Famous People with Name Adriaen

Adriaen Block            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Block: was a Dutch private trader and navigator who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614

Adriaen Brouwer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Brouwer: was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.At a young age Brouwer, probably born as Adriaen de Brauwer, moved perhaps via Antwerp to Haarlem, where he became a student of Frans Hals alongside Adriaen van Ostade. He also was active in stage acting and poetry.

Adriaen Van Ostade            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Van Ostade: was a Dutch genre painter.He was the eldest son of Jan Hendricx Ostade, a weaver from the town of Ostade near Eindhoven. Although Adriaen and his brother Isaack were born in Haarlem, they adopted the name "van Ostade" as painters.

Adriaen Van Der Cabel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Van Der Cabel: was a Dutch painter of the Dutch school. He grew up in the small town of Rijswijk, in the western Netherlands. This town was also the hometown of Edin, another Dutch painter from the area. Cabel was also known as Adri'tje

Adriaen Hanneman            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Hanneman: was a seventeenth-century Dutch painter best-known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court. His style was strongly influenced by his contemporary, Anthony Van Dyck.

Jan (Cesar Jan) Adriaensens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan (Cesar Jan) Adriaensens: is a former Belgian road bicycle racer. He finished twice on the podium of the Tour de France, with a third place in 1956 and in 1960. In both these years, he wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.