Famous People with Name Adriaen

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.

Adriaen De Vries            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Adriaen De Vries: was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor o

Adriaen Maertensz Block            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Maertensz Block: was successively captain, commander, and governor of the Ambon Island between 1614-1617, administrator of the "raad in Indië" for the Kamer of the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam (VOC) in Batavia. In 1627 two of his ships wrecked on the island Wight in a storm. He probably intended to go there to buy secretely and trade privately.[1] He was suspended and declared unsuitable for other similar offices, and retired in a country house at Lisse

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.