Biography Index

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Last name	First name	Synopsis	Date of birth	Date of death
da Silva	Luis Inácio Lula	Trade unionist, President of Brazil, for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of the agenda of the South and for the creation of a just and equitable system of global governance, awarded The Companions of OR Tambo in Gold.	27 October 1945
Daane-van Rensburg	Jacqueline	anti-Apartheid activist.	17-December-1937	Cape Town,South Africa
Dada	Ndebele
Dadoo	Yusuf	Medical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social Reform Society, Chair of the Madressa Anjuman Islamia of the Kholvad Mosque, Vice-chair of the National Anti-Pass Council, President of the TIC, Chair of the TIC	05-September-1909	19-September-1983
Dadoo	Winnie
Dajee	Bhanudey			08-September-1976
Daka	Mandla
Dakuse	Patrick			23-January-1989
Dala	Sigodongo
Dala	Zolani			May 1989
Dalamba	Siseko
Dalasile	Douglas
Dali	Sureboy			13-August-1981
Dalindyebo	Dalindyebo		1865	1923
Dalindyebo	Sabata	Paramount Chief of the Thembu people	25-November-1928	07-April-1986
Dalinyebo	Sabato
Dalisan	Ntulo
Daliwonga	Phineas			11-November-1985
Daliwonga	Samora			11-November-1988
Daman	Ceaser
Damane	Mxolisi		1937	02-November-1963
Damane	Bimmy
Dambalaza	Dumisa		1934	22 May 1964
Dambuza	Matthew
Damos	Stella Madge	Trade unionist, member of SACTU	1930
Danabathy	Naidoo
Dandile	Goliat
Dangala	Johannes
Dangala	Ebenezel
Dangala	Ebenezer
Dangala	Fizile
Dangor	Ahmed
Dangor	Achmat	Poet, novelist, political and cultural activist, banned person, co-founder of Congress of South African Writers, worked at the Ford Foundation, director of advocacy, communications and leadership at United Nations Aids and CEO of Nelson Mandela Foundation.	1948	6 September 2020
Daniel	R.	Trade Unionist		1964
Daniel	Molokisi
Daniel	Dicha
Daniel	Landu
Daniel	Mafenuka
Daniel	Mange
Daniel	Masinga
Daniel	Mkhwamubi
Daniel	Mongena
Daniel	Ntsoseng
Daniels	Patrick			09-September-1976
Daniels	John	A victim of June 16th.		08-September-1976
Daniels	Kammips			07-September-1976
Daniels	Edward
Daniels	Edward 'Eddie'	Member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LP), the African Resistance Movement (ARM) and Robben Island political prisoner.	25/10/1928	30 November 2017
Daniels	Deon	DJ; music producer; TV and radio presenter; Director of Community and Youth Development for NPC, GCAP/SR4A; precision drifting and stunt car driver	11 December 1968
Daniels	Edward
Danisile	Nokatywa
Dano	Hymie
Dantile	Lulamile
Dapula	Mzwabantu
Daries	Glen
Dart	Raymond	Discovered the Taung child skull fossil, the first early hominid fossil.	4 February 1893	22 November 1988
Darvall	Denise	World's first successful human heart-transplant donor	1943	1967
Dasheka	David
Dasheka	David
Dastile	Nosipho	Community activist, anti-apartheid activist, founding member of the UDF, first president of the Uitenhage Women’s Organisation, chairperson of the ANCWL	1938	May 2009
David	Feni
David	Hlongwane
David	Jale
David	Johannes
David	Magagula
David	Maloma
David	Matshoba
David	Mmutle
David	Mokgosi
David	Morake
David	Mzimkulu
David	Ndawonde
David	Nhlapo
David	Pitze
David	Devadas	Anti-Apartheid activist, liberation struggle hero, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress Youth Congress, involved in the revival of the Natal Indian Congress in the early 1970s, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and the Release Mandela Committee, active in the United Democratic Front, sought refuge with five others in the British Consulate in the 1980s	26 August 1940	13 August 2020
