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This is a list of notable alumni and staff of
Stellenbosch University.
Science
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James L Barnard, civil engineer and pioneer of biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment
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Johannes Christiaan de Wet, legal scholar, professor, recognized as South Africa's most influential
jurist.
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Friedel Sellschop, physicist and pioneer in the field of
Nuclear physics.
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James Leonard Brierley Smith,
ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor. First to identify a taxidermied fish as a
coelacanth, at the time thought long extinct.
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Leopoldt van Huyssteen, soil scientist.
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Lulu Latsky, first woman to earn a PhD at Stellenbosch (1930); zoologist and writer.
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Novel Njweipi Chegou, molecular biologist and winner of the
Royal Society Africa Prize in 2022.
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Henda Swart, mathematician
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Taryn Young, physician and epidemiologist.
Law
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Fritz Brand, judge of the
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.
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Baron Steyn, British
Law Lord,
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
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John Dugard, professor of international law at
Leiden University former member of the
International Law Commission ad hoc judge of the
International Court of Justice.
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Lourens Ackermann, former justice of the
Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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Edwin Cameron,
Rhodes scholar and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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Johan Froneman, lawyer and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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Jacob de Villiers, judge,
Chief Justice of South Africa from 1929 to 1932.
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Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician, lawyer, and judge.
Chief Justice of South Africa and acting
Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.
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Henry Allan Fagan, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959.
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Monique Nsanzabaganwa, economist, politician and Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.
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Lucas Cornelius Steyn, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1959 to 1971.
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Pieter Jacobus Rabie, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1982 to 1989.
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Barend van Niekerk, lawyer and academic.
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Pierre de Vos, constitutional law scholar.
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Brian Currin, human rights lawyer.
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Billy Downer, public prosecutor.
Politics
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Naledi Pandor, South African
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (South Africa).
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Sandra Botha, former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for the
Democratic Alliance (South Africa).
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James Barry Munnik Hertzog, former Prime Minister of the
Union of South Africa.
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Magnus André De Merindol Malan, last Minister of defence during the
Apartheid era.
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Gerhard Tötemeyer, former
Namibian Deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government and Housing.
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Johannes Frederik Janse Van Rensburg, former leader of the
Ossewabrandwag.
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Eben Dönges, South African politician who was elected
State President of South Africa, but died before he could take office.
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Andries Treurnicht, politician, Minister of Education during the
Soweto Riots, founded and led the
Conservative Party of South Africa.
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former apartheid-era
Prime Minister of South Africa.
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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, former apartheid-era
Prime Minister of South Africa.
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Daniel François Malan, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
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Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
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Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, former opposition politician who became chancellor of Stellenbosch University.
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Jan Smuts, former South African
Prime Minister.
Business
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Koos Bekker, businessman, billionaire chairman of
Naspers.
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Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet businessman.
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Markus Jooste, businessman and the former CEO of
Steinhoff International.
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Christo Wiese, businessman, former billionaire, chairman of
Shoprite (South Africa).
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Jan Steyn, judge and development leader.
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Beyers Naudé,
theologian and anti-apartheid activist.
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Jannie Mouton, businessman, founder and chairman of PSG Group.
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Mark Patterson,
private equity investor and founder of
MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
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Johann Rupert, businessman and founding trustee of the
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
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Japie van Zyl, deputy director of the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Ntsiki Biyela, winemaker and businesswomen.
Sport
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Stuart Abbott,
rugby player.
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Mari Rabie, Rhodes scholar, triathlete.
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Danie Craven, prominent
Rugby player and
sport administrator.
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Ashley Burdett, Zimbabwean cricketer
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Craig Tiley, CEO of
Tennis Australia and Director of the
Australian Open.
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Attie van Heerden, Olympian, rugby union, and rugby league footballer.
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Jonathan Trott, England Cricketer.
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Max Howell, Australian educator and rugby union player
Arts and music
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Etienne Leroux, writer and member of the South African
Sestigers literary movement.
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Paul Cilliers, philosopher and complexity theorist.
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Casper de Vries, actor and comedian.
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Abraham H. de Vries, writer.
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Liza Grobler, artist.
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Elsa Joubert, novelist.
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Uys Krige, playwright, poet and translator.
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Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, poet who composed words of Afrikaner anthem
Die Stem.
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Willim Welsyn, singer, songwriter, guitarist and podcaster.
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Rona Rupert, musician and author of 33
Afrikaans books.
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Johannes du Plessis Scholtz,
philologist, art historian and art collector.
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Peet Pienaar, performance artist.
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Cromwell Everson, composer of the first
Afrikaans opera.
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Zanne Stapelberg, opera singer.
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Tom Dreyer, novelist and poet writing in both English and Afrikaans.
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Deon van der Walt, opera singer.
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Ernst van Heerden, Afrikaans poet.
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Claudette Schreuders, sculptor and painter
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Karlien de Villiers, artist
Academia
Other
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Mike Horn, adventurer.
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Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari, political scientist.
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John Laredo, anti-apartheid campaigner.
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Riaan Cruywagen, newsreader and voice artist.
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Johan Degenaar, philosopher.
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Siegfried Ngubane, Anglican bishop.
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D. C. S. Oosthuizen, (Daantjie Oosthuizen), philosopher, Christian, critic of Apartheid.
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Vern Poythress,
Calvinist philosopher and
New Testament scholar.
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Martin Welz, investigative journalist and editor of South African investigative magazine
Noseweek.
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Stefanus Gie, diplomat.
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Vuyokazi Mahlati, social entrepreneur, gender activist and global director of the
International Women's Forum
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Max du Preez, author, columnist and the founding editor of
Vrye Weekblad
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