List of diamond magnates

This is an annotated list of important diamond business magnates. It is in alphabetical order based on last name.


 * Barney Barnato (1851–1897), British Randlord and diamond magnate
 * Alfred Beit (1853–1906), Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate
 * Thomas Cullinan (diamond magnate) (1862–1936), South African diamond magnate.
 * David Harris (South African businessman) (1852–1942), South African soldier, diamond magnate, and legislator
 * John Dale Lace (1859–1937), South African gold and diamond magnate.
 * Lev Avnerovich Leviev (born 1956), Israeli diamond magnate, investor, and philanthropist
 * William McHardy (diamond magnate) (1846–1913), Scottish-South African diamond magnate
 * Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British mining magnate and politician
 * Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929), Belgian-American businessman, a diamond magnate, and merchant
 * Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973), British military officer and diamond magnate
 * Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850–1912), German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector