# List of white Africans of European ancestry

This is a list of notable White Africans of European ancestry, including both European immigrants who obtained citizenship in an African country and their descendants.

## List
### Algeria

* Daniel Auteuil, actor
* Albert Camus, writer
* Pierre Chaulet, physician
* Étienne Daho, singer
* Mickaël Fabre, footballer
* Nicole Garcia, actor
* Danièle Minne, activist
* Emmanuel Roblès, writer
* Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer
* Jean Sénac, poet

### Angola

* Carlos Alberto Fernandes, footballer
* Hugo Ferreira, rock musician
* Paulo Figueiredo, footballer
* Pepetela, novelist
* João Ricardo, footballer
* Pedro Emanuel, footballer
* Madjer, beach soccer player
* Michelle Larcher de Brito, tennis player
* Ricardo Teixeira, racing driver
* Madilyn Bailey, singer
* Paulo Madeira, footballer
* José Águas, footballer
* Rúben Gouveia, footballer
* Luaty Beirão, rapper and activist
* André Matias, rower

### Botswana

* Roy Blackbeard, diplomat
* Ross Branch, motorcyclist
* Christian de Graaff, politician
* James Freeman, swimmer
* Ruth Williams Khama, former first lady
* Derek Jones, politician
* Ian Kirby, attorney general
* John Mackenzie (1835–99), missionary to and advocate for the Tswana people, first governor of British Bechuanaland
* Jovan Nikolić, footballer
* Samantha Paxinos, swimmer
* Adrian Robinson, swimmer
* Hendrik van Zyl (1828–80), notorious trader from Ghanzi who allegedly hid a vast treasure in the cave systems nearby
* Brandon Wilson, football player

### Cape Verde

* Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde
* Carlos Lisboa, basketball coach

### Cameroon

* Claire Denis, writer
* Michel Gordillo, aviator

### Equatorial Guinea

* Nené Ballina, former football player and coach
* Alvaro Cervera, former football player and coach

### Eritrea

* Marina Colasanti, writer
* Erminia Dell'Oro, writer
* Bruno Lauzi, singer
* Gianfranco Rosi, documentary filmmaker
* Lara Saint Paul, singer
* Italo Vassallo, footballer
* Luciano Vassallo, footballer
* Luciano Violante, politician and judge

### Eswatini

* Richard E. Grant, actor
* Keith Fraser, skier
* Luke Hall, swimmer
* Nathan Kirsh, businessman
* Wickus Nienaber, swimmer
* Franc O'Shea, musician
* Robinson Stewart, athlete
* Robyn Young, swimmer

### Ethiopia

* Francesco De Martini, military officer
* Gabriella Ghermandi, writer and singer

### Gabon

* Lee White, conservationist, Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment
* Marcel Lefebvre, bishop
* Sarah Myriam Mazouz, judoka
* Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, first lady

### Ghana

* Joyce Bamford-Addo, speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
* William Boyd, writer
* John Collins, musician

### Ivory Coast

* Constance Amiot, writer, composer
* Dominique Ouattara, first lady
* Katell Quillévéré, director

### Kenya

* Michael Bear, Lord Mayor of London
* Arap Bethke, actor
* Michael Blundell, farmer, politician
* Roger Chapman, golfer
* Jamie Dalrymple, cricketer
* Richard Dawkins, evolutionist
* Ian Duncan, rally driver
* Jason Dunford, swimmer
* David Dunford, swimmer
* Chris Froome, cyclist
* Kuki Gallmann author
* Peter Hain, Labour Party politician
* Louis Leakey, archaeologist
* Richard Leakey, paleoanthropologist
* Bruce Mackenzie, politician
* Beryl Markham, aviator
* Eva Monley, film producer
* Derek Pringle, cricketer
* John Spurling, author
* Carl Tundo, rally driver
* Roger Whittaker, singer-songwriter

### Libya

* Lorenzo Bandini, racing driver
* Franco Califano, singer, composer and actor
* Vittorio De Sisti, film director and screenwriter
* Claudio Gentile, footballer
* Rossana Podestà, actress
* Valeria Rossi, singer
* Mario Schifano, painter
* Adriano Visconti, flying ance

### Malawi

* Patrick Allen, actor
* Tony Bird, singer-songwriter
* Bronte Campbell, Australian swimmer
* Cate Campbell, Australian swimmer
* Lucinda Fredericks, equestrian athlete
* Kit Hesketh-Harvey, musical performer, translator, composer, screenwriter
* Michael Hill Blackwood, politician
* Richard Liversidge, naturalist
* Malcolm Ross, guitarist
* James John Skinner, chief justice
* Jan-Jaap Sonke, politician
* Anthea Stewart, field hockey player

