Biography Index
| Last name | First name | Synopsis | Date of birth | Date of death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | J | Mthembu | |||
| Jabane | Petrus | 11-November-1980 | |||
 | Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) | Petrus | Member of the ANC, MK, was killed in combat engaging South African Security Forces, recipient of the National Order for Bravery | 6 January 1957 | November 1980 |
| Jabanje | Levy | |||
| Jabavu | Alexander | Political activist, member of the ICU | 1889 | 1946 | |
 | Jabavu | Davidson | Academic and writer | 20-October-1885 | 03-August-1959 |
 | Jabavu | Helen | Writer and journalist | 20-August-1919 | 19-June-2008 |
 | Jabavu | John | Founder of the first Bantu-language newspaper in South Africa, political leader in the Cape and educator. | 11-January-1859 | 10-September-1921 |
| Jabu | 11-November-1986 | ||||
| Jabulani | Mkhize | |||
| Jabulani | Mkuzo | |||
| Jabulani | Radebe | |||
| Jack | Mkhuseli "Khusta" | Political activist, Eastern Cape UDF Executive member, businessperson | 31-May-1958 | ||
| Jack | Musutabantu | |||
| Jack | Samukele | |||
| Jack | Jaxa | |||
| Jack | Mthetwa | |||
| Jack | Nkabinde | |||
| Jack | Nzuzu | |||
| Jack | Phikwane | |||
| Jack | Mziwonke | 19 June 1991 | ||
| Jackson | Lumumba | |||
| Jackson | Mabele | |||
| Jackson | Maseti | |||
| Jackson | Mbali | |||
| Jackson | Mdinga | |||
| Jackson | Mosengela | |||
| Jackson | Zatu | |||
| Jackson | Ntsoane | |||
| Jacob | Monare | 11-November-1991 | |||
| Jacob | Padi | |||
| Jacob | Diba | |||
| Jacob | Litlakanyane | |||
| Jacob | Mashigo | |||
| Jacob | Molefe | |||
| Jacob | Msiza | |||
| Jacob | Nghidinum | |||
| Jacob | Nkatlo | |||
| Jacob | Seathlolo | |||
| Jacob | Zweni | |||
 | Jacobs | Yusuf | teacher, principal, rector of Bechet College, member of APDUSA and Chair of KESP | 17-September-1940 | |
| Jacobs | Xoliso | 22-October-1987 | |||
| Jacobs | Mervyn | 08-September-1976 | |||
| Jacobs | John | 09-September-1976 | |||
| Jacobs | Peter | ||||
 | Jacobs | Dikkie Mxolisi | 22 October 1986 | ||
| Jacobsz | Hendrik | ||||
| Jaffe | Basil | A medical doctor and part of the Young Communists league. | ||
 | Jaffer | Zubeida | Journalist | 1958 | |
| Jakavula | Herbert | ||||
| Jale | David | ||||
 | Jali | Thamsanqa | Artist | 1955 | |
| James | Vincent | ||||
| James | Ben | |||
| James | Buyaphi | |||
| James | Chirwa | |||
| James | Kati | |||
| James | Kayo | |||
| James | Liwonde | |||
| James | Mdluli | |||
| James | Ngqondela | |||
| James | Sibisi | |||
 | Jameson | Leander | Medical Doctor; Matabele Induna; Member of the Pioneer Column; Chief Magistrate of the British South Africa Company; Administrator of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); leader of the Progressive Party; Prime Minister of the Cape Colony; leader of the Unionist Party. | 09-February-1853 | 26-November-1917 |
 | Jana | Devikarani | Human rights lawyer and underground ANC operative; member of the South African Law Commission; former Member of Parliament; South African ambassador to the Netherlands and Ireland, Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission and author. | 5 December 1943 | 10 October 2020 |
 | Jansen | Robert | Musician | 05-August-1949 | 07-July-2010 |
 | Jansen | Judge | South African Appeal Court judge. | 27 June 1918 | 2011 |
 | Jantjes | Gavin | South African artist, academic and curator | 1948 | |
| Jantjies | Mnyanda | 01-September-1987 | |||
| Jantjies | Timothy | ||||
| Jantjies | Tembekile | ||||
| Jantjies | Robson | ||||
| Jantjies | Robson | |||
| Jantjies | Mnyand | 1964 | 1 September 1987 | |
| Januarie | Charlie | ||||
| Januarie | Radebe | |||
 | Jarsa | Bisho | |||
 | Jason | Fanie | Photographer | 15-May-1953 | |
| Jassat | Abdulhay | Political activist, member of TIC and MK | 12 June 1934 | |
 | Jassat | Essop | Medical doctor, Chairperson of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress and the Transvaal anti-SAIC Committee, member of the ANC, Member of Parliament, patron of the United Democratic Front. | 05-October-1932 | |
| Jasson | Christina | Trade unionist, SACTU member and 1956 Treason trialist | 1928 | |
| Jatoiva | Toiva | |||
| Jaxa | Jack | ||||
| Jaxa | Vezile | 1937 | 1 November 1963 | |
| Jaza | Felix | 02-November-1963 | |||
| Jebe | Xola | 11-November-1984 | |||
| Jeewa | Ebrahim | |||
| Jefferey | Keye | |||
| Jeffrey | Baardman | |||
| Jekeqa | Phindile | ||||
 | Jele | Josiah | African National Congress (ANC) Director of International Affairs, ANC’s political commissar in Tanzania and Ambassador to United Nations (UN) and an Award winner of The Order Luthuli in Silver. | 01-May-1930 | |
| Jele | Rueben | |||
 | Jenkin | Timothy | South African writer, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is best known for his 1979 escape from Pretoria Local Prison (part of the Pretoria Central Prison complex), along with Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris. | 1948 | |
| Jenkins | Trefor | A medical doctor. | ||
 | Jensma | Wopko | Artist | 26-July-1939 | |
 | Jeppe | Julius | Mining and property magnate, knighted for his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg. | July 1859 | 02-September-1929 |
| Jeremia | Francis | |||
| Jeremiah | Ekandjo | |||
| Jeremiah | Leeuw | |||
| Jeremiah | Mekhae | |||
| Jeremiah | Nefolovhodwe | |||
| Jeremy | Alan | |||
| Jerry | Lentsoane | |||
| Jessop | Jill | A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government. | ||
| Jewell | Gillian | |||
| Jezile | Phillip | |||
| Jhaveri | Abdullah | Political activist | ||
| Jhaveri | Omar | |||
| Jiba | Fanie | 3 June 1992 | ||
| Jibiliza | Nellie | Member of the ANC, Regional secretary of the African National Congress Women’s League and FEDSAW, and member of the | 1926 | June, 1933 |
 | Jijase | Patrick | Miner, Worker, Marikana Casuality | 16 August 2012 | |
| Jim | Magagula | |||
 | Jim | Irvin | Irvin Jim is a Trade Unionist who is a firm Marxist follower. He was the spokesperson for NOMUSA when it was removed from the Congress of South African Trade Unions. He is a critique of the ruling ANC party, and he accuses them of failing with the implementation of the 1955 Freedom Charter and blames them for Xenophobic violence. He is a secretary of the Socialist Revolutionary Worker. | 01 February 1968 | |
| Jimmy | Mabasa | |||
| Jimmy | Ngobeni | |||
| Jimmy | Ngyogolo | |||
| Jinta | Holiday | ||||
| Jiyane | Lucas | ||||
| Joab | Kweza | |||
| Job | John | ||||
| Job | John | |||
| Jobo | Titus | ||||
 | Jobodwana | Patricia | Youngest Black women to graduate from a South African university | ||
| Jobodwana | Gcinumzi | |||
| Joel | Gwabeni | |||
| Joel | Kers | |||
| Joel | Siduma | |||
| Joffe | Louis | A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) | ||
| Joffe | Max | A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) | ||
| Johannes | Boesak | |||
| Johannes | Bogale | |||
| Johannes | Hlapo | |||
| Johannes | Mahlangu | |||
| Johannes | Mapanga | |||
| Johannes | Ndlovu | |||
| Johannes | Seleka | |||
| Johannes | Shabangu | |||
| John | Gaetswe | |||
| John | Gamya | |||
| John | Marao | |||
| John | Masinga | |||
| John | Menzeleli | |||
| John | Msizu | |||
| John | Mtana | |||
| John | Mtati | |||
| John | Nene | |||
| John | Nkosi | |||
| John | Pati | |||
| John | Peter | |||
| John | Phala | |||
| John | Piet | |||
| John | Ramashabu | |||
| John | Seroke | |||
| John | Shidomo | |||
| John | Siganga | |||
| John | Xintolo | |||
 | Johnson | Gail | |||
| Johnson | Erol | 04-February-1977 | |||
| Johnson | Peter | 11-November-1984 | |||
| Johnson | Monde | ||||
 | Johnson | Nkosi | HIV child activist | 4 February 1989 | 1 June 2001 |
| Johnson | Dlevu | |||
| Johnson | Kondoti | |||
| Johnson | Nongena | |||
