Biographies
4,539 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0066410 | biography | Ruth Alexander | 1888-1942 | ✓ |
| B-0066278 | biography | Alex Hepple | 1904-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0064870 | biography | Isaiah Stein | 1931-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064864 | biography | Sicelo Mhlauli | 1949-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0064863 | biography | Sparrow Mkonto | 1951-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0064862 | biography | Fort Calata | 1956-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0064852 | biography | Matthew Goniwe | 1947-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0009265 | biography | Shaka Zulu | 1787-1828 | ✓ |
| B-0009101 | biography | Sylvester Stein | 1920-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0009024 | biography | George Sewpersadh | 1936 | – |
| B-0009017 | biography | Pixley ka Isaka Seme | 1881-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008948 | biography | Robert M. Resha | 1920-1973 | ✓ |
| B-0008856 | biography | Sir Ernest Oppenheimer | 1880 | – |
| B-0008622 | biography | Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi | 1960 | ✓ |
Alan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and…
Alex Hepple
Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His father, Thomas Hepple (1869-1942), an immigrant from…
Isaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died,…
Sicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon…
Sparrow Mkonto
Sparrow Mkonto was born on 24 December 1951 in Cradock. He left school after Standard 8 (Grade 10) and worked for the Railways, where he…
Fort Calata
Fort Calata was born on 5 November 1956. Fort’s grandfather, the Reverend Canon James Arthur Calata, was the Secretary General of the…
Matthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and…
Shaka Zulu
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the…
Sylvester Stein
Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied engineering at Howard College in…
George Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was…
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a…
Robert M. Resha
Robert M. Resha was born in Bolotwe,Queenstown, Eastern Province [Now Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal…
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer
Ernest Oppenheimer was born on 22 May 1880 in Friedberg, Germany. He was the son of Edward Oppenheimer, a cigar merchant. Oppenheimer began…
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town. She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone…