Famous People with Name Matthijs

Matthijs Quast            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Matthijs Quast: was a Dutch explorer in the seventeenth century. He had made several voyages for the VOC to Japan, China and Siam.

Matthijs Christian Brouwer            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Matthijs Christian Brouwer: is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made his debut on June 2, 2000 in a friendly match against Spain. He played for HC Den Bosch in the Dut

Matthijs Vellenga            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Matthijs Vellenga: is a rower from the Netherlands.His career highlight so far was in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the eights together with Michiel Bartman, Geert-Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Daniël Mensch, Diederik Simon, Jan-Wil

Matthijs Siegenbeek            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Matthijs Siegenbeek: was a Dutch academic. From 1797 to 1847 he was the first professor of the Dutch language at the University of Leiden. From 1803 he was the member, then secretary, of the head-office of that university's literary faculty. Initially he was a Mennonite voorganger in Dokkum.

Matthijs Van Heijningen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Matthijs Van Heijningen: is a Dutch film producer. He is mostly known for producing Voor een verloren soldaat.His son Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. is filmmaker and gived his us debut with the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing[2], who will begin to shoot in March 2010.[3]

Paul Matthijs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Paul Matthijs: a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen. He plays in central midfield. Matthijs started his football career by VV Actief. On 20 August 1997, Matthijs made his debute against FC Volendam. He was substituted in, in the 80th minute. Then, he was only 20 years old. After three seasons playing regularly for FC Groningen, AZ Alkmaar signed him. His time at AZ wasn't successful, and after a disappointing season, he signed with FC Groningen, the club where it all began. In the 2005/2006 Eredivisie season, he reached European football with FC Groningen

Rudy Matthijs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Rudy Matthijs: was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France.

Margriet Matthijsse            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Margriet Matthijsse: is a Dutch sailor and Olympic champion.She received a silver medal in the Europe Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,[1] and again a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]