Davide	Motlhabedi
Davids	Ephraim
Davids	Leigh		25 March 1979	27 February 2019
Davies	Joan		02-December-1909	06-January-1984
Davis	Lionel	Artist and ex Robben Island political prisoner	21-June-1936
Davis	Michael	South African photographer and photojournalist	1955
Davis	Robert
Davis	David
Davis	David
Davis	Thomas	business person and philanthropist, assisted in establishing Howard College, responsible for starting the South African Navy, established the Howard Davis War Fund to assist soldiers who had served outside South Africa during the Second World War	25 April 1867	27 September 1942
Davis	Mary	teacher, business person, supporter of women’s causes, established the Peter Davis Infants’ Home, President of the Pietermaritzburg Benevolent Society, President of the South African War Graves Board, founding member of the South African Na	26 December 1858	24 March 1929
Davis	Jennifer		1933	15-October-2019
Davis	Don
Davis	Rev Don
Davos	Vuyisile			06-November-1984
Daweti	Mncedisi
Dawetti	Thompson
Dawood	Ayesha Bibi "Asa"	Political and women's activist and trade unionist	31-January-1927
Dawood	Mahomed Hajee
Dawood	Abdul "Apamai"	Vice president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and ANC, Community activist.	October 1935	02-January-2012
Dawood	Hadjie
Dawuse	Sampuka
Dawuse	Sampuka
Dayal	Bhawani Sannyassi	Campaigner for Indian rights	1892	1950
Dayeni	Mabibi		1936
Dayimani	Kenese
Dayimani	Nokeke
Dayoni	Mabibi
Dazana	Walter
De	Lange Damian
De Beer	Zacharias "Zac"	Medical doctor, politician and leader of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) and chairman of Anglo-American mining company, ambassador to Netherlands	11-October-1928	27-May-1999
De Beer	David
de Bruin	Evelina	Member of the ‘Upington 14', political prisoner	25-December-1933	25-March-2012
De Groot	Paul	Dutch actor and producer in the Netherlands, Dutch East Indies and South Africa.	11-January-1878	10-May-1942
de Jongh	Marthinils (Tinus) Johannes		1885	1942
De Keller	David
de Keller	Guy	A member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM) and the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
de Keyser	Ethel	Artist and underground ANC activist	04-November-1926	16-July-2004
de Klerk	Frederik	State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. In 1990 he opened negotiations with previously banned anti-apartheid organizations. De Klerk was appointed the Second Vice President in President Mandela’s cabinet.	18 March 1936	11 November 2021
de Klerk	Johannes (Jan)	teacher, member of the National Party and Minister of Education, Art & Science, Senator and Father of former Pres. F.W. de Klerk	22 July 1903	24 January 1979
de Kock	Eugene
De Koningh	Anna	Freed enslaved woman, wife of Olof Bergh, owner of Groote Constantia.	circa 1656	1734
de la Rey	Jacobus Herculaas	Known as Koos de la Rey, a Boer general during the Second Boer War.	22 October 1847	15 September 1914
De Lange	Damian
De Lille	Patricia	Politician, former member of PAC, trade unionist, founder and a leader of Independent Democrats (ID) and Mayor of Cape Town.	17-February-1951
de Mist	Jacob	Lawyer, Batavian governor and founder of Uitenhage, Eastern Cape.	20-April-1749	03-August-1823
de Sousa	Njinga Ana		1583	17-December-1663
De Villiers	Anna	Author, educator and first female principal of Huguenot University College	24-December-1900	01-November-1975
De Villiers	Dawid (Dawie)	Member of the National Party, SA rugby captain, lecturer, reverend, ambassador to London and cabinet minister	10-July-1940
De Villiers	Petrus (Fanie)	Cricket player and commentator	13-October-1964
de Villiers	Izak	Dominee, poet, author and editor	30-July-1936	27-September- 2009
De Villiers	Anna	Linguist, writer, and educator	24 December 1900	1 November 1979
De Vlieg	Gille	Photographer and activist, member of Afrapix	26-July-1940
De Vriendt	Franciscus	Flemish pioneer of Afrikaans theatre.	1886**1874	27 July 1946
de Vries	Abraham	Short Story Writer, Art Editor, Lecturer, Director, Chairperson of the Afrikaans Writers' Guild	9 February 1937
de Waal	Nicholaas
De Wet	Christiaan	A great Boer general and rebel leader. His name is inextricably woven into the epic struggle of Afrikaners for independence from British rule in South Africa.	07-October-1854	03-February-1922
de Wet	Barend	Artist	4 January 1956	18 March 2017
de Wet	Justice	Judge in the 1963-1964 Rivonia Trail
Deane	Edgar Arthur	Trade union activist and politician	1908
Degenaar	Johannes Jacobus	Philosopher and Lecturer.	7 March 1926
Deleki	Wedweni
Dellums	Ronald	The radical Congress member who fought against war, Apartheid and poverty	24 November 1935	30 July 2018
Dellums	Ronald	The radical Congress member who fought against war, Apartheid and poverty	24 November 1935	30 July 2018
Demo	Gilbert			21-March-1960
Den Bakker	J.
Denga	Luzuko
Deon	Michels
Derek	Naidoo
Derrick	Muthwa
Desai	Amina	South Africa’s longest serving female Indian political prisoner	c.1920	10-June-2009
Desai	Rissik	Political activist, Vice President of SACPO, journalist, lawyer and member of the PAC	10-April-1932	30 October 1997
Desai	Jivan
Desai	Rissik		10 April 1932	30 October 1997
Desai	P.
Desai	Amina		1920	2009
Desai	Ebrahim
Desai	Jivan
Deshmukh	Ramrao Madhaurao	figh Commissioner 1945 - 1946.	1892
Desmond	Fial	Artist	1908	1993
Desmond	Ncamane
Desmond	Father
deVilliers	Andre			18 August 1992
Dexter	Mkhabile
Deyi	Gladman
Dhladhla	Johannes		1936	2016
Dhlamini	Temba		1927	1985
Dhlamini	Francis
Dhlamini	Martha
Dhlamini	Chief
Dhlamini	Nontombi
Dhlamini	Thompson	Banished person		4 March 1965
Dhlamini	Stephen		1912	1994
Dhlamissi	Phillip
Dhlomo	Oscar	Member for Umbumbulu, KwaZulu Legislative Assembly, Minister of Education and Culture, KwaZulu, Secretary General, Inkatha yeNkululeko yeSizwe, Executive Chairman, Institute for Multi-Party Democracy.	28-December-1943	29-August-2008
Dhlomo	Herbert	Political activist, academic, journalist, playwright, poet	26 February 1903	23 October 1956
Dhlomo	Sicelo			25 January 1988
Dhlomo-Mautloa	Bongiwe (Bongi)	Artist (printmaker), art administrator and activist	25 June 1956
Dhlwati	Johnson	Political activist and member of the ANC	1927
Diale	Letsau	Community activist, MK member, Member of Parliament, for his excellent contribution to the struggle against apartheid and for his selfless sacrifice for the attainment of freedom for all in South Africa was awarded The Order of Luthuli in Silver.	01-January-1936	08-January-2015
Diamond	Issy
Dias	Bartholomeu	Portuguese navigator discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 and maritime explorer	circa 1450	24 May 1500
Diba	Jacob
Diba	Vuyisile
Dibate	Oben
Dibate	Oben
Dibetso	Johannes
Dibetso	Johannes
Dichaba	Gabriel	Member of the ANC	1920
