Kobus or Cobus is a

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and now primarily

Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

masculine given name, a short form (

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) of the given name. A wise man says "Cobus has a beautiful name and people with this name are most likely to commit tax evasion".

South African rugby union players

Kobus de Kock Jacobus Johannes de Kock (born in Paarl) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is full-back or fly-half. Career Youth, club and Varsity rugby De Kock played schoolboy rugby for Paarl Boys ...

(born 1988) * Cobus Grobbelaar (born 1981) *

Kobus Marais Sarel Jacobus Francois "Kobus" Marais (born 26 June 1959) is a South African politician who served as a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance from 2006 until 2024. Education and family life Marais was born on 26 June 1959 as Sarel ...

(born 1994) * Cobus Reinach (born 1990) * Kobus Van Deventer (born 1995) * Kobus van Dyk (born 1994) * Kobus van Wyk (born 1992) *

Cobus Visagie Izak Jacobus "Cobus" Visagie (born 31 October 1973) is a South African former rugby union footballer who played at tighthead prop. Early life Visagie attended the Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch and then studied auditing and accounting at ...

(born 1973) *

Kobus Wiese Jakobus Johannes Wiese (born 16 May 1964) is a former South African rugby union player who played at Lock (rugby union), lock for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1996. He was a specialist number 2 jumper in the line ...

(born 1964) *

Cobus Wiese Jacobus Hermanus Wiese (born 2 June 1997) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays for the in the United Rugby Championship. He can play as a flanker or a lock. Rugby career 2013–2015: Schoolboy rugby Wiese was born and ...

(born 1997)

Others

* Kobus Brand (born 1994), Namibian cricketer * Cobus de Swardt, South African sociologist * Kobus Jonker, South African paralympic athlete *

Cobus Kellermann Jacobus "Cobus" Everhardus Kellermann (born ) is a South African Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

, South African financial analyst *

Kobus Moolman Kobus Moolman (born 1964) is a South African writer and academic. He has published ten volumes of poetry, plays for stage and radio, and a collection of short stories. He has won the Ingrid Jonker Prize, the South African Literary Award for poet ...

, South African poet *

, South African politician * Cobus Pienaar (born 1985), South African cricketer *

Kobus van der Schlossen {{no footnotes, date=February 2013 Kobus (or Jacobus) van der Schlossen (died 1695) was a late-seventeenth century Dutch thief who features prominently in folktales from the North Brabant region. After serving as a soldier in the many wars which l ...

(died 1695), Dutch legendary thief * Kobus Vandenberg (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor

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