Notables from the Cape Colony and South Africa, in honor of South African Freedom
Day, celebrated this week.

Per wikitree.com I am:

24 degrees from Christiaan Neethling Barnard
21 degrees from Annie Frances Bland Botha
28 degrees from Edith Haisman
27 degrees from Miriam Makeba
22 degrees from Dave Matthews
22 degrees from Elon Musk
20 degrees from Seymour Papert
27 degrees from Alan Paton
22 degrees from Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
23 degrees from Charlize Theron
18 degrees from J. R. R. Tolkien
35 degrees from Desmond Mpilo Tutu

More info on them:

Christiaan Barnard, the first surgeon to perform a human to human heart transplant

Annie Botha, wife to South Africa's first Prime Minister and co-founder of the South
African Women's Federation

Edith Haisman, one of the longest-lived survivors of the Titanic disaster

Miriam Makeba, musician and activist

Dave Matthews, musician and actor

Elon Musk, businessman and entrepreneur

Seymour Papert, pioneer computer scientist

Alan Paton, author of "Cry, the Beloved Country"

Jacobus Pierneef, landscape artist

Charlize Theron, actress

JRR Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings" and philologist

Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop

I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, black, bank robbers,
boxers, comedians, detectives, singers and musicians, politicians, poets, physicians,
writers. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving
me some basic information by going to:

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and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.

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