Botha

Botha is a particularly common in South Africa within the population of the Boer family name. The names of carriers can often hide their origin by immigrants Friedrich Both ( * 1653 in Wangenheim near Gotha ) or Samuel Friedrich Bode ( * 1730 in Lüneburg) deduced that reached the Cape Colony independently.

Bearers of the name

• Adriaan Botha ( born 1977 ), South African sprinter
• Bakkies Botha ( born 1979 ), South African rugby player
• Francois Botha ( born 1968 ), South African boxer and kickboxer
• Heidi Botha ( born 1968 ), South African fencers
• Jacobus Frederik Botha († 1915), South African founder of Humpata in Angola
• Johan Botha ( opera singer) (born 1965 ), South African- Austrian singer (tenor )
• Johan Botha ( athlete ) ( born 1974 ), South African middle-distance runner
• Johannes Botha ( born 1974 ), South African middle-distance runner
• Karen Botha (born 1967 ), South African long jumper
• 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) ( born 1957 ), South African table tennis players
• Luki Botha (1930-2006), South African racing driver
• Pieter Willem Botha (1916-2006), South African Prime Minister and President
• Pik Botha ( born 1932 ), South African politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Riaan Botha (born 1970 ), South African pole vaulter
• Stephanus Botha ( born 1931 ), South African water polo players
• Tyler Botha ( born 1980 ), South African Skeleton athletes
• Werner Botha (born 1978 ), South African athlete
• Willem Botha (1912-1967), South African athlete
• Xander Botha (* 1994), South African hockey player