# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/de-villiers-graaff
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:25:53.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/de-villiers-graaff"
name: "De Villiers Graaff"
slug: "de-villiers-graaff"
description: "Sir De Villiers \"Div\" Graaff, 2nd Baronet was a South African politician who succeeded his father, Sir David Graaff, to his baronetcy in 1931. He died in 1999 and was succeeded by his son, Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet. He was the leader of the centrist United Party which was the official opposition in the then all-white South African Parliament from 1956 to 1977."
tagline: "South African politician (1913–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_De_Villiers_Graaff_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1913-12-08"
deathDate: "1999-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.903098666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "德·维利尔斯·赫拉夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "دى فيليرز جراف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Villiers_Graaff"
    title: "De Villiers Graaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%80_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "டீ வில்லியர்ஸ் கிராஃப்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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