### Morocco

* Bibiana Fernandez, actress
* Just Fontaine, footballer
* Élisabeth Guigou, politician
* Roberto Lopez Ufarte, footballer
* Olivier Martinez, actor
* Jean-Luc Mélenchon, politician
* Jean Reno, actor
* Richard Virenque, cyclist

### Mozambique

* Jorge Cadete, former footballer
* Ricardo Campos, footballer
* Carlos Cardoso, journalist
* Mia Couto, writer
* Roger De Sá, football manager
* Ruy Guerra, director and screenwriter
* Teresa Heinz, philanthropist
* Jojó, footballer
* Carlos Queiroz, football coach
* Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, military officer
* Tasha de Vasconcelos, model
* Carlos Xavier, former footballer
* Al Bowlly, crooner
* Amanda DaCosta, football player
* Paulo Fonseca, football coach
* Costa Pereira, former footballer

### Namibia

* Jacques Burger, rugby player
* Dan Craven, cyclist
* Tristan de Lange, cyclist
* Maike Diekmann, rower
* Trevor Dodds, golfer
* Till Drobisch, cyclist
* Erik Hoffmann, cyclist
* Adolph Jentsch, artist
* Vera Looser, cyclist
* Gert Lotter, cricketer and rugby player
* Michelle McLean, Miss Universe 1992
* Percy Montgomery, rugby player
* Dirk Mudge, politician
* De-Wet Nagel, musician
* Du Preez Grobler, rugby player
* Oliver Risser, footballer
* Phillip Seidler, swimmer
* Manfred Starke, footballer
* Johannes van der Merwe, cricketer
* Raimar von Hase, farmer
* Anoeschka von Meck, writer
* Arend von Stryk, footballer
* Piet van der Walt, deputy minister
* Behati Prinsloo, model

### Nigeria

* Christina Dodwell, adventurer
* Caroline Hawley, journalist
* Fiona Fullerton, actress
* John Godwin and Gillian Hopwood, architects
* Kevin McDaid, photographer
* Cait O'Riordan, musician
* James Reyne, musician
* Edward Stourton, journalist
* Sussan Ley, politician
* Leo Hale Taylor, priest
* Hugo Weaving, actor
* Jeremy Joyner White, educationist

### Senegal

* Jean-Pierre Bourhis, canoeist
* Jeanne Boutbien, swimmer
* Marcel-François Lefebvre, archbishop
* Marc Lièvremont, rugby player
* Ségolène Royal, French politician
* Viviane Wade, first lady

### Seychelles

* Jean-Paul Adam, Minister of Health and Social Affairs
* James Mancham, first president (1976-1977)
* France-Albert René, second president (1977-2004)
* Gérard Hoarau, opposition leader
* Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, former Minister for Tourism

