Viljoen
Viljoen coat-of-arms.
Viljoen is an Afrikaans surname, derived from the French Villion.[1] It was brought to South Africa in 1671 by French Huguenots who subsequently intermarried with the local Dutch population.[2]
The progenitors of the extended Viljoen clan are François Villion (born Clermont, Île-de-France) and Cornelia Campenaar (born Middelburg, Zeeland). Married in the Cape of Good Hope, they later farmed for a living near Stellenbosch. Some of their descendants include:
- Barend Viljoen (born 1908), South African military commander
- Ken Viljoen (1910-1974), South African cricketer and cricket manager
- Marais Viljoen (1915-2007), ceremonial State President of South Africa
- Gerrit Viljoen (born 1926), former South African government minister
- Constand Viljoen (born 1933), former South African military commander and politician
- Jurie Viljoen (born 1942), Namibian politician
- Lucas C Viljoen, (born 1943) pedagoque, pioneer of South Africa's parallel-medium schools
- Colin Viljoen (born 1948), South African born former English international footballer
- Harry Viljoen, (born 1959) Coached the South African rugby team from 2000 to 2002
- Irene van Dyk, née Viljoen (born 1972), South African and New Zealand international netballer
- Alwyn Viljoen, (born 1968) print and radio journalist
- Francois Christiaan Viljoen, (born 1975), Business Owner
- Joggie Viljoen (born 1976), South African rugby union footballer
- Dirk Viljoen (born 1977), former cricketer
- Sunette Viljoen (born 1983), South African javelin thrower
- Christi Viljoen (born 1987), Namibian cricketer
- Lettie Viljoen, pseudonym of the South African author Ingrid Winterbach
- Nik Viljoen, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Jannie Viljoen(born 1971), SA Springbok Sprinter
- Andries C. Viljoen (born 1944), Homopathic Doctor
- Jan C. Louis Viljoen (born 1915), Train Station Master
- Hardus Viljoen (born 1989), South African Domestic Cricketer