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Top 100 Scientists in South Africa

The most publicly visible scientists in South Africa.

Most famous living

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

South AfricaScientists117 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	Rory Byrne	South Africa	Scientists	51.2	0.0
#2	new	George F. R. Ellis	South Africa	Scientists	50.1	0.0
#3	new	Neil Turok	South Africa	Scientists	49.5	0.0
#4	new	Michele Dougherty	South Africa	Scientists	49.1	0.0
#5	new	Kiara Nirghin	South Africa	Scientists	44.5	1.1
#6	new	Tshilidzi Marwala	South Africa	Scientists	44.1	1.3
#7	new	MK Marius Kloppers	South Africa	Scientists	43.0	10.1
#8	new	Renée Hložek	South Africa	Scientists	42.4	8.7
#9	new	Adriana Marais	South Africa	Scientists	40.6	0.0
#10	new	Nancy Hafkin	South Africa	Scientists	40.5	0.0
#11	new	VM Valerie Mizrahi	South Africa	Scientists	39.6	0.0
#12	new	JB Jeffrey Bub	South Africa	Scientists	39.1	0.0
#13	new	Abraham Erasmus van Wyk	South Africa	Scientists	39.0	0.0
#14	new	JF Jill Farrant	South Africa	Scientists	39.0	2.3
#15	new	Ben-Erik van Wyk	South Africa	Scientists	39.0	4.5
#16	new	DR Debra Roberts	South Africa	Scientists	38.3	0.6
#17	new	JC John C. Manning	South Africa	Scientists	38.3	0.0
#18	new	Janet Kelso	South Africa	Scientists	38.1	0.0
#19	new	AW Amanda Weltman	South Africa	Scientists	37.7	0.0
#20	new	Patience Mthunzi	South Africa	Scientists	37.4	0.0
#21	new	Edward George Hudson Oliver	South Africa	Scientists	36.9	0.0
#22	new	Esther Titilayo Akinlabi	South Africa	Scientists	36.2	8.6
#23	new	Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld	South Africa	Scientists	36.1	1.0
#24	new	Dierdré A. Snijman	South Africa	Scientists	36.0	0.0
#25	new	HR Hellmut R. Toelken	South Africa	Scientists	35.9	2.0
#26	new	RA Rob Adam	South Africa	Scientists	35.8	0.0
#27	new	AC Anna Coutsoudis	South Africa	Scientists	34.8	2.7
#28	new	GJ Gael Jean Campbell-Young	South Africa	Scientists	34.4	18.8