Beyers Naudé

South African anti-apartheid activist and theologian (1915–2004)

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Lived 1915–2004, aged 89South Africa
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    1915–2004
    Aged 89
  • Known for
    The Cry of Reason: Bey…
    1988
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Updated 2026-06-12

Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. He was nicknamed Oom Bey.

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  • Herbert Haag Prize
  • Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
  • Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
  • Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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