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Top 100 people in South Africa

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The most famous people in South Africa right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	Elon Musk CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAI	South Africa	Founders	92.7	10.0
#2	new	Tyla Laura	South Africa	Musicians	82.2	30.0
#3	new	Charlize Theron	South Africa	Actors	82.0	10.1
#4	new	Trevor Noah	South Africa	Comedians	81.8	10.0
#5	new	Caspar Lee	South Africa	YouTubers	76.8	10.0
#6	new	Candice Swanepoel	South Africa	Models	74.6	14.3
#7	new	Mike Horn	South Africa	Historical Figures	74.0	3.4
#8	new	Black Coffee	South Africa	Musicians	71.9	1.6
#9	new	J. M. Coetzee	South Africa	Writers	71.9	2.8
#10	new	Thabo Mbeki	South Africa	Politicians	71.5	7.1
#11	new	TK The Kiffness	South Africa	Musicians	71.5	1.8
#12	new	Makhadzi	South Africa	Musicians	71.4	7.5
#13	new	Winston Sterzel	South Africa	YouTubers	71.2	4.5
#14	new	Alice Phoebe Lou	South Africa	Musicians	71.0	1.4
#15	new	Kevin Richardson	South Africa	Directors	70.4	0.0
#16	new	DM DJ Maphorisa	South Africa	Musicians	70.4	2.4
#17	new	Orville Peck	South Africa	Musicians	70.3	0.0
#18	new	Kelly Khumalo	South Africa	Musicians	69.9	10.1
#19	new	KM Kamo Mphela	South Africa	Musicians	68.9	4.3
#20	new	Guy Spier	South Africa	Investors	68.5	34.4
#21	new	Focalistic	South Africa	Musicians	68.3	5.8
#22	new	Nasty C	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	0.0
#23	new	Shekhinah	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	15.6
#24	new	MK Master KG	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	0.3
#25	new	Tanit Phoenix	South Africa	Actors	67.1	12.4
#26	new	Jacob Zuma	South Africa	Politicians	66.8	0.0
#27	new	Cassper Nyovest	South Africa	Musicians	66.6	0.0
#28	new	Cyril Ramaphosa	South Africa	Politicians	66.5	0.6
#29	new	Zain Bhikha	South Africa	Musicians	66.4	0.0
#30	new	Stephanie Ndlovu	South Africa	Actors	66.3	7.1
#31	new	Matthew Mole	South Africa	Musicians	65.7	19.6
#32	new	JD Juanita du Plessis	South Africa	Musicians	65.5	0.0
#33	new	S Shebeshxt	South Africa	Musicians	65.5	7.3
#34	new	Simmy	South Africa	Musicians	65.4	2.7
#35	new	WizTheMc	South Africa	Musicians	65.3	0.0
#36	new	Yvonne Chaka Chaka	South Africa	Musicians	65.3	0.0
#37	new	DT DJ Tira	South Africa	Musicians	65.2	15.0
#38	new	CJ Calvyn Justus	South Africa	—	65.1	20.0
#39	new	Ernie Els	South Africa	—	65.0	2.6
#40	new	Francois Van Coke	South Africa	Musicians	64.6	5.3
#41	new	Shaun Morgan	South Africa	Musicians	63.8	1.8
#42	new	B Busiswa	South Africa	Musicians	63.6	0.8
#43	new	Charlene, Princess of Monaco	South Africa	Models	63.6	8.6
#44	new	BW Babes Wodumo	South Africa	Musicians	63.4	8.2
#45	new	SM Sun-El Musician	South Africa	Musicians	63.4	0.0
#46	new	Christia Visser	South Africa	Actors	63.1	1.2
#47	new	NM Nandipha Magudumana	South Africa	Doctors	63.1	8.0
#48	new	Siphiwe Tshabalala	South Africa	Footballers	63.1	25.0
#49	new	Lyle Foster	South Africa	Footballers	62.9	10.0
#50	new	Arnold Vosloo	South Africa	Actors	62.5	3.6
#51	new	Nduduzo Makhathini	South Africa	Musicians	62.0	3.3
#52	new	Cassie Kozyrkov	South Africa	—	61.8	0.5
#53	new	Madelaine Petsch	South Africa	Actors	61.7	14.2
#54	new	Yolandi Visser	South Africa	Musicians	61.6	17.2
#55	new	Kimbal Musk	South Africa	Founders	61.4	24.6
#56	new	Bontle Modiselle	South Africa	Actors	61.2	17.4
#57	new	Behati Prinsloo	South Africa	Models	61.0	11.5
#58	new	Judith Sephuma	South Africa	Musicians	60.9	15.0
#59	new	Mark Shuttleworth	South Africa	Founders	60.8	15.0
#60	new	Dope Saint Jude	South Africa	Musicians	60.7	9.0
#61	new	Thuso Mbedu	South Africa	Actors	60.0	9.1
#62	new	Alice Krige	South Africa	Actors	60.0	10.0
#63	new	Kirsten Neuschäfer	South Africa	—	59.9	5.0
#64	new	Aaron Mokoena	South Africa	Footballers	59.9	10.0
#65	new	Dave Matthews	South Africa	Musicians	59.5	1.8
#66	new	TZ Themba Zwane	South Africa	Footballers	59.4	10.0
#67	new	Thando Thabethe	South Africa	Actors	59.3	0.0
#68	new	SS Sphephelo Sithole	South Africa	Footballers	59.1	25.0
#69	new	Rebecca Malope	South Africa	Musicians	59.1	0.0
#70	new	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	Athletes	59.1	9.8
#71	new	Cariba Heine	South Africa	Actors	59.1	11.4
#72	new	Graça Machel	South Africa	Politicians	59.1	17.1
#73	new	Oscar Pistorius	South Africa	Athletes	59.1	0.0
#74	new	CS Caiphus Semenya	South Africa	Musicians	59.0	0.0
#75	new	Kevin Anderson	South Africa	Tennis Players	59.0	10.0
#76	new	Lara Logan	South Africa	Journalists	58.9	11.7
#77	new	Karen Zoid	South Africa	Musicians	58.9	0.0
#78	new	IO Ime Okon	South Africa	Footballers	58.8	10.0
#79	new	Jody Scheckter	South Africa	Athletes	58.7	25.4
#80	new	ZN Zandile Ndhlovu	South Africa	Activists	58.7	14.7
#81	new	Maye Musk	South Africa	Models	58.7	0.8
#82	new	Bruce Grobbelaar	South Africa	Footballers	58.7	5.0
#83	new	Zolani Tete	South Africa	Athletes	58.5	25.0
#84	new	Tlaleng Mofokeng	South Africa	Doctors	58.5	0.0
#85	new	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	Footballers	58.5	4.3

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