Health Sciences
- Enid Charles (1894–1972), statistician and demographer.
- Max Theiler, virologist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever.
- Neil Aggett, was a South African trade union leader and labour activist who died in custody after 70 days detention without trial.
- Professor Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital.
- David Cooper, was a noted theorist and leader in the anti-psychiatry movement.
- Kit Vaughan, emeritus professor of biomedical engineering and CEO at CapeRay.
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