De Wet Barry - Rugby union player, Springbok Christiaan Barnard—first surgeon to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant operation spent the early years of his medical practice in Ceres. Ernst Joubert - Rugby player Henry Francis Maltby - Writer and playwright Raymond Herman Mordt - Rugby union player, Springbok Simon Rademan - Fashion designer and stylist Breyton Paulse - Springbok rugby player Ernst van Dyk - Wheelchair racer John Villet - Springbok rugby player Coats of arms Municipal (1) — The Ceres municipal council assumed a pseudo-heraldic "coat of arms" in 1928. The shield was quartered, and depicted (1) a sheaf of wheat on a red background, (2) a landscape scene showing a bridge across a river, (3) a tree on a sky blue background, and (4) a cornucopia on a green background. The motto was Loci dulcedo nos attinet. Municipal (2) — The council assumed a proper coat of arms, designed by Ivan Mitford-Barberton and H. Ellis Tomlinson, in 1948. This was in response to a Cape Provincial Administration circular asking municipalities to have their arms checked and, if necessary, re-designed, to make them heraldically correct. The new arms were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry in March 1974. The arms were : Vert, a fess wavy Argent, thereon a barrulet wavy Azure, over all a pale Argent charged with a representation of the goddess Ceres, vested Vert, holding in her dexter hand a sheaf of wheat and in her sinister a torch enflamed all proper; in chief a mural crown Gules. The motto was the same as before. In layman's terms, the new design was a green shield with a silver/blue/silver wavy stripe across the middle, and a vertical silver stripe depicting a red mural crown and the figure of the Roman goddess Ceres. See also Ceres Transport Riders’ Museum Gallery References External links Ceres Tourism Ceres Museum Populated places in the Witzenberg Local Municipality Populated places established in 1854 1854 establishments in the British Empire