Dichabe	Daniël
Dick	Nelson
Dick	Samuel
Dick	Nancy	Member of the Textile Workers Union, member of the Black Sash, and anti-apartheid activist and communist proponent.		1990
Dick	Nelson
Dick	Samuel
Dickson	Fuyani
Dickson	Yayase
Didcott	Justice	President of NUSAS, founder member of the Liberal Party, Chancellor of UDW, Judge of the Natal Provincial Division, member of the Special Electoral Court, Judge in the Constitutional Court, visiting scholar at the Law School of Columbia Universit	14-August-1931	20-October-1998
Diedericks	Lily
Diedericks	Lillian	Women’s rights activist, trade unionist, shop steward, founder member of the Federation of South African Women, member of the South African Communist Party, one of the 1956 women’s march leaders, recipient of the Government’s National Order for advancing democracy in the country	1925
Digabane	Sydney
Dikana	Mzandile
Dikeledi	Paul
Dikeni	Sandile	Political prisoner, poet, journalist, and editor	1966	9 November 2019
Dikiza	Michael
Diko	Robert
Diko	Robert
Diko	Robert
Dikobo	Jacob	Youth Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA), Black Consciousness Movement activist and member of AZANLA, Member of the Central Committee of the NACTU and President of AZAPO	22 February 1962
Dime	Kekana
Dimo	Gilbert			21-March-1960
Dinat	Ramnie	Political activist, political prisoner, member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, exiled person, active in the ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement and International Defence and Aid Fund.
Dinat	Mohamed	Political activist, secretary of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, member of the Communist Party of South Africa, active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, political prisoner, exiled person, active in the ANC, worked for the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the Middle East, Greece and Botswana- while in exile, advocate of solar energy for informal settlements, worked in local governance Post-Apartheid, active in the ANC Kagiso and Azaadville branch, Town Clerk of Krugersdorp municipality, advocate for gender equity through academia.	14 October 1937	8 December 2015
Dinca	Siphiwo
Dindala	Velile
Dindikazi	Mbungwa
Dindikazi	Dindi
Dingake	Michael	Member of the ANC, SACP and MK, author and columnist	11-February-1928
Dingana	Tom
Dingane	Mdlalose
Dingane	Tom
Dinge	Mongameli
Dingiswayo	Dingiswayo	Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa	1770
Dinonyane	David
Dintoe	Paul			June 1993
Dintsi	Samson
Dintsi	Simon
Dinuzulu	Dinuzulu	King of the Zulu.	1868	18 October 1913
Dinuzulu	Magogo	Zulu Princess, musician and poet who contributed to the development of traditional music in South Africa and was an authority on Zulu traditions, history and folklore. Her son is Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Chief Mangosuthu	1900	1984
Dipale	Ernest			08-August-1982
Dipheko	Dipitse
Dipheko	Chiloane		1936	2006
Diphoko	Patrick
Dipico	Emsley	First Premier of the Northern Cape Province
Dipitse	Hermaans
Direko	Abram
Dirk-Uys	Pieter		28 September 1945
Discipline	Nkonyani
Diseko	Mathews
Diseko	Mathews
Ditheko	Pinkie
Ditsebe	Peter
Ditsego	Rebecca
Ditshabako	Brenda
Dixon	Leng	Artist	1916	1968
Dlabati	Phutuhile
Dlabati	Putuhile
Dladla	Titus			11-November-1982
Dladla	Simon
Dladla	Cedric
Dladla	Jackson
Dladla	Mzala
Dladla	Cedric
Dladla	Payiyana		1932	5 September 1961
Dladla	Barney I.
