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Also Known As Jan van Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck
Born April 21, 1619 • Netherlands
Died January 18, 1677 (aged 57) • Jakarta • Indonesia
Founder Cape Town
Sir Hercules Robinson
Sir Hercules Robinson
British colonial governor
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch colonial governor
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
president of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
president of South Africa
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
president of South Africa
Julius Malema
Julius Malema
South African politician
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South African politician
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
president of South Africa
Daniel F. Malan
South African politician
John Vorster
John Vorster
prime minister of South Africa
John Steenhuisen
John Steenhuisen
South African politician
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop