Graaff-Reinet as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. South African teacher, Pan-Africanist, and anti-apartheid activist (1924-1978), South African politician (1819-1901), South African politician (1792-1852)): Robert Sobukwe, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Hendrik Potgieter and some more.
Celebrities from Graaff-Reinet