
Brian John Lister Boyle, DFC was a South African flying ace of World War II, credited with 5 'kills'.

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.

George Reynolds McCubbin was a South African Royal Flying Corps (RFC) pilot who shot down the German ace Max Immelmann.

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.

Neville George Clevely Heath was an English murderer who killed two young women in the summer of 1946. He was executed in Pentonville Prison, London in October 1946.

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.

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.

John Clother Morkel was a South African-born Rhodesian international rugby union player. He was born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa and was the captain of the Rhodesia national rugby union team and played as a lock.

William "Bill" Papas was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book author and illustrator, and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. His work has won international acclaim and is included in many private and corporate collections around the world.

Harry Heinz Schwarz was a South African lawyer, statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa, who eventually served as the South African Ambassador to the United States during the country's transition to majority rule.

Robert Harold Lundie "Jock" Strachan was a white South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. He flew for the South African Air Force during the Second World War, trained as an artist, then became Umkhonto we Sizwe's first explosives expert. He was imprisoned for sabotage, and after his release served another sentence for telling a journalist about poor prison conditions. He wrote two semi-autobiographical books, and completed the Comrades Marathon twice, winning a medal once. He married twice and had three children.

Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter, was a South African military commander.

Brigadier Harold Willmott was a South African military commander.