List of University of Pretoria alumni

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

• 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
• Professor Fransjohan Pretorius: historian of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
• Prof Saurabh Sinha: academic, engineer, author and executive dean
• Prof Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist^[5]

Arts and entertainment

Mimi Coertse in Vienna

• 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

Victor Matfield wins a line-out for South Africa.

Springbok captains:

• Naas Botha
• Wynand Claassen
• Victor Matfield
• Joost van der Westhuizen

Other Springboks:

• Gary Botha
• Fanie de Villiers
• Ernst Dinkelmann
• Heyneke Meyer
• Wynand Olivier
• Danie Rossouw
• Pierre Spies

Other rugby internationals:

• Duhan van der Merwe (represents Scotland)

MMA:

• Dricus du Plessis

Business leaders and entrepreneurs

• 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

• 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, former Tharaka-Nithi senator, Cabinet Secretary of Interior and National Administration of Kenya.

Health and medicine

Dr Doreen Sindisiwe van Zyl

• 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

• Michael Licona
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu: social rights activist; winner of Nobel Peace Prize

Others

• 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