Jan Eloff

Jan Eloff (born 19 July 1859 in Rustenburg District, South African Republic - 10 July 1939 Pretoria, Union of South Africa) was the first civilian commissioner and the second mining commissioner in Johannesburg and the man to whom Eloff Street was named after, the first street to be surveyed. In time, twelve streets in the Greater Johannesburg area were named after him. Provided by Wikipedia