Famous People with Name Antoon

Antoon ("Ton") Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Antoon ("Ton") Schmidt: is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Antoon Van Schendel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Antoon Van Schendel: was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Born in the Netherlands, Antoon van Schendel became a professional cyclist in France. The highlight of his career was his stage victory in the 1938 Tour de France.

Antoon (Tom) Manders            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Antoon (Tom) Manders: was a Dutch artist, comedian and cabaret performer. In later role, he became better known as Dorus.Although his birth was officially recorded as having happened on October 24, he was actually born on the 23. His father had him registered one day later because, for a child born on Sunday, he would not get a day off work.

Antoon Coolen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Antoon Coolen: was a well-known Dutch writer of novels. He has written the Boekenweekgeschenk for the Boekenweek of 1947 and a novel that was part of the Boekenweekgeschenk in 1939.

Antoon Hoevers            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Antoon Hoevers: was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sinan Antoon            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Sinan Antoon: an Iraqi poet and novelist, he also featured in the film About Baghdad and Voices in Wartime.He was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and American mother.[2] After emigrating to the United States after the Gulf war, he studied English literature at Baghdad University. His works include I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody Antoon has also directed and co-produced two plays at Middlebury College both in 1998 and 1999; The King is the King and The Elephant.