List of white Africans of European ancestry

This is a list of notable white Africans, including both European immigrants who obtained African citizenship and their descendants.

List

Algeria

Daniel Auteuil, actor
Albert Camus, writer
Pierre Chaulet, physician
Mickaël Fabre, footballer
Danièle Minne, activist
Emmanuel Roblès, writer
Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer
Jean Sénac, poet

Angola

Carlos Alberto Fernandes, footballer
Hugo Ferreira, rock musician
Paulo Figueiredo, footballer
Pepetela, novelist
João Ricardo, footballer
Pedro Emanuel, footballer
Madjer, beach soccer player

Botswana

Roy Blackbeard, diplomat
Ruth Williams Khama, former first lady
John Mackenzie (1835-99), missionary to and advocate for the Tswana people, first governor of British Bechuanaland
Samantha Paxinos, swimmer

Kenya

Roger Chapman, golfer
Richard Dawkins, evolutionist
Ian Duncan, rally driver
Jason Dunford, swimmer
David Dunford, swimmer
Chris Froome, cyclist
Peter Hain, Labour Party politician
Louis Leakey, archaeologist
Richard Leakey, paleoanthropologist
Bruce Mackenzie, politician
Beryl Markham, aviator
Eva Monley, film producer

Morocco

Bibiana Fernandez, actress
Just Fontaine, footballer
Roberto Lopez Ufarte, footballer
Olivier Martinez, actor
Richard Virenque, cyclist

Mozambique

Jorge Cadete, former footballer
Ricardo Campos, footballer
Carlos Cardoso, journalist
Mia Couto, writer
Roger De Sá, football manager
Ruy Guerra, director and screenwriter
Teresa Heinz, philanthropist
Jojó, footballer
Carlos Queiroz, football coach
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, military officer
Tasha de Vasconcelos, model
Carlos Xavier, former footballer
Al Bowlly, crooner

Namibia

Jacques Burger, rugby player
Dan Craven, cyclist
Trevor Dodds, golfer
Till Drobisch, cyclist
Erik Hoffmann, cyclist
Adolph Jentsch, artist
Gert Lotter, cricketer and rugby player
Michelle McLean, Miss Universe 1992
Percy Montgomery, rugby player
Dirk Mudge, politician
De-Wet Nagel, musician
Du Preez Grobler, rugby player
Behati Prinsloo, model
Oliver Risser, footballer
Manfred Starke, footballer
Johannes van der Merwe, cricketer
Raimar von Hase, farmer
Anoeschka von Meck, writer
Arend von Stryk, footballer

Nigeria

Christina Dodwell, adventurer
Caroline Hawley, journalist
Fiona Fullerton, actress
John Godwin and Gillian Hopwood, architects
Kevin McDaid, photographer
Cait O'Riordan, musician
James Reyne, musician
Edward Stourton, journalist
Sussan Ley, politician
Hugo Weaving, actor

Seychelles

James Mancham, first president (1976-1977)
France-Albert René, second president (1977-2004)
Gérard Hoarau, opposition leader

