list of famous south african scientists? The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent change This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total. Scientists from Cape Town (12 P) South African scientists by century (7 C, 1 P) Scientists from Johannesburg (13 P) Scientists from Pretoria (5 P) + South African women scientists (12 C, 54 P) A South African astronomers (33 P) B South African biologists (14 C, 15 P) C South African chemists (3 C, 14 P) South African climatologists (7 P) South African computer scientists (2 C, 10 P) South African cosmologists (4 P) G South African geologists (3 C, 12 P) L South African LGBT scientists (4 P) M South African mathematicians (3 C, 26 P) Members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (54 P) N South African naturalists (17 P) O South African oceanographers (4 P) P South African physicists (2 C, 3 P) S South African social scientists (11 C, 9 P) T South African taxonomists (1 C, 14 P) Σ South African scientist stubs (17 P) Nuno Pires B Wouter Basson Linda-Gail Bekker Arthur Bleksley Jan C. A. Boeyens James Henry Bowker Otto Brune C Paul Cilliers Tshilidzi Marwala Alan William James Cousins Jonathan Crush D Sean Davison Deresh Ramjugernath Jonathan M. Dorfan Petrus Johann du Toit Nicolaas Duneas E Lindsay Eddie F Sharon Fonn Alexander F. I. Forbes Fortunate Mafeta Phaka G John Gilchrist (zoologist) H Christopher Henshilwood J Ernest Leonard Johnson Marina Joubert K Derek Keir L Johann Lutjeharms M Nokwanda Makunga Mike Wingfield Joan Morice N Fulufhelo Nelwamondo Anton van Niekerk Tim Noakes John Nyaphuli Tebello Nyokong O Ruksana Osman P Adrian Paterson Mark Pepys Nuno Pires Resia Pretorius R Michèle Ramsay Bill Rapson Wim Richter John Talbot Robinson Megan Jill Russell S Denise Sheer Herbert Sichel Thomas P Stratten T Arnold Theiler Max Theiler V Susan van den Heever Jan H van der Merwe Clarence van Riet Lowe Ben-Erik van Wyk Kit Vaughan Patricia Vinnicombe W Trevor Wadley Nigel Weiss Carolyn Williamson Rachel Wynberg X Siyabulela Xuza