Famous People with Name Barend

Barend (Ben) Bril            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Barend (Ben) Bril: Four years later he was barred from the 1932 Summer Olympics because the Dutch Olympic Committee was led by a member of the Dutch Nazi party, and he boycotted the 1936 Games in Berlin.

Barend Willem Biesheuvel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Barend Willem Biesheuvel: was a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973, as a member of the Protestant ARP party.

Barend ("Ben") Bril            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Barend ("Ben") Bril: was a Dutch boxer.Four years later he was barred from the 1932 Summer Olympics because the Dutch Olympic Committee was led by a member of the Dutch Nazi party, and he boycotted the 1936 Games in Berlin.

Barend Fokke            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Barend Fokke: was a 17th century Frisian-born captain for the Dutch East India Company. He was renowned for the uncanny speed of his trips from Holland to Java. For example, in 1678 he traveled the distance in 3 months and 4 (or 10) days, delivering governor Rijckloff van Goens a stack of letters from which the traveling time could be confirmed. In later times a statue was erected of him on the small island Kuipertje near the harbor of Batavia. The statue was destroyed by the English in the early 19th century. Apparently, he was able to sail in 1678 after dying in 1641, further proving he was in league with the devil.

Barend Pieterse            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Barend Pieterse: is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings. He started playing his rugby for the Golden Lions in 2001. He played for them until 2004, when he moved to the Free State Cheetahs. Between 2004 and 2010, he also fr

Jaap Barendregt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jaap Barendregt: a former Dutch footballer who was active as a striker. Barendregt played his whole career at Feijenoord and his total of 196 league goals is a club record, leading Kees Pijl and Cor van der Gijp.

Dirck Barendsz            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dirck Barendsz: was a Dutch painter who was born and died in Amsterdam. He was trained by his father, also a painter, and in 1555, at the age of twenty-one, Barendsz travelled to Italy. During his seven-year stay there, Karel van Mander tells us that he was "nursed at the great Titian's bosem."