What is George Bizos?
{{Infobox person | name = George Bizos | image = George Bizos 1 (cropped).jpg | caption = Bizos in 2014 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|11|14|df=yes}}<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/world/africa/george-bizos-dead.html New York Times obituary]</ref> | birth_place = Vasilitsi, [[Messenia]], [[Second Hellenic Republic|Greece]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|9|1927|11|15|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa | resting_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Arethe Daflos|1948|2017|end=died}} | partner = | children = 3 | nationality = Greek/South African | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = [[University of the Witwatersrand]] | occupation = [[Human rights lawyer]] | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''George Bizos''' (14 November 1927 – 9 September 2020) was a Greek-born South African [[human rights]] lawyer. He campaigned against [[apartheid]] in [[South Africa]], most notably during the [[Rivonia Trial]]. He was [[Nelson Mandela]]'s lawyer.<ref name=birthdaytea>{{cite news|newspaper=Mail & Guardian|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2008-11-16-birthday-tea-with-bizos|title=Birthday tea with Bizos|first=Sello S.|last= Alcock|date=16 Nov 2008|access-date=30 September 2019 }}</ref> Bizos died in [[Johannesburg]] on 9 September 2020, aged 92.<ref>[https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/general/2356193/human-rights-advocate-george-bizos-has-died/ Human rights advocate George Bizos has died]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bizos, George}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:South African businesspeople]] [[Category:South African lawyers]] [[Category:South African activists]] [[Category:South African autobiographers]]