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The most famous Scientists in South Africa

The most publicly visible scientists in South Africa.

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

South AfricaScientists83 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Mike Horn	South Africa	Scientists	69.8	0.0
#2	—	Jan Christiaan Smuts	South Africa	Scientists	59.8	16.3
#3	—	Michael Levitt	South Africa	Scientists	56.9	10.8
#4	—	Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer	South Africa	Scientists	54.0	5.2
#5	—	CV Cyril V. Jackson	South Africa	Scientists	51.3	8.3
#6	—	Piet Retief	South Africa	Scientists	50.1	0.0
#7	—	George F. R. Ellis	South Africa	Scientists	50.1	0.0
#8	—	Michele Dougherty	South Africa	Scientists	49.1	0.0
#9	—	Lewis Wolpert	South Africa	Scientists	48.4	1.4
#10	—	EL Ernest Leonard Johnson	South Africa	Scientists	48.1	10.7
#11	—	Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus	South Africa	Scientists	48.0	0.0
#12	—	Hendrik Potgieter	South Africa	Scientists	46.5	0.0
#13	—	HE Harry Edwin Wood	South Africa	Scientists	45.8	0.0
#14	—	Anna Amelia Obermeyer	South Africa	Scientists	44.8	17.1
#15	—	Kiara Nirghin	South Africa	Scientists	44.5	1.1
#16	—	Francis Guthrie	South Africa	Scientists	44.5	0.0
#17	—	Austin Roberts	South Africa	Scientists	44.5	8.4
#18	—	Margaret Levyns	South Africa	Scientists	43.3	15.7
#19	—	James Henry Greathead	South Africa	Scientists	43.2	0.0
#20	—	Renée Hložek	South Africa	Scientists	42.4	8.7
#21	—	Harry Grindell Matthews	South Africa	Scientists	42.3	2.3
#22	—	Andrew Geddes Bain	South Africa	Scientists	42.0	0.0
#23	—	MA Mary Agard Pocock	South Africa	Scientists	41.1	3.4
#24	—	Basil Schonland	South Africa	Scientists	40.9	1.5
#25	—	Inez Clare Verdoorn	South Africa	Scientists	40.6	6.1
#26	—	Adriana Marais	South Africa	Scientists	40.6	0.0
#27	—	Rudolf Marloth	South Africa	Scientists	40.4	0.0
#28	—	LK Leo Kuper	South Africa	Scientists	39.9	0.6
#29	—	John Jacob Lavranos	South Africa	Scientists	39.9	22.3
#30	—	Nigel Weiss	South Africa	Scientists	39.6	3.3
#31	—	JB Jeffrey Bub	South Africa	Scientists	39.1	0.0
#32	—	JF Jill Farrant	South Africa	Scientists	39.0	2.3
#33	—	Ben-Erik van Wyk	South Africa	Scientists	39.0	4.5
#34	—	William Frederick Purcell	South Africa	Scientists	38.8	4.4
#35	—	CA Christo Albertyn Smith	South Africa	Scientists	38.5	10.0
#36	—	Daniel du Toit	South Africa	Scientists	38.3	0.0
#37	—	Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen	South Africa	Scientists	38.3	15.0
#38	—	JC John C. Manning	South Africa	Scientists	38.3	0.0
#39	—	John Medley Wood	South Africa	Scientists	38.2	0.0
#40	—	Winsome Fanny Barker	South Africa	Scientists	38.1	17.2
#41	—	Janet Kelso	South Africa	Scientists	38.1	0.0
#42	—	Winifred Hoernlé	South Africa	Scientists	37.7	10.0
#43	—	AW Amanda Weltman	South Africa	Scientists	37.7	0.0
#44	—	EP Eve Palmer	South Africa	Scientists	37.6	4.6
#45	—	Ernest Edward Galpin	South Africa	Scientists	37.6	12.5
#46	—	Gilbert Westacott Reynolds	South Africa	Scientists	37.5	0.0
#47	—	Patience Mthunzi	South Africa	Scientists	37.4	0.0
#48	—	Richard Arnold Dümmer	South Africa	Scientists	37.2	15.0
#49	—	MW Maria Wilman	South Africa	Scientists	37.1	15.0
#50	—	SR Sir Rawson William Rawson	South Africa	Scientists	37.1	0.9
#51	—	Bernard de Winter	South Africa	Scientists	37.0	7.9
#52	—	WH William Henry Finlay	South Africa	Scientists	37.0	0.0
#53	—	Edward George Hudson Oliver	South Africa	Scientists	36.9	0.0
#54	—	Louise Guthrie	South Africa	Scientists	36.9	0.0
#55	—	Charles Edward Moss	South Africa	Scientists	36.5	0.0
#56	—	Ronald Campbell Gunn	South Africa	Scientists	36.4	0.0
#57	—	Esther Titilayo Akinlabi	South Africa	Scientists	36.2	8.6
#58	—	JC Joseph Churms	South Africa	Scientists	36.0	25.0
#59	—	Dierdré A. Snijman	South Africa	Scientists	36.0	0.0
#60	—	HR Hellmut R. Toelken	South Africa	Scientists	35.9	2.0
#61	—	JA Jacobus Albertus Bruwer	South Africa	Scientists	35.7	10.0
#62	—	Lucy Katherine Armitage Chippindall	South Africa	Scientists	35.4	10.0
#63	—	FM Frances Margaret Leighton	South Africa	Scientists	35.4	0.0
#64	—	John Carruthers Beattie	South Africa	Scientists	35.2	7.5
#65	—	PB Patricia Berjak	South Africa	Scientists	35.0	15.0
#66	—	LL Lillian Louisa Britten	South Africa	Scientists	34.9	15.0
#67	—	AC Anna Coutsoudis	South Africa	Scientists	34.8	2.7
#68	—	Caesar Carl Hans Henkel	South Africa	Scientists	34.6	2.5
#69	—	GJ Gael Jean Campbell-Young	South Africa	Scientists	34.4	18.8
#70	—	Esmé Frances Hennessy	South Africa	Scientists	33.8	2.6
#71	—	John Phillip Harison Acocks	South Africa	Scientists	33.6	0.0
#72	—	PL Pauline Lesley Perry	South Africa	Scientists	33.6	7.5
#73	—	Wessel Marais	South Africa	Scientists	33.5	0.0
#74	—	Sydney Margaret Stent	South Africa	Scientists	33.2	1.6
#75	—	Desmond Thorne Cole	South Africa	Scientists	31.9	3.5
#76	—	Leslie Edward Wostall Codd	South Africa	Scientists	31.7	0.0
#77	—	Marie Prins	South Africa	Scientists	31.4	0.8
#78	—	MD Mayda Doris Henderson	South Africa	Scientists	25.3	0.0
#79	—	Abraham Erasmus van Wyk	South Africa	Scientists	16.6	0.0
#80	—	VM Valerie Mizrahi	South Africa	Scientists	16.6	0.0
#81	—	HB Henry Barber	South Africa	Scientists	3.7	0.0