Alfred Aaron de Pass (2 July 1861 – 17 December 1952) was a South African businessman, art-collector and philanthropist.
[1] De Pass was born in Cape Town into a prominent family of Sephardic Jewish merchants from London.
Their original surname, Shalom, was translated to the Spanish word for peace and became Paz before being anglicised to Pass in England.
[2] He was descended from Elias de Paz, who was among the original 12 Jewish brokers admitted to the privileges of the Royal Exchange in 1697.
[4] He also purchased a large number of British and international works for the collection of the National Gallery of South Africa, now known as Iziko.