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
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
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
- Tasha de Vasconcelos, model
- Carlos Xavier, former footballer
- Al Bowlly, crooner
Namibia
- Jacques Burger, rugby player
- Dan Craven, cyclist
- Trevor Dodds, golfer
- 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
- Kevin McDaid, photographer
- Cait O'Riordan, musician
- Edward Stourton, journalist
- Hugo Weaving, actor
Morocco
- Just Fontaine, footballer
- Roberto Lopez Ufarte, footballer
- Olivier Martinez, actor
- Richard Virenque, cyclist
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, novelist; author of Lord of the Rings trilogy
- 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
- 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
- Lara Saint Paul, Eritrea-born singer