South Africa

7 profiles with fame based in South Africa

Lithuanian-Russian Jewish South African who stood alone in parliament against apartheid for 13 years

South African actress with Lithuanian-Russian Jewish roots who became a Dame of British theatre

Born in a Lithuanian shtetl, became the white communist leader of the ANC armed struggle against apartheid

Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist whose father came from Latvia — wrote the moral conscience of apartheid

Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in South Africa — built Sun City and One&Only into global resort empires

South African opposition leader whose family came from Lithuania and Russia — led the Democratic Alliance against apartheid's legacy

South Africa's greatest living artist — his family came from Lithuania and Russia