Ruan Pienaar
Pienaar in 2010, photo by sportsphotographer.eu/bigstockphoto.com
Place of Birth: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Date of Birth: 10 March, 1984
Ethnicity: Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, other]
Ruan Pienaar is a South African rugby union footballer. He has played 88 Test Matches for his country, and was part of the 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning team. He has also played for Sharks, Ulster, Montpellier, Free State Cheetahs, and Cheetahs.
Ruan is the son of Rida and Gysie Pienaar (Zacharias Matheus Johannes Pienaar), a rugby union player. He is a devout Christian.
Ruan’s patrilineal line can be traced to French Huguenot emigrants, Jacques Pinard, who was born, c. 1666, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France, and to his wife Hester Foucher.
Ruan’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Du Plessis. The surname is of French Huguenot origin.
Ruan’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of Theunis Kotzé and Maria Jacoba Jacobs. Theunis was the son of Coenraad Hendrik Kotzé and Anna Jacoba Coetzee. Maria was the daughter of Nicolaas Burger “Klaas” Jacobs and Maria Jacoba Kotzé.
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Ruan is the son of Rida (Du Plessis) and Gysie Pienaar (Zacharias Matheus Johannes Pienaar), a former rugby union player.
Ruan’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Du Plessis. The surname is of French Huguenot origin.
Ruan’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of Theunis Kotzé (the son of Coenraad Hendrik Kotzé and Anna Jacoba Coetzee) and Maria Jacoba Jacobs (the daughter of Nicolaas Burger “Klaas” Jacobs and Maria Jacoba Kotzé).
His mother’s name is Rida.