LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.joburg.org.za/

Population:
3,225,812 (2001)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of the Witwatersrand	1896

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Harmony Gold Mining	1950
Comair (South Africa)	1946
Sappi Limited	1936
De Beers	1888

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter Abrahams	Novelist	3-Mar-1919	18-Jan-2017	Mine Boy
Neill Blomkamp	Film Director	17-Sep-1979		District 9
Kevin Carter	Photographer	13-Sep-1960	27-Jul-1994	Wanting A Meal
Allan M. Cormack	Physicist	23-Feb-1924	7-May-1998	Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
John Charles Daly	Game Show Host	20-Feb-1914	24-Feb-1991	Host of What's My Line?
Ernie Els	Golf	17-Oct-1969		Winner of 4 majors
Meyer Feldberg	Educator	17-Mar-1942		Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004
Louis Hayward	Actor	19-Mar-1909	21-Feb-1985	The Man in the Iron Mask
Sid James	Actor	8-May-1913	26-Apr-1976	Carry on...
Craig Johnston	Soccer	25-Jun-1960		Liverpool F.C. retired
F. W. de Klerk	Head of State	18-Mar-1936		President of South Africa, 1989-94
Robert Z. Lawrence	Economist	c. 1948		Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001
Manfred Mann	Musician	21-Oct-1940		Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Dave Matthews	Musician	9-Jan-1967		The Dave Matthews Band
James McClure	Novelist	9-Oct-1939		British mystery novelist
Michael Melvill	Astronaut	11-Nov-1941		First private astronaut in space
Zakes Mokae	Actor	5-Aug-1935		The Serpent and the Rainbow
Steve Nash	Basketball	7-Feb-1974		Los Angeles Lakers point guard
Trevor Noah	Comic	20-Feb-1984		Anchor of The Daily Show
Nicky Oppenheimer	Business	8-Jun-1945		Chairman of De Beers
Sasha Pieterse	Actor	17-Feb-1996		Alison DiLaurentis on Pretty Little Liars
Oscar Pistorius	Track and Field	22-Nov-1986		Paralympic sprinter, shot girlfriend
Gary Player	Golf	1-Nov-1935		Winner of 9 Major tournaments
Trevor Rabin	Guitarist	13-Jan-1955		Guitarist and soundtrack composer
Basil Rathbone	Actor	13-Jun-1892	21-Jul-1967	Played original Sherlock Holmes
Justin Rose	Golf	30-Jul-1980		Winner, 2013 US Open
Charl Schwartzel	Golf	31-Aug-1984		Winner, 2011 Masters Tournament
Jackie Selebi	Government	7-Mar-1950		Interpol President, 2004-08
Janet Suzman	Actor	9-Feb-1939		Nicholas and Alexandra
Justine Waddell	Actor	4-Nov-1976		Tess of the D'Urbervilles

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hastings Banda	Head of State	1898	25-Nov-1997	First President of Malawi
Lucky Dube	Singer	3-Aug-1964	18-Oct-2007	South African reggae star
Brenda Fassie	Singer	3-Nov-1964	9-May-2004	South African pop diva
Nadine Gordimer	Novelist	20-Nov-1923	13-Jul-2014	South African novelist
Emrys Jones	Actor	22-Sep-1915	10-Jul-1972	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Bobby Locke	Golf	20-Nov-1917	9-Mar-1987	Won the British Open four times
Milton Obote	Head of State	28-Dec-1924	10-Oct-2005	Two-time President of Uganda
Reza Shah Pahlavi	Head of State	16-Mar-1878	26-Jul-1944	Shah of Iran, 1925-41
Oliver Tambo	Government	27-Oct-1917	24-Apr-1993	ANC President, 1969-91

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