Pienaar


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Pienaar is a well-known Afrikaans surname, derived from the French Pinard.[1] It was brought to South Africa in 1688 by Huguenot settlers traveling with the Dutch East India Company.[2] The extended progenitors of the Pienaar clan are Jacques Pinard, a carpenter from Eure-et-Loir, and Esther Foucher (born Suèvres, Orléanais). After Esther's death Pinard later remarried Marthe le Fèbre, a native of Paarl.[2] An extensive genealogy of the Pienaar family in South Africa was compiled by ZJ (Sakkie) Pienaar, and privately published as "Die Pienaars in Suid-Afrika." An updated version of the Pienaar genealogy was compiled by Christo Viljoen, whose mother was née Pienaar, as the "Pienaar Familieregister" and published by the Huguenot Society of South Africa.[3]

Some of the descendants of the Pienaar progenitors include:

  • Antoinette Pienaar, South African actress and writer
  • Ben Pienaar, British rugby player
  • Dan Pienaar, South African career soldier
  • Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
  • Gerhardus Pienaar, South African javelin thrower
  • John Pienaar, British journalist
  • Jonathan Pienaar, South African actor
  • Louis Pienaar, South African diplomat
  • Michael Pienaar, Namibian football player
  • Pierre de Villiers Pienaar, South African academic
  • Peet Pienaar, South African performance artist
  • Roy Pienaar, South African cricketer
  • Ruan Pienaar, South African rugby player
  • Steven Pienaar, South African football player

Characters in fiction

  • Peter Pienaar, fictional World War I flying ace
  • Ross Pienaar, fictional character in the movie "District 9"

See also

  • Pienaarsrivier
  • Pienaars River
  • Johan Pienaar Airport

References

  1. ^ Huguenot Society of South Africa
  2. ^ a b Jacques Pinard
  3. ^ [1]
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