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Havenga, NC was a South African politician who served as Finance Minister in the governments of J. B. M. Hertzog and Daniel François Malan.
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- 1855-1942
Rose-Innes, James (Sir) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1914 to 1927 and, in the view of many, its greatest ever judge. Before becoming a judge he was a member of the Cape Parliament, the Cape Colony's Attorney-General, and a prominent critic of Cecil John Rhodes.
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Hutt, WH was an English economist who described himself as a classical economist.
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Thomas, Cal is an American syndicated columnist, author and radio commentator.
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Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Spanish politician, member of the Catalan European Democratic Party and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to the Government of Catalonia, he was Minister of Health and Director of the Presidency for various Jordi Pujol Governments.
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McCartney, Jason, MP is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire since 2019, and from 2010 to 2017. He is a former TV sports reporter.
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Queen Nefertiti was a queen of Egypt and wife of King Akhenaton, who played a prominent role in changing Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion to one that was monotheistic, worshipping the sun god known as Aton.
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Joubert, Dereck is an award-winning filmmaker, National Geographic Explorer at Large and wildlife conservationists, who has been filming, researching and exploring in Africa for over 30 years.
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Macmillan, Harold was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
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Mzamane, Godfrey IM was a novelist, literary historian, academic and intellectual pioneer of African studies in South Africa.
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Higginbotham, Evelyn is a professor of Afro-American Studies, African American Religion and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University.
Ludorf, Joseph Francis (Judge)
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Van den Bergh, Henrik Johan (General)
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Van den Bergh, Henrik Johan (General) was a South African police official most famous for founding the Bureau of State Security.
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de Wet Nel, Michel Daniel Christiaan
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Yengwa, Masabalala Bonnie 'MB'
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- 05 December 1923 - 21 July 1987
Yengwa, Masabalala Bonnie 'MB' was the Natal Provincial Secretary of the ANC Youth League, lawyer, 1956 Treason trialist, Director of the Luthuli Memorial Foundation.
Tshunungwa, Thembekile Enoch ka
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Tshunungwa, Thembekile Enoch ka was business person, teacher, National organiser for the ANC and 1956 Treason trialist
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Swart, Ray was a white liberal South African politician who spent his life in opposition to the apartheid policies of the government. He was educated in Durban at Glenwood High School and the University of Natal, where he graduated as a lawyer.
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Qoboza, Percy was an influential black South African journalist, author, and outspoken critic of the apartheid government in South Africa during the early periods of world recognition of the problems evident in the racially divided land.
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Ndungane, Winston Njongonkulu is a retired South African Anglican bishop and a former prisoner on Robben Island. He was the Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman and Archbishop of Cape Town.
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Van Rensburg was the Robben Island warder when Nelson Mandela while serving a prison sentence.
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de Wet, Christiaan was a politician, rebel leader, and Boer general. born on the Leeuwkop farm in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State's Smithfield neighborhood.
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Malan, Wynand is a liberal politician from South Africa who is Afrikaner. Malan, a lawyer, entered politics in the 1977 South African elections when he won the Randburg seat for the National Party in the country's all-white parliament. He was critical of P.W. and belonged to the reform wing of the NP.
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Rooseveld, Theodore Jr was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer.
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- 1889 - 1979
Phillip, Randolph A was a civil rights and labor activist in the United States. He founded and oversaw the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, the first productive labor union with an African American leader. Randolph was a well-known figure in the early Labor Movement and Civil Rights Movement.
Ntsangani, Milner Bonakele Fred
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Blackburn, Molly was a politician, civil rights activist, and anti-apartheid crusader from South Africa who was well-liked by both blacks and whites.
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Schwartz, Harry was an editorial writer for The New York Times from 1951 to 1979 and a specialist in Soviet and East European affairs.
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Koornhof, Pieter (Piet) GJ was a politician from South Africa. He served as a National Party cabinet minister during apartheid, holding several positions in the administrations of B.J. Vorster and P.W. Botha before being named ambassador to the US. He joined the African National Congress in 2001 after apartheid was abolished.
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Major, John is a retired British politician who represented Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, in the British Parliament from 1979 to 2001. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997.
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Stone, Sly is an American musician, composer, and record producer best known for performing the lead vocals for Sly and the Family Stone. During the 1960s and 1970s, he created a groundbreaking mix of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel music that had a major impact on the creation of funk.
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O'Dowd, AP is a professional first class rugby coach and former New Zealand first class cricketer.
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Diop, Cheikh Anta was a Senegalese politician, physicist, historian, and anthropologist who focused on pre-colonial African culture and the history of the human race.
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Nardella, Dario is an Italian politician who has served as Florence's mayor since May 26, 2014, and the city's first metropolitan mayor since January 1, 2015.
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Parker, Aida was one of South Africa's best-known political and investigative journalists.
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Radford, Betty was an editor of the Guardian newspaper, she was elected to the Cape Town City Council in 1943.
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O'Brien, Conor Cruise was a diplomat, politician, historian, author, and professor from Ireland who held the position of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1973 to 1977.
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- 22 May 1874 - 7 February 1959
Malan, Daniel Francois (DF) was a South African politician who presided as the country's fourth prime minister between 1948 and 1954. During his time as prime minister, the National Party put into effect the apartheid regime, which enforced racial segregation laws.
