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Top 100 Artists in South Africa

The most publicly visible artists in South Africa.

Most famous

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

South AfricaArtists125 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Marlene Dumas	South Africa	Artists	53.6	0.0
#2	—	Leon Botha	South Africa	Artists	52.1	3.1
#3	—	Zanele Muholi	South Africa	Artists	52.1	0.0
#4	—	Esther Mahlangu	South Africa	Artists	49.6	0.0
#5	—	Peter Magubane	South Africa	Artists	49.0	15.4
#6	—	Sam Nzima	South Africa	Artists	48.8	16.6
#7	—	Irma Stern	South Africa	Artists	48.3	0.0
#8	—	Vladimir Tretchikoff	South Africa	Artists	48.3	0.0
#9	—	DG David Goldblatt	South Africa	Artists	47.7	1.2
#10	—	EC Ernest Cole	South Africa	Artists	46.8	3.9
#11	—	Maggie Laubser	South Africa	Artists	46.3	0.4
#12	—	Greg Marinovich	South Africa	Artists	46.1	1.3
#13	—	João Silva	South Africa	Artists	46.1	0.0
#14	—	DT Dali Tambo	South Africa	Artists	45.7	15.3
#15	—	AG Arthur Goldreich	South Africa	Artists	45.7	4.3
#16	—	Dumile Feni	South Africa	Artists	45.4	6.7
#17	—	Walter Battiss	South Africa	Artists	45.4	6.0
#18	—	Coert Steynberg	South Africa	Artists	45.4	9.7
#19	—	CB Candice Breitz	South Africa	Artists	44.6	0.0
#20	—	Harry Bolus	South Africa	Artists	44.6	16.0
#21	—	PH Pieter Hugo	South Africa	Artists	44.4	16.4
#22	—	SM Santu Mofokeng	South Africa	Artists	44.3	8.4
#23	—	Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef	South Africa	Artists	43.3	0.0
#24	—	Sam Haskins	South Africa	Artists	43.2	7.0
#25	—	Tracey Rose	South Africa	Artists	43.2	0.0
#26	—	Larry Abramson	South Africa	Artists	42.7	0.0
#27	—	Steve Bloom	South Africa	Artists	42.7	2.1
#28	—	David Koloane	South Africa	Artists	42.6	5.0
#29	—	Noria Mabasa	South Africa	Artists	42.4	0.0
#30	—	Gregoire Boonzaier	South Africa	Artists	42.0	15.0
#31	—	KP Karabo Poppy Moletsane	South Africa	Artists	41.7	4.1
#32	—	MS Mary Sibande	South Africa	Artists	41.7	0.0
#33	—	Michael Gitlin	South Africa	Artists	41.5	7.9
#34	—	Faith47	South Africa	Artists	41.5	3.8
#35	—	Uli Aschenborn	South Africa	Artists	41.4	0.8
#36	—	Fiona Ayerst	South Africa	Artists	41.3	9.2
#37	—	ZM Zwelethu Mthethwa	South Africa	Artists	41.2	0.0
#38	—	BB Beezy Bailey	South Africa	Artists	41.0	6.5
#39	—	WB Willie Bester	South Africa	Artists	40.8	0.0
#40	—	Robin Rhode	South Africa	Artists	40.1	0.8
#41	—	Arabella Elizabeth Roupell	South Africa	Artists	40.1	5.5
#42	—	Jodi Bieber	South Africa	Artists	40.0	0.1
#43	—	Penny Siopis	South Africa	Artists	39.7	0.0
#44	—	GT Guy Tillim	South Africa	Artists	39.6	16.1
#45	—	EM Ernest Mancoba	South Africa	Artists	39.3	0.0
#46	—	HS Helen Sebidi	South Africa	Artists	39.2	0.0
#47	—	GP George Pemba	South Africa	Artists	39.1	0.0
#48	—	Christo Coetzee	South Africa	Artists	39.0	2.0
#49	—	Charles Davidson Bell	South Africa	Artists	38.9	0.0
