Born in Cape Colony
Cape Colony
Dutch and British colony in Southern Africa
Cape Colony as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy (1761-1836), South African general, South African author and pacifist (1855-1920)): Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Ben Viljoen, Olive Schreiner and some more.
Celebrities from Cape Colony
81 Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy (1761-1836)
*November 30th, 1754 †November 16th, 1836, Paris
65 Olive Schreiner
South African author and pacifist (1855-1920)
*March 24th, 1855 †December 11th, 1920, Cape Town 78
Paul Kruger
South African politician and President of the South African Republic (1825–1904)
*October 10th, 1825 †July 14th, 1904, Clarens 60
Abraham van Riebeeck
Governor-general of the VOC (1653-1713)
*October 18th, 1653 †November 17th, 1713, JakartaBirthdays of famous people
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