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Captain Arthur Wellesley "Dooley" Briscoe MC was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests, one in 1935-36 and the other in 1938-39.

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John Everitt "Jack" Frost, was a South African fighter ace during the Second World War. He was the highest-scoring member of a South African Air Force squadron during the war, credited with the destruction of 15 Axis aircraft. South African pilots with higher numbers of kills, such as Pat Pattle and Adolph "Sailor" Malan, were members of the British Royal Air Force.

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Henry Alfred "Jackie" Gibson was a South African long-distance runner. He finished eighth in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. At the 1938 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the marathon and placed sixth in the 6 miles contest.

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Arthur Chudleigh Beaumont "Chud" Langton was a South African cricketer who played in 15 Tests from 1935 to 1939. Jack Fingleton rated him amongst the best medium-paced bowlers he ever saw.

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Gerald John Le Mesurier was a South African flying ace of World War II, credited with 3 'kills'.

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Rex Distin Martienssen ARIBA CIAM was a South African architect who was greatly influenced by Le Corbusier and spearheaded a modernist architectural movement in South Africa.

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Neville McGarr, was a fighter pilot from South Africa who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He participated in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 but was one of the men recaptured and subsequently murdered by the Gestapo.

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Robin Pare was a South African flying ace of World War II, credited with five 'kills'.

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Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle,, usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Major General Daniel Hermanus Pienaar was a South African World War II military commander.

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Edwin (Ted) Essery Swales VC DFC was a South African pilot and Second World War hero. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and posthumously the Victoria Cross.