The sex symbol and front man for the wildly popular group Queen was actually born in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Maybe that’s why so many millions of fans felt a little tropical heat when they watched him dance! Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury died in 1991.
The writer who brought us “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” was born in the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The parents of this literary genius moved there from England when Tolkien’s father landed a job as the head of the Bloemfontein office of a British bank.
Swanepoel walks the runway of one of the most talked-about fashion events every year, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. She is one of the highest paid models. The “angel” was born in Mooiriver, South Africa.
The Los Angeles Lakers point guard with a decidedly Southern name comes from a place a little more south than we realized…and then east some. Nash was born in up-and-coming tourism spot Johannesburg, South Africa.
One of America’s sweethearts and former (and still occasional) flame of Jude Law was born to a South African model named Josephine.
The classic beauty with arguably perfect facial features was born in Benoni, South Africa. On one segment of “Piers Morgan Tonight” the actress speaks at length in Afrikaans.
The singer whose voice millions of newlyweds have danced their first dance to, and who has some of the highest-ticket sales of the last decade, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The tennis pro and heartthrob was born in Switzerland to Robert Federer from Switzerland, and Lynette Federer, from Kempton Park, South Africa.
Geyer earned second place in the 2006 season of “Australian Idol” but might be better known as Brody Weston from “Glee.” Geyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but spent most of his school years in Australia.
Vosloo played the memorable and terrifying mummy in “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns” and was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa.