South Africa

Raymond Ackerman, businessman
Ken Andrew, politician
Greg Albertyn, World and US Motocross Champion
John-Lee Augustyn, cyclist
Hugh Baiocchi, golfer
Christiaan Barnard, heart surgeon
David Bateson, actor
Mike Bernardo, kickboxer
Matthew Booth, footballer
Jacobus Boshoff, voortrekker
Louis Botha, politician
P. W. Botha, former state president
Pik Botha, diplomat
Sandra Botha, Democratic Alliance leader
Leon Botha, rapper and painter
Sydney Brenner, biologist
Breyten Breytenbach, anti-apartheid activist
Jan Breytenbach, soldier
Bles Bridges, singer
André Brink, writer
Schalk Burger, rugby player
Zola Budd, track athlete
Rory Byrne, Formula One designer
Kitch Christie, onetime Springboks coach
Sarel Cilliers, voortrekker
Tim Clark, golfer
Gerrie Coetzee, boxer
J. M. Coetzee, novelist
Hansie Cronje, cricketer
Kevin Curren, tennis player
Ian Davidson, politician
Racheltjie de Beer, Afrikaner heroine
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, Boer commander
F. W. de Klerk, former state president; worked towards ending apartheid
Koos de la Rey, Boer commander
Casper de Vries, entertainer
Natalie du Toit, swimmer
Anri du Toit, actress and rapper
Os du Randt, rugby player
Sean Dundee, footballer
Giniel De Villiers, rally raid champion
Cromwell Everson, composer
Schalk Ferreira, rugby player
Wayne Ferreira, tennis player
Darren Fichardt, golfer
Bram Fischer, lawyer
Mark Fish, footballer
Mary Anne Fitzgerald, writer and journalist resident in Kenya
Bruce Fordyce, marathon athlete
Jaque Fourie, rugby player
Mark González, footballer
Anton Goosen, musician
Retief Goosen, golfer
Nadine Gordimer, writer
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, actor
J. B. M. Hertzog, politician
Penelope Heyns, swimmer
Steve Hofmeyr, singer
Butch James, rugby player
Craig Johnston, footballer
Piet Joubert, Boer commander
Jacques Kallis, cricketer
Olaf Kölzig, NHL hockey player
Johan Kriek, tennis player
Antjie Krog, writer
Paul Kruger, politician
Gé Korsten, singer
Brett Kebble, businessman
Alice Krige, actress
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, author of South African national anthem
Chad le Clos, swimmer
Tony Leon, politician
Paul Lloyd, Jr, wrestler
Bobby Locke, former golfer
Adolph "Sailor" Malan, World War II Flying ace
Daniel François Malan, former prime minister
Magnus Malan, soldier
Daniel François Malan, former prime minister
Jeremy Mansfield, radio personality
Eugene Marais, poet
Victor Matfield, rugby player
Dave Matthews, musician
Elana Meyer, runner
Pieter Mulder, politician
Steve Nash, basketball player
Ryk Neethling, swimmer
Harry Oppenheimer, businessman
Nicky Oppenheimer, businessman
Alan Paton, novelist
Francois Pienaar, rugby player
Sasha Pieterse, actress
Kevin Pietersen, cricketer
Oscar Pistorius,athlete
Gary Player, golfer
Graeme Pollock, cricketer
Andries Hendrik Potgieter, voortrekker
Andries Pretorius, voortrekker, Pretoria founder
Piet Retief, voortrekker
Cecil Rhodes, Cape imperialist
Justin Rose, golfer
Anton Rupert, businessman
Johann Rupert, businessman
Jody Scheckter, Formula One driver
Leon Schuster, comedian
Harry Schwarz, lawyer
Mark Shuttleworth, space tourist
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician
Joe Slovo, South African Communist Party leader
Jan Smuts, former prime minister
Andre Stander, career criminal
Martinus Theunis Steyn, politician
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, former prime minister
Helen Suzman, politician
Janet Suzman, actress (niece of Helen Suzman)
Basil Rathbone, actor
Candice Swanepoel, model
Charles Robberts Swart, politician
Roland Schoeman, swimmer
Eugène Terre'Blanche, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader
ZP Theart, singer
Charlize Theron, actress
J.R.R Tolkien, writer
Shaun Tomson, surfer
Piet Uys, voortrekker
Pieter-Dirk Uys, comedian
Bok van Blerk, singer
Irene van Dyk, netball champion
Siener van Rensburg, Boer prophet
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, politician
Joost van der Westhuizen, rugby player
Minki van der Westhuizen, model
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former prime minister
Daniel Vickerman, rugby player
Constand Viljoen, soldier
Hans Vonk, footballer
B. J. Vorster, former prime minister
Arnold Vosloo, actor
Jake White, rugby coach
Watkin Tudor Jones, actor and rapper
Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape
Troye Sivan, web star

Swaziland

Richard E. Grant, actor
Keith Fraser, skier
Luke Hall, swimmer
Wickus Nienaber, swimmer

Tanzania

Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Norwegian politician
Alan Johnston, journalist
Jon Haylett, novelist
Nico Ladenis, chef
Tim Macartney-Snape, mountaineer
Michael Riegels, lawyer
Alex Rontos, political adviser
Werner Schuster, physician
Naomi Wilson, Australian politician
Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician

Zambia

Greg Aplin, Australian politician
Phil Edmonds, cricketer
John Edmond, singer
Gabriel Ellison, co-designer of Zambian national flag
Stanley Fischer, economist
Tawny Gray, sculptor
A. C. Grayling, philosopher
Corné Krige, rugby player
David Livingstone, physician, missionary
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, music producer
Edna Maskell, hurdle athlete
Lindsay Reeler, cricketer
Alan Rusbridger, journalist
Guy Scott, president
Stevie Vann, singer

Zimbabwe

Roy Bennett, politician
Byron Black, tennis player
Catherine Buckle, writer
Ryan Cairns, golfer
Mike Campbell, farmer
Marc Cayeux, golfer
David Coltart, politician
Kirsty Coventry, swimmer
Eddie Cross, politician
Chelsy Davy, onetime girlfriend of Prince Harry
Brendon de Jonge, golfer
Clifford Dupont, former Rhodesian president
Andy Flower, cricketer
Humphrey Gibbs, politician
Peter Godwin, writer
Bruce Grobbelaar, footballer
Heidi Holland, journalist
Ernest Lucas Guest, Royal Air Force pilot
Tony Johnstone, golfer
Nigel Lamb, aviator
Doris Lessing, novelist
Mark McNulty, golfer
Nick Price, golfer
Conrad Rautenbach, rally driver
Ronald Reid-Daly, soldier; leader of the Selous Scouts
Glen Salmon, footballer
Alexander McCall Smith, writer
Ian Smith, former Rhodesian prime minister
Timothy Stamps, politician
Trudy Stevenson, politician
Wrex Tarr, entertainer
Clem Tholet, singer
Garfield Todd, former Rhodesian prime minister
Mark Vermeulen, cricketer
Peter Walls, soldier
General Michael Dawson Walker, British soldier
Roy Welensky, former Rhodesia and Nyasaland prime minister

Others

Adeline André, Ubangi-Shari-born fashion designer
Steve Barker, Lesotho-born former footballer
Paul Bérenger, former prime minister of Mauritius
Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian actress
Alvaro Cervera, Equatorial Guinean footballer
Claire Denis, Cameroon-born writer
Nuno Espírito Santo, São Tomé and Príncipe-born former footballer
Claudio Gentile, Italian Libya-born footballer
Gerardo Miranda, French West Africa-born footballer
Lara Saint Paul, Eritrea-born singer

See also

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