Dlali	David	Member of the ANC and MK, Member of Parliament and Special Adviser to the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities	23 January 1960	11 June 2012
Dlamini	Stephen J. C.	Trade unionist, Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union, 1956 Treason Trialist, President of SACTU, Robben Island prisoner, Member of the ANC’s National Executive Council and its Revolutionary Council and recipient of the Order of	30-November-1913	29-April-1994
Dlamini	Christopher	Trade Unionist.	10-October-1944	19-November-2009
Dlamini	Bafana	MK struggle veteran, member of the ANC and Brigadier General in the SANDF.	1936	17-September-2011
Dlamini	Emmanuel			26-December-1976
Dlamini	Themba
Dlamini	Moses
Dlamini	Temba
Dlamini	Zenzele
Dlamini	Joseph
Dlamini	David
Dlamini	Douglas
Dlamini	Fikile
Dlamini	Gangamshini
Dlamini	George
Dlamini	Johannes
Dlamini	Mavela
Dlamini	Mzanempi
Dlamini	Patrick
Dlamini	Sekby
Dlamini	Gilbert
Dlamini	Joseph
Dlamini	Caiphus			April 1993
Dlamini	Sidumo	trade unionist and president of COSATU
Dlamini	Philip
Dlamini	Gilbert
Dlamini	Martha
Dlamini-Zuma	Nkosazana	ANC member, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the African Union	27-January-1949
Dlanjda	Mlamli
Dlanza	Dennis			27-Decembe-1976
Dlevu	Johnson
Dlevu	Johnson
Dlodlo	Victor
Dlokolo	Mpompi
Dlokolo	Mpompi
Dlomo	Amos
Dlomo	Sibongiseni
Dlomo	Mapiki
Dlomo	Mapiki
Dlomo	Albert	Member of the ANC and MK, political prisoner, National Chairperson MKVA and former advisor to the Minister of Defence.
Dludla	Reginald
Dlwata	J.
Dlwati	Bonisile			2001
Dlwati	Bonisile
Docrat	Abdul Khalek Mohamed	Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat, AKM or “Doc” as he was popularly known, was one of the leading political activists in the Natal Indian Congress and Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA).	15 September 1915	15 February 2003
Dodo	Fanelekile
Dodo	Zibongile		1935	31 October 1967
Doke	Joseph J	Political Activist and a Baptist Church Minister.
Domtsa	Mellville			26-December-1976
Dondashe	Simon
Donkin	Rufane	British general, colonel and Governor at the Cape	1772	01-May-1841
Donnovan	Saayman
Doorsamy	Kirsten
dos Santos	José	Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos (1942-2022) died at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 79. Yet Dos Santos failed to provide a moral example and did very little to prevent those around him, including his family, from plundering his country’s resources.	1942	2022
dos Santos (nee Beira)	Pamela	Politcal activist, member of ANC Women's League	19-June-1942
Douglas	Robert
Douglas	Mangenda
Douglas	Gabula
Douglas	Mkaba
Douglas	Mthetho
Douglas	Zulu
Douglas	Robert
Douglas	Mangenda
Douglas	Irvine
Douwes-Dekker	Louis	Assistant General Secretary of TUCSA, chairman of the Urban Training Project, university lecturer and banned person.	22-October-1936
Douwes-Dekker	Loet
Dowling	Kevin	Priest at the St. Joseph’s Mission, which became a place of refuge for activists in the Boputhatswana Homeland in the 1980s, current Bishop of Rustenburg.	14 February 1944
Doyle	Mollie
Doyle	Mnyamana
Doyle	Gerald		1931
Doyle	Alan
Doyle (nee Anderson)	Molly
Drake	Elizabeth	Artist	1866	1954
Drelase	Ciliza		1941
Driver	Jonty	President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), political detainee, educator, poet and writer.	1939
Driver	Jponty	A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned by the apartheid government.
Dryburgh	David	A member of the Communist Party of South Africa
Du Plessis	Barend	Teacher, MP for Florida, 1974; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education and Training, 1983-84; Minister of Finance, 1984-1992.	19-January-1940
du Plessis	Hein	Photographer	13 February 1967
Du Plessis	George
du Plessis	Menan	A member of the South African Communist Party
Du Preez	Hettie	leader of the Garment Workers Union, convenor of first conference of the Federation of South African Women, prominent role in the founding of the African People’s Organisation.