### South Africa

* Raymond Ackerman, businessman
* Ken Andrew, politician
* Greg Albertyn, World and US Motocross Champion
* John-Lee Augustyn, cyclist
* Hugh Baiocchi, golfer
* Christiaan Barnard, heart surgeon
* David Bateson, actor
* Wendy Beckett, religious sister
* Mike Bernardo, kickboxer
* Brad Binder, MotoGP rider
* Matthew Booth, footballer
* Ricardo Nunes
* Jacobus Boshoff, voortrekker
* Francois Botha, professional boxer
* Louis Botha, politician
* P. W. Botha, former state president
* Pik Botha, diplomat
* Sandra Botha, Democratic Alliance leader
* Leon Botha, rapper and painter
* Sydney Brenner, biologist
* Breyten Breytenbach, anti-apartheid activist
* Jan Breytenbach, soldier
* Bles Bridges, singer
* André Brink, writer
* Schalk Burger, rugby player
* Zola Budd, track athlete
* Rory Byrne, Formula One designer
* Kitch Christie, onetime Springboks coach
* Sarel Cilliers, voortrekker
* Tim Clark, golfer
* Gerrie Coetzee, boxer
* J. M. Coetzee, novelist
* Hansie Cronje, cricketer
* Robyn Curnow, CNN International's anchor of International Desk
* Kevin Curren, tennis player
* Ian Davidson, politician
* Racheltjie de Beer, Afrikaner heroine
* Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, Boer commander
* F. W. de Klerk, former state president; worked towards ending apartheid
* Koos de la Rey, Boer commander
* Casper de Vries, entertainer
* Dricus Du Plessis, UFC world champion
* Natalie du Toit, swimmer
* Anri du Toit, actress and rapper
* Os du Randt, rugby player
* Sean Dundee, footballer
* Giniel De Villiers, rally raid champion
* Cromwell Everson, composer
* Schalk Ferreira, rugby player
* Wayne Ferreira, tennis player
* Darren Fichardt, golfer
* Bram Fischer, lawyer
* Mark Fish, footballer
* Mary Anne Fitzgerald, writer and journalist resident in Kenya
* Johnny Flynn, actor
* Bruce Fordyce, marathon athlete
* Jaque Fourie, rugby player
* Mark González, footballer
* Anton Goosen, musician
* Retief Goosen, golfer
* Nadine Gordimer, writer
* Sir Nigel Hawthorne, actor
* J. B. M. Hertzog, politician
* Penelope Heyns, swimmer
* Steve Hofmeyr, singer
* Butch James, rugby player
* Craig Johnston, footballer
* Piet Joubert, Boer commander
* Jacques Kallis, cricketer
* Olaf Kölzig, NHL hockey player
* Johan Kriek, tennis player
* Antjie Krog, writer
* Paul Kruger, politician
* Gé Korsten, singer
* Brett Kebble, businessman
* Alice Krige, actress
* Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, author of South African national anthem
* Chad le Clos, swimmer
* Tony Leon, politician
* Paul Lloyd, Jr, wrestler
* Bobby Locke, former golfer
* Adolph "Sailor" Malan, World War II Flying ace
* Daniel François Malan, former prime minister
* Dawid Malan, cricket player
* Magnus Malan, soldier
* Jeremy Mansfield, radio personality
* Eugene Marais, poet
* Victor Matfield, rugby player
* Dave Matthews, musician
* Elana Meyer, runner
* Shaun Morgan, musician
* Pieter Mulder, politician
* Elon Musk, business magnate
* Steve Nash, basketball player
* Ryk Neethling, swimmer
* Harry Oppenheimer, businessman
* Nicky Oppenheimer, businessman
* Alan Paton, novelist
* Francois Pienaar, rugby player
* Sasha Pieterse, actress
* Kevin Pietersen, cricketer
* Oscar Pistorius, athlete
* Gary Player, golfer
* Graeme Pollock, cricketer
* Andries Hendrik Potgieter, voortrekker
* Andries Pretorius, voortrekker, Pretoria founder
* Piet Retief, voortrekker
* Cecil Rhodes, Cape imperialist
* Justin Rose, golfer
* Anton Rupert, businessman
* Johann Rupert, businessman
* Jody Scheckter, Formula One driver
* Leon Schuster, comedian
* Harry Schwarz, lawyer
* Mark Shuttleworth, space tourist
* Troye Sivan, web star
* Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician
* Joe Slovo, South African Communist Party leader
* Jan Smuts, former prime minister
* Andre Stander, career criminal
* Martinus Theunis Steyn, politician
* Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, former prime minister
* Helen Suzman, politician
* Janet Suzman, actress (niece of Helen Suzman)
* Basil Rathbone, actor
* Candice Swanepoel, model
* Charles Robberts Swart, politician
* Roland Schoeman, swimmer
* Michael Tellinger, scientist, author, leader of Ubuntu Party
* Eugène Terre'Blanche, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader
* ZP Theart, singer, vocalist of DragonForce
* Charlize Theron, actress
* J.R.R. Tolkien, writer
* Shaun Tomson, surfer
* Piet Uys, voortrekker
* Pieter-Dirk Uys, comedian
* Bok van Blerk, singer
* Irene van Dyk, netball champion
* Siener van Rensburg, Boer prophet
* Marthinus van Schalkwyk, politician
* Joost van der Westhuizen, rugby player
* Minki van der Westhuizen, model
* Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former prime minister
* Daniel Vickerman, rugby player
* Constand Viljoen, soldier
* Hans Vonk, footballer
* B. J. Vorster, former prime minister
* Arnold Vosloo, actor
* Jake White, rugby coach
* Watkin Tudor Jones, actor and rapper
* Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape
* Cliff Drysdale, tennis player and announcer
* Ted Toleman, Formula One team owner
* Andrew Surman, footballer

### Tanzania

* Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Norwegian politician
* Alan Johnston, journalist
* Ricky Bartlett, actor and radio host
* Jane Goodall, British primatologist and anthropologist
* Jon Haylett, novelist
* Nico Ladenis, chef
* Sara Larsson, singer
* Hugo van Lawick, Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer
* Tim Macartney-Snape, mountaineer
* David Myatt, activist
* Michael Riegels, lawyer
* Alex Rontos, political adviser
* Raimund Schelcher, actor
* Werner Schuster, physician
* Leslie Scott, businesswoman
* Naomi Wilson, Australian politician
* Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician

### Uganda

* Bob Astles, soldier and colonial officer
* Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon
* Sir Albert Cook, doctor
* Katherine Cook, doctor
* Ian Clarke, missionary, physician, Mayor of Makindye Division, Kampala
* Richard Gibson, actor
* Danny Keogh, actor
* Kathleen Grace Noble, rower
* Louise Pirouet, teacher
* Marcel Theroux, novelist

