Some famous people from South Africa are: Nelson Mandela, Sasha Pieterse, Steve Nash, Charlize Theron, Cariba Heine, and J.R.R Tolkien. Those are just a couple of them. That's not all of them.

Nelson Mandela was a former political prisoner and anti-apartheid revolutionary who upon his release was elected president of South Africa in 1994. Sasha Pieterse was Actress who played the role of Alison DiLaurentis on the hit ABC Family series, Pretty Little Liars.

Steve Nash is an NBA legend who won the MVP in 2005 and 2006 with the Phoenix Suns, and played in eight NBA All-Star games. Charlize Theron hit the spotlight in The Devil's Advocate, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a disturbed murderer in the 2003 film, Monster. Cariba Heine is a South African television actress and dancer well known as Rikki Chadwick on Australia's H20: Just Add Water. J.R.R Tolkien was an English author, poet, and professor who created The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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