Pieter was born on July 7th, 1981. Pieter's father is Prof Pieter Jacobus Maartens and his mother is Jeanne Dreyer. His paternal grandparents were Pieter Barend Maartens and Rozzetta Holtshausen. He had two brothers named Jaco and Pieter. He was the oldest of the three children. He died due to a medical problem, ENDOTOXIC SHOCK INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, at the age of 2 on May 27th, 1984 in Durban.