List of Famous people with last name Retief

Piet Retief

First Name Piet
Last Name Retief
Born on November 12, 1780
Died on February 6, 1838 (aged 57)

Pieter Mauritz Retief was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.031897068023682s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.022528171539307s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.022463083267212s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.010780096054077s
router_page: 1x 0.0083751678466797s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0072948932647705s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0068509578704834s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0067408084869385s
headline: 2x 0.0035560131072998s
qids: 2x 0.0022521018981934s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00054621696472168s
head-facts: 1x 0.00050997734069824s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00044608116149902s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 3.0040740966797E-5s
related: 1x 7.1525573730469E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2025-06-15 17:44:06)  -----