| Johnson | Nyathi | |||
| Johnson | Sideio | |||
| Johnson | Monde | |||
| Jojo | Ntlabati | banished person | ||
 | Jokanisi | Semi | Miner, Worker, Marikana Casuality | 13 August 2012 | |
 | Jolobe | James James | Author and poet | 25-July-1902 | 16-May-1976 |
| Jolobe | Litha | ||||
| Jomo | Mnisi | |||
| Jona | Zakhele | |||
| Jonas | Lawrence | 26-December-1976 | |||
| Jonas | Samuel | 1932 | 9 July 1965 | ||
| Jonas | Bongani | |||
| Jonas | Mashego | |||
| Jonas | Mashiwela | |||
| Jonas | Naghivela | |||
| Jonas | Samuel | 1932 | 9 July 1965 | |
| Jonathan | Hermanus | |||
| Jonathan | Mathe | |||
| Jonathan | Sibiya | |||
 | Jones | John | Director of the SAIRR, writer, researcher, and editor, member of Senate | 05-July-1884 | 1953 |
 | Jones | Peter | Activist and member of the Black People's Convention. He was arrested with Steve Biko in 1977. | 07-December-1950 | |
 | Jones | David | Rabbit hunter, politician and founder member of the CPSA. | 1883 | 13-April-1924 |
| Jones | Hekelia | |||
| Jones | Cyril | A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and the Springbok Legion | ||
| Jongele | Mbekeza | |||
| Jongile | Madikane | |||
| Jongile | Mgweba | |||
| Jongumzi | Sisulu | |||
 | Jonker | Ingrid | Poet | 19-September-1933 | 19-July-1965 |
 | Joosub | Mohamed Hajee | Community activist | 1862 | 27 August 1944 |
 | Jordaan | Jan | Painter, sculptor and graphic artist | 1948 | 2014 |
| Jordaan | Daniel | Anti-apartheid activist, lawyer, lecturer, soccer administrator, Member of Parliament, Danny Jordaan was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Gold for ensuring that South Africa secured the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup and for the suc | 03-September-1951 | ||
 | Jordan | Zweledinga Pallo | Former Minister of Arts and Culture, political activist, analyst and writer. | 22 May 1942 | |
 | Jordan | Archibald | Novelist, author and academic | 30-October-1906 | 20 October 1968 |
| Josef | Kashea | |||
 | Joseph | Helen | Teacher, social worker, political activist, political prisoner, banned person, trade unionist, founder member of the Congress of Democrats, recipient of the ANC's highest award, the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Medal for her devotion to the South African liberation struggle. | 08-April-1905 | 25-December-1992 |
 | Joseph | Jack | Photographer and political activist | 1927 | |
| Joseph | Zami | |||
| Joseph | Balizulu | |||
| Joseph | Booi | |||
| Joseph | Daniels | |||
| Joseph | Ipangelwa | |||
| Joseph | Koza | |||
| Joseph | Maake | |||
| Joseph | Madijo | |||
| Joseph | Mafi | |||
| Joseph | Malingwe | |||
| Joseph | Mashigo | |||
| Joseph | Matiwane | |||
| Joseph | Mayedewa | |||
| Joseph | Mpongoshe | |||
| Joseph | Ndabesita | |||
| Joseph | Ndhlovu | |||
| Joseph | Ntsoelengoe | |||
| Joseph | Pani | |||
| Joseph | Pantshwa | |||
| Joseph | Simelane | |||
| Joseph | Sono | |||
| Joshua | Maleeme | |||
| Joshua | Msitshana | |||
| Josiah | Makofana | |||
| Jospeh | Leepile | |||
 | Joubert | Piet | Commandant General, Acted as President of the Transvaal | 20-January-1831, | 28-March-1900 |
 | Joubert | Elsa | Teacher and celebrated novelist | 19-October-1922 | |
 | Joubert | Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" | Author, poet, political activist, World War II prisoner of war, founder member of Al-Jihaad , member of MK. | 07-December-1920 | 23-December-2002 |
 | Joubert | Marlise | journalist, librarian, poet, writer, editor and painter | 17-December-1945 | |
| Joubert | Kefa | |||
| Joyi | Milton | ||||
| Joyi | Twalimfene | Member of the ANC, banished person | 31 March 1976 | |
| Joyi | Marelane | Banished person | ||
| Joyi | Twasifeni | 22-February-1977 | |||
| Joyiya | Mxolisi | ||||
| Jude | Francis | ||||
| Julius | Landingwe | |||
| Julius | Matulana | |||
| July | Elby | ||||
| July | Pakana | ||||
| Justice | Mpanza |