# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-graaff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:27:17.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-graaff"
name: "David Graaff"
slug: "david-graaff"
description: "Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, 1st Baronet was a South African cold storage magnate and politician. Graaff revolutionized the cold storage industry in Africa. He founded the Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company in 1899, and aggressively ran it until he left to serve in government. Graaff grew the company into one of the largest in Africa. Graaff's wealth soared, at the turn of the century. During World War I he personally part financed the South African war effort and for this he was knighted as well as for services at the Paris Peace Conference 1919."
tagline: "South African businessman and politician (1859-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Graaff_oval.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1859-03-30"
deathDate: "1931-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           5.477250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pieter_de_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "David Pieter de Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pieter_de_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "David Pieter de Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "ديفيد جراف (سياسى من جنوب افريقيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Graaff%2C_1e_Baronet"
    title: "David Graaff, 1e Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_David_Graaff%2C_1st_Baronet"
    title: "Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pieter_de_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "David Pieter de Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump