Born in Johannesburg

Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and the eighth largest city in Africa. The city is the seat of the Constitutional Court and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The capital of the Gauteng province also hosted the final of the 2010 World Cup. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Johannesburg.

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Actor, best known for his role as Sherlock Holmes in fourteen films made between 1939 and 1946	1892	Basil Rathbone
Physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on X-ray computed tomography	1924	Allan MacLeod Cormack
Retired golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time	1935	Gary Player
State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for dismantling the apartheid system	1936	Frederik Willem de Klerk
Former chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and one of the richest man in Africa	1945	Nicky Oppenheimer
President of South Africa since 2018	1952	Cyril Ramaphosa
Former tennis player and winner of the US Open doubles	1956	Ilana Kloss
Former CEO of Glencore and one of the richest South Africans	1957	Ivan Glasenberg
Director, "Ender's Game" "Wolverine" "Tsotsi"	1963	Gavin Hood
Former tennis player and Australian Open Semifinalist	1971	Wayne Ferreira
Actor, "District 9" "Chappie" "Elysium" "Maleficent"	1973	Sharlto Copley
Canadian former point guard and two-time NBA MVP (Suns, Mavericks and Lakers)	1974	Steve Nash
Director, "District 9" "Elysium" "Chappie"	1979	Neill Blomkamp

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Former footballer for Ajax, Dortmund, Everton and the South African national team	1982	Steven Pienaar
Former rugby player and record try scorer of the South African national team	1983	Bryan Habana
Actress, best known for her role as Jenna Marshall in "Pretty Little Liars"	1983	Tammin Sursok
Comedian, host of "The Daily Show" and author of "Born a Crime"	1984	Trevor Noah
Former tennis player, 2018 Wimbledon finalist and 2017 US Open finalist	1986	Kevin Anderson
Actress, best known for her role as Rikki Chadwick in "H2O: Just Add Water"	1988	Cariba Heine
Actress, best known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in "Dance Academy"	1989	Dena Kaplan
British tennis player and 2018 Australian Open semifinalist	1995	Kyle Edmund
British tennis player and 2022 Wimbledon semifinalist	1995	Cameron Norrie
Australian singer and YouTuber, "Youth" "My My My!" "Revelation"	1995	Troye Sivan
Actress, best known for her role as Alison DiLaurentis in "Pretty Little Liars"	1996	Sasha Pieterse
Swimmer, she won the gold medal and set the world record in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games	1997	Tatjana Schoenmaker
Racing driver and current DTM champion	1999	Sheldon van der Linde

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