Stellenbosch University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• André du Pisani, political scientist and professor at University of Namibia.
• Andries Petrus Treurnicht, theologian and founder of the Conservative Party in South Africa.
• Attie van Heerden, Olympian, rugby union, and rugby league footballer.
• Beyers Naudé, theologian, student of HF Verwoerd and struggle hero.
• Brian Currin, leading Human Rights lawyer.
• Billy Downer, public prosecutor.
• Casper de Vries, is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, composer, director, producer and author of sketches famous for his Afrikaans one man shows.
• Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, Afrikaans poet and writer of the words of Die Stem.
• Cromwell Everson, the classical music composer and composer of the first Afrikaans opera.
• Danie Craven, prominent Rugby player and sport administrator.
• Daniel François Malan, former Prime Minister of South Africa.
• Deon van der Walt, was a singer who performed at the Nico Malan Theatre as a tenor.
• Edwin Cameron, is a Rhodes scholar and High Court judge.
• Elsa Joubert, her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena was translated into 13 languages and staged as a drama.
• Ernst van Heerden, was a leading Afrikaans poet.
• Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, was chancellor of Stellenbosch University, a Political analyst and a former leader of the official opposition of South Africa who resigned the position to form IDASA.
• Friedel Sellschop, was a scientist and pioneer in the field of nuclear applied physics.
• Gerhard Tötemeyer, former Namibian Deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government and Housing.
• Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler, entertainer and former law student.
• Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former Prime Minister of South Africa.
• James Barry Munnik Hertzog, lawyer, former Boer general and Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
• James Leonard Brierley Smith, father of William Smith
• Johann Rupert, businessman and founding trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
• Jan Smuts, former South African Prime Minister, military leader, and international statesman. One of the key figures behind the formation of both the League of Nations and the United Nations.
• Johannes du Plessis Scholtz, was a South African philologist, art historian and art collector.
• Johannes Frederik Janse Van Rensburg, was a South African leader of the Ossewabrandwag.
• Jonathan Trott, is an England Cricketer.
• Lourens Wepener Hugo Ackermann, is one of the four judges appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
• Magnus André De Merindol Malan, last Minister of defence during the Apartheid era.
• Martin Welz, doyen of investigative journalism in South Africa and Editor of South African investigative magazine Noseweek.
• Mark Patterson, private equity investor and founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
• Mike Horn, South African adventurer.
• Peet Pienaar, art student who created an anatomy museum specimen from his own body.
• Riaan Cruywagen, news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the SABC since its first television broadcasts in 1975.
• Rona Rupert, musician and author of 33 Afrikaans books.
• Sampie Terreblanche, former professor of Economics at Stellenbosch and founder member of the Democratic Party.
• Sandra Botha, Former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance (South Africa).
• Stuart Abbott, rugby player and former economics student.
• Uys Krige, famous writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby union player, war correspondent and romantic.
• Vern Poythress, Calvinist philosopher and New Testament scholar
• Zanne Stapelberg, opera soprano