David Cooper — Classmates
J. M. Coetzee
1940
· Age 86
Alive
Roger Ebert
1942
– 2013
· Age 70
Deceased
Angelique Rockas
1951
· Age 75
Alive
Mark Shuttleworth
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Aaron Klug
1926
– 2018
· Age 92
Deceased
Christiaan Barnard
1922
– 2001
· Age 78
Deceased
Max Theiler
1899
– 1972
· Age 73
Deceased
Allan McLeod Cormack
1924
– 1998
· Age 74
Deceased
Richard E. Grant
1957
· Age 68
Alive
Nigel Hawthorne
1929
– 2001
· Age 72
Deceased
Breyten Breytenbach
1939
– 2024
· Age 85
Deceased
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
1955
· Age 70
Alive
Damon Galgut
1963
· Age 62
Alive
A
Athol Fugard
1932
– 2025
· Age 92
Deceased
Israel Kirzner
1930
· Age 96
Alive
Marais Viljoen
1915
– 2007
· Age 91
Deceased
Roger Whittaker
1936
– 2023
· Age 87
Deceased
Zindzi Mandela
1960
– 2020
· Age 59
Deceased
Lauren Beukes
1976
· Age 49
Alive
D
David Benatar
1966
· Age 60
Alive
Natalie du Toit
1984
· Age 42
Alive
Stephen Brislin
1956
· Age 69
Alive
George F. R. Ellis
1939
· Age 86
Alive
E
Elsa Joubert
1922
– 2020
· Age 97
Deceased
Denis Goldberg
1933
– 2020
· Age 87
Deceased
Mamphela Ramphele
1947
· Age 78
Alive
R
Richard van der Riet Woolley
1906
– 1986
· Age 80
Deceased
W
Werner Israel
1931
– 2022
· Age 90
Deceased
S
Stanley Skewes
1899
– 1988
· Age 89
Deceased
John Cranko
1927
– 1973
· Age 45
Deceased
A
Alex Ferns
1968
· Age 57
Alive
Margaret Levyns
1890
– 1975
· Age 85
Deceased
Richard Stanley
1966
· Age 59
Alive
Tikvah Alper
1909
– 1995
· Age 86
Deceased
R
Roland Huntford
1927
– 2026
· Age 99
Deceased
Galt MacDermot
1928
– 2018
· Age 89
Deceased
Albie Sachs
1935
· Age 91
Alive
D
D. J. Opperman
1914
– 1985
· Age 70
Deceased
Elisabeth Vrba
1942
– 2025
· Age 82
Deceased
T
Tan Twan Eng
1972
· Age 54
Alive
Donald Woods
1933
– 2001
· Age 67
Deceased
Lewis Pugh
1969
· Age 56
Alive
A
Alexander du Toit
1878
– 1948
· Age 69
Deceased
N
N. P. van Wyk Louw
1906
– 1970
· Age 64
Deceased
O
Owen McCann
1907
– 1994
· Age 86
Deceased
Nandipha Mntambo
1982
· Age 44
Alive
Neville Alexander
1936
– 2012
· Age 75
Deceased
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
1952
· Age 73
Alive
G
Gwen Lister
1953
· Age 72
Alive
Johannes Brand
1823
– 1888
· Age 64
Deceased