Jul 19, 1859Waterkloof, Gauteng, South AfricaDied on 10 Jul 1939 (aged 79)Cancer
About Jan Eloff
Jan Eloff (born 19 July 1859 in Rustenburg District, Transvaal - 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, 12 streets in the Greater Johannesburg area were named after him.