Botha
Botha (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbuəta]) is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Friso-Saxon Both.[1] It was brought to South Africa in 1678 by Frederich Botha.[2][better source needed] Botha roughly translates to "son of the leader" in Middle Dutch.[citation needed]
The progenitors of the extended clan were Maria Kickers, her first partner Ferdinandùs Appel, and her later husband Frederich Botha.[3]
Descendants of Ferdinandùs Appel
Prior to her marriage to Frederich Botha, Maria Kickers had an out-of-wedlock child fathered by Ferdinandùs Appel, another Hollander from an Amsterdam family.[2] This child, a son named Theunis, was later adopted by the Bothas. His descendants include:[4]
- Louis Botha (1862–1919), first Prime Minister of South Africa, often referred to as "General Botha"
- Pieter Willem "P.W." Botha (1916–2006), South African prime minister from 1978 to 1984 and state president from 1984 to 1989
Descendants of Frederich Botha
Married in 1714, Kickers and Botha later farmed for a living between Stellenbosch and Somerset West.[2] Today, their legal descendants number around 76,125 people,[4] and include:
Artists, artisans and businesspeople
- Danila Botha, South African-born Canadian novelist
- Hannah Botha, South African actress
- Johan Botha (tenor) (1965–2016), opera singer
- Leon Botha, South African artist and progeria victim
- Mike Botha, South African-born master diamond cutter
- Roelof Botha, South African account, former PayPal chief financial officer
- Piet Botha, South African rock musician
- Willem Botha, South African singer and actor
Politicians, civil servants, and activists
- Andries Botha, Khoikhoi leader in the Cape Colony
- Cornelius Botha, South African politician
- Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha (1932–2018), South African politician and diplomat
- Sandra Botha, South African diplomat and ambassador
- Stoffel Botha, South African politician
- Theo Botha, South African shareholder activist
- Thozamile Botha, South African politician
Rugby players
- Arno Botha, South African rugby player
- Bernado Botha, South African rugby player
- Brendon James Botha, South African rugby player
- Chrysander Botha, Namibian rugby player
- Gary Botha, South African rugby player
- Hendrik Egnatius "Naas" Botha, South African rugby player
- John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, South African rugby player
- Mouritz Botha, South African rugby player
- Ruan Botha, South African rugby player
- Tom Botha, South African rugby player
Cricketers
- Andre Botha (cricketer) (born 1975), South African-born Irish cricketer
- Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha, South African cricketer
- Beverly Botha, South African female cricketer
- Dewald Botha, South African cricketer
- Dawid Botha, Namibian cricketer
- Johan Botha (cricketer) (born 1982), South African born Australian cricketer
Other sportspersons
- Adriaan Botha, South African sprinter
- Andre Botha (bodyboarder) (born 1980), South African bodyboarder
- Francois Botha, South African boxer
- Heidi Botha, South African fencer
- Johan Botha (athlete) (born 1974), South African middle distance runner
- Lukas "Luki" Botha, South African Formula One driver
- Riaan Botha, South African pole vaulter
- Tyler Botha, South African skeleton racer
- Wendy Botha, South African-born Australian surfer
Other uses
- Botha, village in the Lundazi district in Eastern Province, Zambia
- 1354 Botha, asteroid
- Anna Elizabeth Botha (née Rossouw), former South African first lady
- Blackburn Botha, Royal Air Force reconnaissance aircraft
- Botha, Alberta, Canadian settlement in Alberta
- Botha Sigcau, former President of Transkei
- Botha's Hill, South African settlement in KwaZulu-Natal
- Botha's lark (Spizocorys fringillaris), a South African lark
- Gunther Botha, South African mercenary in Matthew Reilly's Area 7
- Jaapie Botha, fictional South African Police officer in the film The Power of One
- Karl Botha, fictional counterfeiter from Pepetela's novels
- Louis Botha Avenue, Johannesburg street
- Mutro Botha, assassin in the television series Batman Beyond
- Regiment Botha, South African Army unit
- SATS General Botha, South African warship
References
- ^ "Botha – History". Home.mweb.co.za. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ a b c "First Fifty Years – a project collating Cape of Good Hope records – Frederich Both". E-family.co.za. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Maria Kickers, SM/PROG (1655–1723) – Genealogy". Geni.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ a b Jaco M. Greeff; J. Christoff Erasmus. "Appel Botha Cornelitz : the abc of a three hundred year old divorce case" (PDF). Repository.up.ca.za. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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