### Zambia

* Greg Aplin, Australian politician
* Robin Auld, musician
* Wallie Babb, hurdle athlete
* Tina Beattie, theologian
* Craig Brown, canoeist
* Stewart Gore-Browne, soldier, politician
* Angus Buchan, evangelist
* Cecil Dennistoun Burney, businessman
* Jean Jacques Corbeil, missionary
* Norman Carr, conservationist
* Dan Crawford, missionary
* Joseph Dupont, bishop
* Phil Edmonds, cricketer
* John Edmond, singer
* Gabriel Ellison, co-designer of Zambian national flag
* David Fairbairn, painter
* Stanley Fischer, economist
* Ralph Goveia, swimmer
* Tawny Gray, sculptor
* A. C. Grayling, philosopher
* Trevor Haynes, runner
* Iain Hesford, footballer
* Dafydd James, rugby player
* V. M. Jones, author
* Corné Krige, rugby player
* David Livingstone, physician, missionary
* Robert John "Mutt" Lange, music producer
* Edna Maskell, hurdle athlete
* Tilka Paljk, swimmer
* Daran Ponter, New Zealand politician
* Lindsay Reeler, cricketer
* Alan Rusbridger, journalist
* Charlotte Harland Scott, first lady
* Guy Scott, president
* Jeffery Smith, sprinter
* Wilbur Smith, novelist
* Peter Stimpson, cricketer
* Guus Til, football player
* Stevie Vann, singer

### Zimbabwe

* Miles Anderson, actor
* Roy Bennett, politician
* Macauley Bonne, footballer
* Byron Black, tennis player
* Cara Black, tennis player
* Don Black, tennis player
* Wayne Black, tennis player
* Erich Bloch, economist
* John Bredenkamp, businessman
* Catherine Buckle, writer
* Ryan Cairns, golfer
* Mike Campbell, farmer
* Marc Cayeux, golfer
* Maggie Chapman, Scottish politician and lecturer
* Liz Chase, field hockey player
* David Coltart, politician
* Rick Cosnett, actor
* Kirsty Coventry, swimmer
* Christopher Cowdray, hotel manager
* Sean Crocker, golfer
* Eddie Cross, politician
* David Curtis, rugby player
* Chelsy Davy, onetime girlfriend of Prince Harry
* Brendon de Jonge, golfer
* Clifford Dupont, former Rhodesian president
* Lucia Evans, singer
* Dave Ewers, rugby player
* Andy Flower, cricketer
* Humphrey Gibbs, politician
* Peter Godwin, writer
* Bruce Grobbelaar, footballer
* Ernest Guest, politician
* Vangelis Haritatos, politician
* Ken Harnden, track and field coach
* Graeme Hick, cricketer
* Heidi Holland, journalist
* Nicholas van Hoogstraten, businessman and real estate magnate
* John Houghton, politician
* Richard Hope Hall, politician
* Graham Johnson, musician
* Timothy Jones, cyclist
* Iain Kay, farmer and politician
* Jock Kay, farmer and politician
* Bruce Keogh, surgeon
* Sam Levy, businessman and property developer
* Tony Johnstone, golfer
* Nigel Lamb, aviator
* Doris Lessing, novelist
* Rusty Markham, politician
* Mark McNulty, golfer
* Thomas Meikle, businessman
* Sebastian Negri, rugby player
* Denis Norman, farmer and minister
* Andrew Peebles, rower
* Nick Price, golfer
* Peter Purcell-Gilpin, rower
* Billy Rautenbach, businessman
* Conrad Rautenbach, rally driver
* Ronald Reid-Daly, soldier; leader of the Selous Scouts
* John Robinson, footballer
* Glen Salmon, footballer
* Alexander McCall Smith, writer
* Ian Smith, former Rhodesian prime minister
* Eli Snyman, rugby player
* Timothy Stamps, politician
* Trudy Stevenson, politician
* Gavin Sutherland, archer
* Wrex Tarr, entertainer
* Clem Tholet, singer
* Micheen Thornycroft, rower
* Garfield Todd, former Rhodesian prime minister
* Kevin Ullyett, tennis player
* Mark Vermeulen, cricketer
* Kieran Vincent, golfer
* Scott Vincent, golfer
* Peter Walls, soldier
* General Michael Dawson Walker, British soldier
* Nicola Watson, politician
* Roy Welensky, former Rhodesia and Nyasaland prime minister
* Peter Wetzlar, swimmer
* Guy Whittall, cricketer

### Others

* Adeline André, Ubangi-Shari-born fashion designer
* Steve Barker, Lesotho-born former footballer
* Paul Bérenger, former prime minister of Mauritius
* Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian actress
* Lauriane Doumbouya, first lady of Guinea
* Gerardo Miranda, French West Africa-born footballer
* Mário Palma, Guinea-Bissau-born basketball coach