Famous People with Name Andries

Andries Bekker            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andries Bekker: is a South African rugby union player for the Springbok rugby team as well as Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers franchise in the Super 14.Andries was a slow starter, playing for De Kuilen Highschool as a junior, before going on to play for Paul Roos Gymnasium 5th team and soon was given the name "Drekker". However, the young lock showed great potential. Bekker is a young lock and has already burst into the international scene with some stellar performances. He is the son of Springbok legend Hennie Bekker who was also a lock.

Andries Strauss            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andries Strauss: is a rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super 14 competition. He plays as a centre.

Andries Petrus Treurnicht            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andries Petrus Treurnicht: was the founder and the leader of the Conservative Party in South Africa.In 1971, he became the National Party MP for Waterberg. Newly appointed as Deputy Minister of Education in 1976, his instruction to implement the policy that black students should be taught in Afrikaans triggered the Soweto Riots. In 1978, he was chosen, over the heads of 12 ministers, as Leader of the National Party in the Transvaal, and, in 1979, he became Minister of State for Administration and of Statistics.

Andries Christiaan Niemann            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andries Christiaan Niemann: is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Andries De Witt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Andries De Witt: was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1619 and 1621. He was the successor of Johan van Oldebarnevelt, who had been executed in 1619.Andries de Witt was a member of the old Dutch patrician family De Witt. He was the oldest son of Johanna Heijmans and Cornelis Fransz de Witt (1545-1622), 16-fold burgomaster of Dordrecht. He was the uncle of Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary from 1652 to 1672, who were sons of his youngest brother Jacob de Witt. Andries married Elizabeth van den Honert in 1604, with whom he had 10 children.