Editing Soweto (section)

===Other residents===
[[File:Mandela House, Soweto.JPG|thumb|right|Mandela's House in Orlando]]
* [[James Mpanza]] (1889–1970), civic leader, founder of [[Orlando Pirates F.C.]], known as 'the father of Soweto'
* [[Winnie Mandela]] (1936–2018), anti-apartheid activist and politician, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela
* [[Gibson Kente]] (1932–2004), playwright
* [[Irvin Khoza]] (b. 27 January 1948), South African football administrator, Chairman of [[Orlando Pirates]]
* [[Aggrey Klaaste]] (1940–2004), newspaper journalist and editor
* [[Nelson Mandela]] (1918–2013), President of South Africa, anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and peace activist, spent many years living in Soweto; his Soweto home in Orlando is currently a major tourist attraction
* [[Hastings Ndlovu]] (1961–1976), another student to be killed during the 1976 [[Soweto uprising]]
* [[Lilian Ngoyi]] (1911–1980), anti-apartheid activist, who spent 18 years under house arrest in Mzimhlope
* [[Joe Mafela]] (1942–2017), Actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and businessman
* [[Mzwakhe Mbuli]] (b. 1959), Poet known as "The People's Poet, musician and actor
* [[Terry Pheto]] (b. 1981), actress best known for her leading role as Miriam in the 2005 Oscar-winning feature film [[Tsotsi]]
* [[Pallance Dladla]] (b. 1992), Actor
* [[Steven Pienaar]] (b. 1982), footballer with national team and [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Hector Pieterson]] (1963–1976), the first student to be killed during the 1976 [[Soweto uprising]] who features in an iconic press photograph of the event; has a memorial and museum named after him in Orlando West
* [[Percy Qoboza]] (1938–1988), newspaper journalist and editor
* [[Gerard Sekoto]] (1913–1993), artist, lived in Kliptown before emigrating to France in 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southafrica.info/about/arts/sekoto-album.htm|title=Gerard Sekoto's 'illustrious album'|last=Davie|first=Lucille|website=Southafrica.info|date=1 November 2004|access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref>
* [[Desmond Tutu]] (1931–2021), cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s through his opposition to apartheid