#50	—	BM Brett Murray	South Africa	Artists	38.6	0.0
#51	—	Isaac Witkin	South Africa	Artists	38.6	2.6
#52	—	Constance Stuart Larrabee	South Africa	Artists	38.5	2.5
#53	—	FB Frida Blumenberg	South Africa	Artists	38.4	25.0
#54	—	Judith Mason	South Africa	Artists	38.3	0.0
#55	—	EP Evan Penny	South Africa	Artists	38.3	15.0
#56	—	LK Lebohang Kganye	South Africa	Artists	38.2	0.8
#57	—	Deborah Poynton	South Africa	Artists	38.1	7.4
#58	—	Ezrom Legae	South Africa	Artists	37.9	5.2
#59	—	Fanie Eloff	South Africa	Artists	37.8	0.0
#60	—	LS Lady Skollie	South Africa	Artists	37.8	4.9
#61	—	BC Bettie Cilliers-Barnard	South Africa	Artists	37.6	1.2
#62	—	BS Buhlebezwe Siwani	South Africa	Artists	37.4	0.3
#63	—	NH Nicholas Hlobo	South Africa	Artists	37.4	0.0
#64	—	GH George Hallett	South Africa	Artists	37.3	15.0
#65	—	Willem Boshoff	South Africa	Artists	36.9	0.9
#66	—	NV Nontsikelelo Veleko	South Africa	Artists	36.8	2.6
#67	—	NC Norman Catherine	South Africa	Artists	36.8	0.0
#68	—	Gillian Condy	South Africa	Artists	36.8	22.6
#69	—	Hetta Empson	South Africa	Artists	36.7	8.1
#70	—	LL Lippy Lipshitz	South Africa	Artists	36.6	0.0
#71	—	Wolf Kibel	South Africa	Artists	36.5	1.6
#72	—	MP Madi Phala	South Africa	Artists	36.4	15.0
#73	—	Sethembile Msezane	South Africa	Artists	36.4	7.9
#74	—	Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk	South Africa	Artists	36.4	3.8
#75	—	Nandipha Mntambo	South Africa	Artists	36.3	0.0
#76	—	CS Cecil Skotnes	South Africa	Artists	36.2	0.0
#77	—	NL Neville Lewis	South Africa	Artists	36.0	0.0
#78	—	SA Siemon Allen	South Africa	Artists	36.0	7.5
#79	—	RH Robert Hodgins	South Africa	Artists	35.9	2.3
#80	—	Gladys Mgudlandlu	South Africa	Artists	35.9	0.0
#81	—	SB Steven Bosch	South Africa	Artists	35.8	21.3
#82	—	Jeannette Unite	South Africa	Artists	35.8	0.0
#83	—	WB Wim Botha	South Africa	Artists	35.5	0.0
#84	—	Gille de Vlieg	South Africa	Artists	35.5	0.0
#85	—	GH George Henry Ford	South Africa	Artists	35.5	0.0
#86	—	Willim Welsyn	South Africa	Artists	35.4	0.0
#87	—	LG Liza Grobler	South Africa	Artists	35.3	10.1
#88	—	Garth Erasmus	South Africa	Artists	35.2	0.0
#89	—	Maurice van Essche	South Africa	Artists	35.1	0.2
#90	—	TS Thabiso Sekgala	South Africa	Artists	35.0	15.0
#91	—	MS Maud Sumner	South Africa	Artists	35.0	0.0
#92	—	GW Gisèle Wulfsohn	South Africa	Artists	35.0	3.5
#93	—	GM Gerhard Marx	South Africa	Artists	34.8	15.0
#94	—	Rosa Hope	South Africa	Artists	34.7	0.0
#95	—	CH Cecil Higgs	South Africa	Artists	34.7	0.0
#96	—	TN Thenjiwe Nkosi	South Africa	Artists	34.5	0.0
#97	—	Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst	South Africa	Artists	34.5	0.7
#98	—	Ethel May Dixie	South Africa	Artists	34.5	0.0
#99	—	Leila Anderson	South Africa	Artists	34.3	2.9
#100	—	AB Andries Botha	South Africa	Artists	34.1	0.0

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