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The University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria,[1] the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.[2] The university in its more than a century of academic service has delivered more than 200,000 alumni.[3] Below is a list of prominent alumni.[4]
Authors and academics edit
- Prof Tshilidzi Marwala: academic, engineer
- Paul Moorcraft: author, BBC commentator
- Prof Pierre de Villiers Pienaar: author and pioneer of speech therapy in South Africa
- Prof Calie Pistorius: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, 2001–2009
- Prof Saurabh Sinha: academic, engineer, author and executive dean
- Stefan Swanepoel: New York Times best-selling author, public speaker
- Prof Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist[5]
Arts and entertainment edit
- Jana Cilliers: actress
- Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: fine artist
- Dr Mimi Coertse: opera singer
- Ampie du Preez: actor
- Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi
- Focalistic: South African Rapper and Amapiano artist
- Sandra Prinsloo: actress
- Amanda Strydom: actress
- Brümilda van Rensburg: actress
- Verna Vels: voice artist, television director
- Carrol Boyes: artist and businesswoman
Sport personalities edit
Springbok captains:
Other Springboks:
Business leaders and entrepreneurs edit
- Dr Willem Barnard: CEO, KWV
- Laurie Dippenaar: FirstRand Bank Chairman
- Dr Marius Kloppers: international CEO of global mining giant BHP Billitoni
- Daniel Snzile Ndima, biotechnology entrepreneur
- Dr Anton Rupert: billionaire, former UP Chancellor and Tukkie of the Century
- Dr Chris Stals: business leader; former UP Chancellor
- Giam Swiegers: CEO of Deloitte Australia
- Elon Musk, a founder, CEO or both of all of: PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, OpenAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink.
Law edit
- Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi: former Minister of Public Service and Administration
- Prof Christof Heyns: United Nations Human Rights Council; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions[6]
- Judge Johann Kriegler
- Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, Chief Justice of South Africa
- Judge Johann van der Westhuizen: Constitution Court
- Prof. Kithure A. Kindiki
Health and medicine edit
- Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl, physician, radio DJ, columnist, health activist and researcher
- Prof Flavia Senkubuge, physician, professor of public health medicine, past President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Theologians, welfare, psychology edit
- Michael Licona
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu: social rights activist; winner of Nobel Peace Prize
Others edit
- Etienne de Villiers: Executive Chairperson and President, ATP Tennis
- Elizabeth Voigt: late director of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley
- Naledi Chirwa: EFF Member of Parliament[7]
- Shudufhadzo Musida: Miss South Africa 2020
- Lalela Mswane: Miss South Africa 2021 & Miss Supranational 2022
- Ndavi Nokeri: Miss South Africa 2022
References edit
- ^ South Africa's universities. Retrieved August 31, 2009
- ^ Conference Venues and Conference Centres Pretoria, Gauteng. Retrieved September 18, 2009
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UP in a Nutshell 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2009 - ^ "Alumni Gallery. Retrieved October 1, 2009". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ "Prof Bettine Jansen-van-Vuuren". www.uj.ac.za. University of Johannesburg. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ United Nations Human Rights Council appoints Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Retrieved 23 September 2010 Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Who is Naledi Chirwa - Drama student‚ Zuma tormentor‚ EFF student leader and fees must fall campaigner