Kriel is an

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 ...

surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anneline Kriel Anneline Kriel (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974. She is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World titl ...

, South African model and actress *

Ashley Kriel Ashley Kriel (17 October 1966 – 9 July 1987) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who was killed by police in Cape Town on 9 July 1987 for his role in the anti-apartheid movement. In 1999, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission gran ...

(1966–1987), South African activist * Hernus Kriel (1941–2015), first Premier of the Western Cape province * James Kriel, (1942–2016) former

South African Air Force The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. The South African Air Force was established on 1 February 1920. The Air Force saw service in World War II a ...

Chief *

Jesse Kriel Jesse André Kriel (born 15 February 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League and South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa national rugby team. Hi ...

(born 1994), South African rugby player * Marianne Kriel (born 1971), former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa *

Deejay Kriel Deejay Kriel (born June 20, 1995) is a South African professional boxer who held the IBF mini-flyweight title in 2019. Professional career Early career Kriel made his professional debut against Colin Tloubatla on April 10, 2014. He lost the fi ...

(born 1995), South African professional boxer

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