Editing Graaff-Reinet (section)

===Sports===
*[[Herbert Hayton Castens]] (23 November 1864 – 18 October 1929), born in the village of Pearston neighbouring the Graaff-Reinet District. He is a former South African rugby union footballer, and cricketer. He was South Africa's first ever rugby and cricket captain. On 30 July 1891 he captained South Africa in their first ever rugby international, against the touring British Isles team. In [[South African cricket team in England in 1894|1894 a South African cricket tour to England]] was organised, with Castens appointed as the first-ever South African cricket captain.
*[[Arthur Edward Ochse]] (born 11 March 1870 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, died 11 April 1918 in France) He was a South African cricketer who played two Tests for South Africa in 1888–89. Known to his teammates as 'Okey', Ochse held a unique record in South African cricket history for well over one hundred years, being the youngest test cricketer selected for South Africa at 19 years and one day when he took the field for the first test.
*[[Arthur Lennox Ochse]] (b. 11 October 1899, Graaff-Reinet) Springbok cricketer; Right hand batsman, Right arm fast bowler. Debut: Against England, 3rd Test, Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1927/28 Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
*[[Louis Babrow]] (24 April 1915 – 26 January 2004) Famous Springbok rugby player. Babrow's international career was a brief one—just one season with the Springboks, but it was a great enough one for him to be included in the 50 top Springboks of all time in a recent book, The Chosen. The year in which he played was 1937—when the Springboks became the first team to beat the All Blacks in New Zealand, a feat not equalled till 1971. During World War II he was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry at the Battle of El Alamein, when he was wounded. After the War, Babrow captained the British Empire XV against the Rest of the World. He attended Sacred Heart Convent in Graaff-Reinet.
*[[PK Albertyn|Pieter Kuyper Albertyn]] (PK) (b. 27 May 1897) Dutch Reformed minister in Graaff-Reinet between 1906 and 1921.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Springbok rugby captain in 1924.
*[[Clarence Wimble|Clarence Skelton Wimble]], a South African cricketer, was born in Graaff-Reinet on 22 April 1861 and died in Johannesburg on 28 January 1930, aged 68.
*[[Louis Davids]] – Rugby player, South African Federation Rugby Union.
*[[Jano Vermaak]] – [[Springboks|Springbok]] and [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] Rugby Player.
*[[Elton Jantjies]] - [[Springboks]] and [[Lions (United Rugby Championship)|Lions]] Rugby Player