Ryk Tulbagh

Ryk Tulbagh ( born May 14, 1699 Utrecht, The Netherlands; † August 11, 1771 in Cape Town, South Africa) was governor of the Cape Colony from February 27, 1751 to August 11 1771st

Ryk Tulbagh grew up in the Netherlands in Bergen op Zoom. At sixteen he joined the Dutch East India Company and in 1716 he emigrated on the ship Terhorst to South Africa.

The town of Tulbagh in South Africa's Western Cape province is named after him.