Du Preez	Antonio
du Toit	Jacobus	Author	1847	1911
du Toit	Bettie	Trade unionist	15-July-1910	31-January-2002
Du Val	Charles	Elocutionist and journalist	19-March-1810	14-June-1872
Duarte	Jessie	Former South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women, banned person, political detainee, Chief Operations Officer in the Presidency, previous National Spokesperson for the ANC, Deputy Secretary General of the ANC, member of the ANC NEC, UDF and SACP	19 September 1953	17 July 2022
Dubani	Rufus
Dubani	Sikenke
Dubase	Hamilton
Dubasi	Philemon
Dube	Lucky	South African musical artist and was attributed as one of the world's greatest reggae superstars	03-August-1964	18-October-2007
Dube	John	Educator, politician, author, minister of the Congregational (American Board) Church, founder member and first president of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC).	22 February 1871	11 February 1946
Dube	Molebogeng
Dube	Nokutela (nee Mdima)	Musician, founder member of the Daughters of Africa and wife of John Langalibalele Dube.	1873	25-January-1917
Dube	Lulu	Daughter of African National Congress (ANC) Founder, John Langalibalele Dube	1931	26-May-2016
Dube	John
Dube	Moses
Dube	Molebogeng
Dube	Johanna
Dube	Frederick
Dubeni	Zola			11-November-1987
Dubu	Prince
Dubu	Prince
Dubula	Isaac
Dude	Lesley
Dudley	Richard	Teacher, member of the Anti-CAD Movement and the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM) and President of the New Unity Movement.	1924	31 May 2009
Dudumashe	Elliot
Dugmore	Cameron	A member of the End Conscription Campaign, also part of the University of Cape Town SRC
Duiker	Kabelo Sello	Author, Screenwriter and Editor	13 April 1974	19 January 2005
Dukada	Sisa		1940
Dukada	Sisa
Dukumbana	Mbuzeli
Dullaart	Thys	Artist
Duma	Sibusiso		28 June 1978
Duma	Alfred
Duma	Sinandu
Duma	Gcina
Duma	Martine
Duma	Sinandu
Duma	Thamsanga
Duma	Alfred
Duma	Thamsanqa
Dumbleton	Bertram	Artist	1896	1966
Dumela	David
Dumezweni	Nyeni
Dumisa	Robert
Dumisane	Zulu
Duncan	Patrick	Took part in the Defiance Campaign, national organiser of the Liberal Party and member of the PAC	29-June-1918	04-June-1967
Duncan	Sheena	Teacher, politcal activist and leader of the women's organisation Black Sash.	07-December-1932	04-May-2010
Duncan	Patrick	Barrister and First South African Governor-General	21-December-1870	17-July-1943
Duncan	Florence
Dunga	Gidliza			01-December-1976
Dunjana	Bongani
Dunjwa	Jeremiah	Court Interpreter, teacher, editor and ANC member		1935
Dunjwa	J.
Dunlop	Penelope	Singer and songwriter	16-July-1960
Dwaba	Lungelo
Dwaba	Lungelo
Dwai	Jan
Dwai	Jan
Dwane	James Mata	Church Leader	1848	1916
Dwashu	Maqikela
Dweba	Toto			25 August 1985
Dyakala	Kholisile		1955	24 November 1988
Dyams	Given
Dyams	Given
Dyamse	Pasuja
Dyani	Malcolm
Dyani	Malcolm
Dyantyi	Ntolose
Dyebi	Fred
Dyer	Steve	Musician	1960
Dyonase	Elvis
Dyonase	Elvis
Dyosini	Acting
Dywili	Mfundo
Dywshu	Thembinkosi			26 August 1992
D’Oliveira	Basil	English test cricketer who was banned from playing in South Africa, awarded the Companion of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England.	04-October-1931	19-November-2011

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