Delia North is a South African statistician and a leader in statistics education in South Africa. She is the dean of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.^[1]

North was educated at the University of Natal.^[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and mathematical statistics with honours in mathematical statistics there, as well as a master's degree and Ph.D. in probability theory.^[1] She began her teaching career at the University of Natal in 1982, and remained with the university through its 2004 merger with the University of Durban-Westville to become the University of KwaZulu-Natal, when she became the leader of the combined statistics unit in the merged university.^[2]

She has been chair of the Education Committee of the South African Statistical Association since 2003, and she served as vice-president of the International Association for Statistical Education (the education branch of the International Statistical Institute) from 2007 to 2011.^[2]

North is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.^[3]