List of alumni of Stellenbosch University
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This is a list of notable alumni and staff of Stellenbosch University.
- James L Barnard, civil engineer and pioneer of biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment
- Johannes Christiaan de Wet, legal scholar, professor, recognized as South Africa's most influential jurist.
- Friedel Sellschop, physicist and pioneer in the field of Nuclear physics.
- James Leonard Brierley Smith, ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor. First to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought long extinct.
- Leopoldt van Huyssteen, soil scientist.
- Lulu Latsky, first woman to earn a PhD at Stellenbosch (1930); zoologist and writer.
- Novel Njweipi Chegou, molecular biologist and winner of the Royal Society Africa Prize in 2022.
- Henda Swart, mathematician[1]
- Taryn Young, physician and epidemiologist.
Law
- Fritz Brand, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.
- Baron Steyn, British Law Lord, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
- John Dugard, professor of international law at Leiden University former member of the International Law Commission ad hoc judge of the International Court of Justice.
- Lourens Ackermann, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
- Edwin Cameron, Rhodes scholar and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
- Johan Froneman, lawyer and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
- Jacob de Villiers, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1929 to 1932.
- Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician, lawyer, and judge. Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.
- Henry Allan Fagan, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959.
- Monique Nsanzabaganwa, economist, politician and Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.
- Lucas Cornelius Steyn, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1959 to 1971.
- Pieter Jacobus Rabie, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1982 to 1989.
- Barend van Niekerk, lawyer and academic.
- Pierre de Vos, constitutional law scholar.
- Brian Currin, human rights lawyer.
- Billy Downer, public prosecutor.
Politics
- Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (South Africa).
- Sandra Botha, former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance (South Africa).
- James Barry Munnik Hertzog, former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
- Magnus André De Merindol Malan, last Minister of defence during the Apartheid era.
- Gerhard Tötemeyer, former Namibian Deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government and Housing.
- Johannes Frederik Janse Van Rensburg, former leader of the Ossewabrandwag.
- Eben Dönges, South African politician who was elected State President of South Africa, but died before he could take office.
- Andries Treurnicht, politician, Minister of Education during the Soweto Riots, founded and led the Conservative Party of South Africa.
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
- Balthazar Johannes Vorster, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
- Daniel François Malan, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
- Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa.
- Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, former opposition politician who became chancellor of Stellenbosch University.
- Jan Smuts, former South African Prime Minister.
Business
- Koos Bekker, businessman, billionaire chairman of Naspers.
- Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet businessman.
- Markus Jooste, businessman and the former CEO of Steinhoff International.
- Christo Wiese, businessman, former billionaire, chairman of Shoprite (South Africa).
- Jan Steyn, judge and development leader.
- Jannie Mouton, businessman, founder and chairman of PSG Group.
- Mark Patterson, private equity investor and founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
- Jan du Plessis, businessman
- Johann Rupert, businessman and founding trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
- Japie van Zyl, deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Ntsiki Biyela, winemaker and businesswomen.
- Adii Pienaar, technology entrepreneur and software developer.
Sport
- Stuart Abbott, rugby player.
- Mari Rabie, Rhodes scholar, triathlete.
- Danie Craven, prominent Rugby player and sport administrator.
- Ashley Burdett, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Craig Tiley, CEO of Tennis Australia and Director of the Australian Open.
- Attie van Heerden, Olympian, rugby union, and rugby league footballer.
- Jonathan Trott, England Cricketer.
- Max Howell, Australian educator and rugby union player
- Louis Schreuder, rugby union player
Arts and music
- Etienne Leroux, writer and member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.
- Paul Cilliers, philosopher and complexity theorist.
- Casper de Vries, actor and comedian.
- Abraham H. de Vries, writer.
- Liza Grobler, artist.
- Elsa Joubert, novelist.
- Uys Krige, playwright, poet and translator.
- Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, poet who composed words of Afrikaner anthem Die Stem.
- Willim Welsyn, singer, songwriter, guitarist and podcaster.
- Rona Rupert, musician and author of 33 Afrikaans books.
- Johannes du Plessis Scholtz, philologist, art historian and art collector.
- Peet Pienaar, performance artist.
- Cromwell Everson, composer of the first Afrikaans opera.
- Zanne Stapelberg, opera singer.
- Tom Dreyer, novelist and poet writing in both English and Afrikaans.
- Deon van der Walt, opera singer.
- Ernst van Heerden, Afrikaans poet.
- Claudette Schreuders, sculptor and painter
- Karlien de Villiers, artist