buyapi Manku
Buza Sizakele 11-November-1988
Sizakele  Buzo portraitBuzo Sizakele
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