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The origins of the surname "Visagie", is believed to originate from Flanders (Belgium) at the turn of the 17th century.


Visagie history

The surname branching off from the surname Visage and has been connected to a man named Pieter Visagie (circa 1631 – circa 1682) from Antwerp, Flanders. Pieter Visagie joined the VOC (Dutch East India Company) as a Sailer in 1654 in Zeeland. On 10 December 1654 in Wielingen, he boarded the ship Koudekerke/ Koukercken and arrived in the Caeb de Goede hope (Cape of good hope) on 2 April 1655. He remained in the company's employment for 2 years before receiving his free burghers documents on 15 December 1657 and was granted land at the feet of table mountain. Pieter married Catharina Kiens from Zeeland, Flanders on 21 June 1671. They had two sons, Guilliam and Izaak, of which only Guilliam produced offspring. Pieter remained a farmer until his death around 1682. Pieter was the only Visagie/Visage to travel to the Cape of Good Hope during this period and is therefore the Progenitor of all living Visagie's today. Pieter Visagie's parents have been suggested to be Guillielmus Visagie and Catharina Wouters by Dr J. C. Visagie. Research done suggested that this family was the only Visagie family in Antwerp at the time, but the identity of his parents remains speculation until further research is done.


Notable people with the surname

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Guilliam Visagie Guilliam Visagie (born about 1751; still alive in 1793) was a fugitive from the Dutch Cape Colony who fled to southern Namibia in about 1786. He is considered to have been the first person of European ancestry to have settled in the country. Visa ...
(ca. 1751 – aft. 1793), Trekboer who settled in southern Namibia about 1786; the first person of European ancestry to settle in the country *André Visagie, former Secretary General of the far-right South African group, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) Sportspeople *
Piet Visagie Petrus Jacobus Visagie (16 April 1943 – 22 December 2022) was a South African rugby union international. Visagie, raised in the town of Reivilo, was a mine worker at Beeshoek and played for the local Ammosal rugby club. He went on to represe ...
(1943–2022), South African rugby union player *
Gawie Visagie Gabriël Pieter 'Gawie' Visagie (31 March 1955 – 19 November 2014) was a South African rugby union footballer. Playing career Visagie was born in Vereeniging, Gauteng, but finished his schooling in Kimberley in the Northern Cape at HTS Kim ...
(born 1955), South African rugby player *
Rudi Visagie Rudolf Gerhardus Visagie (born 27 June 1959 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player, who played lock. Playing career Visagie made his provincial debut for the Free State in 1980. He played 109 matches for Free ...
(born 1959), South African rugby union player *
Alfred Visagie Alfred Visagie (born 17 September 1972) is a South African sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and 4x400m at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1 ...
(born 1972), South African sprinter who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics *
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), South African rugby union player *
Callie Visagie Callie-Theron Visagie (born 9 July 1988) is a retired South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position was hooker. He most recently represented the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in Currie Cup. He was included in the ...
(born 1988), South African rugby union player *
Jaco Visagie Gerrit Jacobus Visagie (born 8 July 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup and also played for Stade Toulousain in the French Top 14. His regular position is ...
(born 1992), South African rugby union player {{surname Surnames of French origin Afrikaans-language surnames