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2006

Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (born 1977)

Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (born 1977)

2014

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)

2015

Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)

Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)

2014

Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)

Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)

2013

Andries Maseko, South African footballer (born 1955)

Andries Maseko, South African footballer (born 1955)

2007

Moira Lister, South African actress (born 1923)

Moira Lister, South African actress (born 1923)

2014

Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

1935

Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (born 1905)

Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (born 1905)

2005

Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)

Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)

2012

Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

1951

Reggie Walker, South African runner (born 1889)

Reggie Walker, South African runner (born 1889)

1953

John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (born 1887)

John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (born 1887)

2008

Miriam Makeba, South African singer and activist (born 1932)

Miriam Makeba, South African singer and activist (born 1932)

2002

Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (born 1920)

Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (born 1920)

1988

Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (born 1897)

Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (born 1897)

1989

Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)

Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)

2013

Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965)

Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965)

2013

William Tebeau, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University (born 1925)

William Tebeau, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University (born 1925)

2005

Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1925)

Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1925)

2020

George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)

George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)