List of personalities of the city of Durban
The list of personalities of the city of Durban includes personalities who are associated with Durban in South Africa .
sons and daughters of the town
1900 to 1950
- Cyril Cusack (1910-1993), Irish actor
- Noel Langley (1911–1980), American writer, screenwriter, director and producer
- Laurence Gandar (1915–1998), journalist and apartheid critic
- Phillip Tobias (1925–2012), paleoanthropologist
- Fatima Meer (1928–2010), sociology professor and anti-apartheid activist
- Patrick van Rensburg (1931–2017), educational scientist and social worker
- Tommy Shardelow (* 1931), track cyclist
- Jimmy Swift (1931–2009), racing cyclist
- Mimi Coertse (* 1932), soprano, Austrian chamber singer since 1966
- Renna Kellaway (* 1934), British pianist and music teacher
- Bruce Johnstone (* 1937), racing car driver
- Ambraüsus "Brausch" Niemann (* 1939), racing car driver
- Navanethem Pillay (* 1941), judge, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Howard Carpendale (* 1946), German pop singer and composer
- Sean Bergin (1948–2012), jazz musician
- Lillian Board (1948–1970), British athlete and Olympian
- Shabbir Banoobhai (* 1949), poet
1951 to 2000
- Blondie Chaplin , (1951 *) guitarist and singer for the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones played
- Ricky Fataar (* 1952), musician who played for the Beach Boys and The Ruttles
- Peter Holiday (* 1952), Roman Catholic Bishop of Kroonstad
- Marc Raubenheimer (1952–1983), pianist
- Sylvester David (* 1953), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cape Town
- Anant Singh (* 1956), film producer and opponent of apartheid
- Bruce Grobbelaar (* 1957), Zimbabwean football player
- Themba Mkhize (* 1957), musician
- Nick Price (* 1957), Zimbabwean professional golfer
- Kevin Curren (born 1958), tennis player
- Gcina Mhlophe-Becker (* 1958), writer, storyteller and actress
- Dave Freer (* 1959), SF author
- Gary Muller (born 1964), tennis player
- David Adams (born 1970), tennis player
- Robbie Koenig (* 1971), tennis player
- Lara Logan (* 1971), television and radio journalist, war correspondent
- Sean Dundee (* 1972), German soccer player
- Andrew Mehrtens (* 1973), New Zealand rugby player
- Daniel Hope (* 1973), South African-British violinist
- Michelle Edwards (* 1974), badminton player
- Jay Rodan (born 1974), actor
- Tim Clark (* 1975), professional golfer
- Sibusiso Zuma (* 1975), football player
- Liezel Huber (* 1976), tennis player
- Rory Sabbatini (* 1976), professional golfer
- Delron Buckley (* 1977), South African-German soccer player
- Siyabonga Nomvethe (* 1977), football player
- MacBeth Sibaya (born 1977), football player
- Wesley Whitehouse (* 1979), South African-New Zealand tennis player
- Wesley Moodie (born 1979), tennis player
- Kandyse McClure (* 1980), actress
- Tanit Phoenix (* 1980), actress and model
- Michelle Butler-Emmett (born 1983), badminton player
- Mark González (* 1984), Chilean football player
- Senzo Meyiwa (1987-2014), football player
- Mondli Cele (1989-2016), football player
- Bernard Esterhuizen (* 1992), track cyclist