Botha
Botha is a family name that is widespread , especially in South Africa, within the Boer population . The bearers of the name can usually derive their origin from the immigrants Friedrich Both (* 1653 in Wangenheim near Gotha ) or Samuel Friedrich Bode (* 1730 in Lüneburg ), who reached the Cape Colony independently of each other.
Name bearer
- Adriaan Botha (* 1977), South African athlete
- Bakkies Botha (* 1979), South African rugby player
- Bryony Botha (* 1997), New Zealand cyclist
- Francois Botha (* 1968), South African boxer and kickboxer
- Heidi Botha (* 1968), South African fencer
- Jacobus Frederik Botha († 1915), South African founder of Humpata in Angola
- Johan Botha (singer) (1965-2016), South African-Austrian singer (tenor)
- Johan Botha (athlete) (* 1974), South African athlete
- Karen Botha (* 1967), South African athlete
- Leon Botha (1985–2011), South African painter and musician
- Louis Botha (1862–1919), Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
- Louis Botha (table tennis player) (* 1957), South African table tennis player
- Luki Botha (1930–2006), South African racing car driver
- Michiel Coenraad Botha (1912–1993), South African politician during the apartheid period
- Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), South African Prime Minister and President
- Pik Botha (1932–2018), South African politician and foreign minister
- Riaan Botha (* 1970), South African athlete
- Stephanus Botha (* 1931), South African water polo player
- Stephanus Petrus Botha (1922-2010), South African politician
- Stoffel Botha (1929–1998), South African politician
- Tertia Botha (* 1979), South African singer for the Preluders
- Tyler Botha (* 1980), South African skeleton athlete
- Werner Botha (* 1978), South African athlete
- Willie Botha (1912–1967), South African athlete
- Xander Botha (* 1994), South African ice hockey player