LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.capetown.gov.za/

Population:
2,893,251 (2001 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Cape Town	1829

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jan Hendrik Brand	Head of State	6-Dec-1823	14-Jul-1888	President of the Orange Free State
John Maxwell Coetzee	Novelist	9-Feb-1940		Reclusive South African novelist, essayist
Abba Eban	Government	2-Feb-1915	17-Nov-2002	Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74
Jean Grae	Rapper	27-Nov-1976		What? What?
Ian Hunter	Actor	13-Jun-1900	23-Sep-1975	The Adventures of Robin Hood
Trevor Immelman	Golf	16-Dec-1979		Winner of 2008 Masters Tournament
Cecil Kellaway	Actor	22-Aug-1893	28-Feb-1973	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Marius Kloppers	Business	26-Aug-1962		CEO of BHP Billiton
Moira Lister	Actor	6-Aug-1923	27-Oct-2007	Seven Waves Away
Laurence Oliphant	Author	1829	23-Dec-1888	Scientific Religion
Graham B. Spanier	Educator	18-Jul-1948		President, Penn State University
Richard Spring	Politician	24-Sep-1946		British MP, West Suffolk

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Moira Lister	Actor	6-Aug-1923	27-Oct-2007	Seven Waves Away
Mary Renault	Novelist	4-Sep-1905	13-Dec-1983	The Last of the Wine
Olive Schreiner	Author	24-Mar-1855	11-Dec-1920	The Story of an African Farm
Ian Smith	Head of State	8-Apr-1919	20-Nov-2007	Rhodesian Prime Minister 1965-79

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