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Armah, Ayi Kwei is a Ghanaian author best known for writing The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Two Thousand Seasons, and The Healers, among other books. Along with poems, short stories, and children's books, he also writes essays.
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Giamatti, Bartlett was the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball, the president of Yale University, and an American professor of English Renaissance literature. Only five months into his tenure as commissioner, Giamatti passed away abruptly from a heart attack.
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- 1822 - 1893
Hayes, Rutherford B was a lawyer and politician from the United States who presided over the country as its 19th president from 1877 to 1881 after serving as the governor of Ohio and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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- 1864 - 1920
Weber, Max was considered as one of the most significant thinkers of the evolution of contemporary Western society. He was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist. His theories have a significant impact on social theory and research.
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Woodson, Carter G was a journalist, historian, and founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in the United States. He was among the earliest academics to research the history of the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans.
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Casely Hayford, JE was a well-known journalist, editor, author, lawyer, politician, and supporter of pan-African nationalism from the Fante Gold Coast. One of the first books written by an African author and published in English was his 1911 book Ethiopia Unbound.
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Stokes, Anson Phelps was a well-to-do American businessman, banker, real estate developer, genealogist, and philanthropist. He was the son of James Boulter and Caroline Stokes, both of New York City. One of the 13 founding members of the London Missionary Society and a London businessman, Thomas Stokes, was his paternal grandpa.
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Bin Laden, Osama was a Saudi Arabian-born founder of the Pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda.
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Maisels, Isie (QC) was the Judge President of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland as well as a judge on the High Court of Rhodesia. He practiced law in South Africa from 1928 until his retirement in 1992 and was widely regarded as one of the nation's most formidable legal minds and preeminent among his generation of advocates.
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Rumpff, Frans Lourens Herman (Judge) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1974 to 1982.
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- 14 August 1890 - 11 October 1959
Pirow, Oswald (QC) was a South African lawyer and far right politician, who held office as minister of Justice, thereafter minister of Defence.
Conco, Wilson Zamindlela 'Zami' (Dr)
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Conco, Wilson Zamindlela 'Zami' (Dr) was a medical doctor, national treasurer of the ANC Youth League in 1950s, member of the ANC, 1956 Treason trialist.
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- 1903 - 1960
Mtwana, Ida was elected to the ANC Executive Committee, the first president of the ANC Women's League, national president of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), and a defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial.
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Blom-Cooper, Louis was a public and administrative law expert who also wrote in English.
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Make, Vusumzi was a lawyer and civil rights advocate from South Africa.
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De Villiers, Etienne is a business executive and investor in international media and sports. He is the CEO of DataEQ, a well-known South African company that conducts opinion research.
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Hooks, Kevin is an American actor, director, and producer. He is well-known for his work in Aaron Loves Angela and Sounder, but he is perhaps best known for his portrayal as Morris Thorpe in the TV series The White Shadow.
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Harewood, David is a British presenter and actor. His most well-known performances include those of J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter, and Hank Henshaw, Cyborg Superman in Supergirl, as well as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in Homeland.
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Nyqvist, Michael acted in Swedish films. He received his training at the Malmö School of Drama. He rose to fame by playing police officer Banck in the Martin Beck TV series from 1997 to 1998 and by starring in the 2002 movie Grabben I graven bredvid.
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Kennett, Jason is a South African actor best known for his 2010–2011 appearance in the M-Net soap opera Binneland Sub Judice as bistro owner Emilio Castignani.
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Liquorish, Kate is a South African actress who has received numerous nominations for best actress and best supporting actress at the renowned Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards for her theatrical work.
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Minnaar, Dawid is a playwright and actor from South Africa. He began his theatrical career in the 1980s and went on to play a number of well-known characters in television series like 7de Laan, Amalia, and Binnelanders.
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Lotz, Deon is a South African film, television, and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for roles in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Beauty. He has appeared in both English- and Afrikaans-language productions.
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Burnham, Burnham is a former Research Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, United States.
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Nicolette Naylor is a South African feminist human rights lawyer, with a Masters in International Human Rights. In 2007 she joined philanthropy as a Program Officer for Human Rights at the Ford Foundation. In 2015 she assumed the role of Regional Director for Ford Foundation's Southern Africa office. Nicolette has focused on women’s rights as well as the practice of social justice philanthropy and has written extensively about the practice of social justice philanthropy and its contradictions when it comes to power and privilege.
Seipei, James 'Stompie' Moeketsi
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- 1974 - 1989
Seipei, James 'Stompie' Moeketsi was a teenage United Democratic Front (UDF) activist from Parys in South Africa.
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Feinstein, Charles was a noted South African and British economic historian. He was born in Johannesburg, received his early education at Parktown Boys' High School and studied at Witwatersrand University and Cambridge University where he completed his doctorate.
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- 1892 - 1942
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- 1905 - 1961
Hammarskold, Dag was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death.
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- 1832 - 1912
Blyden, Edward Wilmot was a Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to the country.
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Fischer, Percy was a South African judge president of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He was the son of politician Abraham Fischer and the father of the lawyer Bram Fischer.
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- 1895 - 1918
Fischer, Ruth was an Austrian and German Communist and a co-founder of the Austrian Communist Party in 1918. She later became a staunch anti-Stalinist activist.
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