page_title: Huguenots in South Africa
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Huguenots in South Africa / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Vanne van die Hugenotegesinne op die Hugenotedenkmaal in die Johannesburgse Botaniese Tuin. Die denkmaal herdenk die 300ste verjaardag (1988) van die Hugenote se aankoms in Suid-Afrika. English: Surnames of the Huguenot families on the Huguenot Memorial in the Johannesburg Botanical Garden. The memorial commemorates the 300th anniversary (1988) of the arrival of the Huguenots in South Africa.
context_page_description: Many people of European heritage in South Africa are descended from Huguenots. Most of these originally settled in the Cape Colony, but were absorbed into the Afrikaner and Afrikaans-speaking population, because they had religious similarities to the Dutch colonists.
context_section_description: There are many families, today mostly Afrikaans-speaking, whose surnames bear witness to their Huguenot ancestry. A comprehensive list of these surnames can be seen on the Huguenot Memorial in the Johannesburg Botanical Garden. Examples of the more common names are Blignaut (Blignault), Cronje (Cronier), de Klerk (Le Clercq), Visagie (Visage), de Villiers, du Preez, du Plessis, du Toit, du Randt, Fourie, Fouche, Giliomee (Guilliaume), Gous / Gouws (Gauch), Hugo, Joubert, Jordaan (Jourdan), Labuschagne (la Buscagne), Lange, le Roux, Leonard, Lombard, Malan, Michel, Malherbe, Marais, Nel, Nortje (Nourtier), Pienaar, Retief, Rossouw, Roux, Terreblanche, Taljard, Theron and Viljoen (Villion).
  Some of the descendants of these original Huguenot families became prominent figures in South African society, most notably F.W. de Klerk, the last State President of apartheid-era South Africa.
  List of prominent South Africans of Huguenot descent
  Some of the original forms of the surnames have been put in brackets.
  Aegidius Jean Blignaut, South African writer
  George Christopher Cato (Caton) first mayor of Durban.
  Jan F. E. Cilliers, Afrikaans-language poet, essayist, dramatist and reviewer.
  Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and a preacher.
  Hansie Cronje cricketer
  Piet Cronje leader of the Transvaal Republic's military forces during the First and Second Anglo-Boer Wars
  F.W. de Klerk (born 18 March 1936; "Le Clerc"), last State President of apartheid-era South Africa.
  Koos de la Rey, (Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey) (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914) was a Boer general during the Second Boer War
  Fanie de Villiers, former South African cricket player
  AB de Villiers, former South African cricket player
  Rilee Rossouw Top class all rounder cricketer
  Hempies (Pieter Gerhardus) du Toit, Springboks rugby player and winemaker
  Jean de Villiers, Springboks rugby player
  Pieter de Villiers, South African athlete and Olympian (400m hurdles)
  Faf du Plessis, South African cricketer
  Morne du Plessis, Springboks rugby player
  I. D. du Plessis, poet
  Ampie du Preez, singer-songwriter
  Frik du Preez ("du Prez"), Springboks rugby player, named as South Africa's rugby player of the 20th century
  Max du Preez, journalist and author
  Mignon du Preez, South African cricketer
  Alexander du Toit, geologist
  Daniel du Toit, South African astronomer
  Christiaan du Toit, South African military commander
  D. F. du Toit, co-founder of an Afrikaans language movement named the Society of Real Afrikaners
  S. G. du Toit, co-founder of an Afrikaans language movement named the Society of Real Afrikaners
  Wikus du Toit
  Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, co-founder of an Afrikaans language movement named the Society of Real Afrikaners
  Abraham Faure, (29 August 1795 – 28 March 1875) Cape clergyman and author
  Jacobus Johannes Fouché, (6 June 1898, Wepener – 23 September 1980[1] Cape Town) served as the second President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975
  Johnny Fourie, famous jazz guitarist.
  Elsa Joubert, South African novelist in Afrikaans
  Gideon Joubert, South African author and journalist Afrikaans science non-fiction author
  Marius Joubert, Springboks rugby player
  Petrus Jacobus Joubert, boer commandant-general of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900
  Piet Joubert
  Ruda Landman
  Frederick Le Roux, South African cricketer
  Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
  Adolph Malan (1910–1963), known as Sailor Malan, Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Second World War
  Daniel François Malan, who was a Prime Minister of South Africa elected on apartheid platform
  Magnus Malan, former South African Minister of Defence (in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Chief of the South African Army.
  Rian Malan, celebrated South African author, journalist and political activist.
  D. F. Malherbe, Afrikaans novelist
  Gideon Malherbe, co-founder of an Afrikaans language movement named the Society of Real Afrikaners
  Ben Marais
  Eugene Marais
  Sarie Marais
  Beyers Naudé, Afrikaner anti apartheid cleric.
  Charle-Pierre Naudé, poet
  Jozua Naudé, acting President of South 
caption: Surnames of Huguenot Families on the Huguenot Memorial in the Johannesburg Botanical Garden
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