Famous People with Name Frits

Frits Pirard            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frits Pirard: was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

Frits Helmuth            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frits Helmuth: was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1938 and 2004.

Frits Van Oostrom            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frits Van Oostrom: is University Professor for the Humanities at the Utrecht University. In 1999 he was a visiting Professor at Harvard for the Erasmus Chair. From September 2004 to June 2005, he was a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). He was awarded the Spinozapremie in 1995. In May, 2005 he became President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for a three year period.

Frits Sins            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frits Sins: is a Dutch slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of 19th in the K-1 event at Barcelona in 1992.

Frits Evert Eyken            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frits Evert Eyken: was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.Eyken was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He rowed for Delft University, Laga, Netherlands. Eyken competed for Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the single scull where he met Jack Beresford in the heats and lost by a margin.[1] In 1921, Eyken won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta beating Jack Beresford in the final.[2] Following Eyken's victory, Janus Ooms passed on to him the "Golden Belt" he was awarded in 1892. Eyken, in turn, passed it on to the next Dutch Diamonds winner Bertus Gunther in 1929[3]