Jacobus "Jackie" Pretorius (22 November 1934[1] – 30 March 2009) was a racing driver from South Africa.

Pretorius competed in Formula One at national level in his home country of South Africa, enjoying some success throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Jackie Pretorius died in Johannesburg aged 74, on 30 March 2009, after being in a coma for three weeks.

He was attacked in his home early on a Friday morning by burglars.

His wife Shirley died in a similar incident in the same house several years earlier.