Benoni is a town in

Ekurhuleni The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng. The municipality itself is a large suburban region east o ...

municipality,

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

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. Benoni was also the setting for the

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-inspired movie ''Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni'', released internationally in 2005.

People from Benoni

Urzila Carlson Urzila Carlson (born 15 February 1976) is a South African born New Zealand comedian and actress, known for her stand-up performances as well as her appearances on television programs in both New Zealand and Australia. Carlson is a regular panelli ...

, New Zealand based comedian, from Benoni *

R. Graham Cooks Robert Graham Cooks is the Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the Aston Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry at Purdue University. He is an ISI Highly Cited Chemist, with over 1,000 publications and an H-index of 134. Educatio ...

, chemist *

Charlene, Princess of Monaco Charlene (' Charlene Lynette Wittstock; French: ''Charlène'';Since her marriage, her name has been Gallicised by adding a grave accent to her name in French documents. born 25 January 1978) is the princess consort of Monaco and a former Olympic ...

, (née Charlene Wittstock), swimmer, and consort of

Prince Albert II of Monaco Albert II – Website of the Palace of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, since 2005. Albert was born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, and he is the second child and only son of Prince Rai ...

Bryan Habana Bryan Gary Habana OIS (born 12 June 1983) is a South African former professional rugby union player who initially played as an outside centre but later on, he shifted to the wing. He most recently played for Toulon in the French Top 14 competit ...

, former

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rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

player *

Philip Holiday Phillip James Holiday (born 23 May 1970) is a South African former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2010. He won the IBF lightweight title in 1995, making six successful defences until suffering the first defeat of his career again ...

, IBF World Champion Boxer *

Morris Kahn Morris Kahn (born 5 March 1930) is an Israeli billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder of Golden Pages Israel, Amdocs, the Aurec Group, Coral World and other companies. Through Coral World, he founded several marine parks around the world, i ...

(born 1930), Israeli billionaire, founder and chairman of Aurec Group * Mildred Mangxola, singer and member of the

Mahotella Queens The Mahotella Queens is a South African female band formed in 1964 by music producer Rupert Bopape, consisting of Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu, and Amanda Nkosi. The group is noted for their distinct vocal harmony sound, guitar-led mbaqanga ...

Frith van der Merwe Frith van der Merwe (born 26 May 1964) is a South African long-distance athlete. Running career She competed several times in the South African ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon, in the late 1980s and early 1990s with success, setting fe ...

, schoolteacher at Benoni High and the most prolific female runner in the history of the Comrades Marathon *

Pops Mohamed Pops Mohamed (born Ismail Mohamed-Jan) is a South African multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and producer. Born in Benoni, Gauteng, Pops Mohamed had a career in music that was the logical outcome of an early exposure at Dorkay House to the l ...

, jazz musician *

Genevieve Morton Genevieve Morton (born 9 July 1986 in Benoni) is a South African model. Morton was voted the S''exiest Woman in the World'' in 2012 by ''FHM'' and was named one of the ''Top 50 Swimsuit Models of All Time'' by ''Sports Illustrated'' in 2014. E ...

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Grace Mugabe Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe (' Marufu; born 23 July 1965) is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur, politician and the widow of the late President Robert Mugabe. She served as the First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1996 until her husband's resignation in November 201 ...

, former First Lady of Zimbabwe * Bradley Player, cricketer *

Oliver Reginald Tambo Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 191724 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991. Biography Higher education Oliv ...

, anti-apartheid politician *

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 20 ...

, Oscar-winning actress (Academy Awards: Best Actress ''

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'') *

Vic Toweel Victor "Vic" Anthony Toweel (12 January 1928 – 15 August 2008) was a South African boxer and former undisputed World bantamweight champion. He was the first South African to hold a world title. Personal Victor Anthony Toweel was born on 1 ...

, former undisputed World bantamweight champion and South African boxing champion. * Jill Trappler, visual artist * Nibs van der Spuy, guitarist, singer, songwriter

References

External links

AllRefer Encyclopedia – Benoni, South Africa
{{Authority control East Rand Populated places in Ekurhuleni Populated places established in 1881