Famous People with Name Matthijs

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]

Matthijs Van Nieuwkerk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Matthijs Van Nieuwkerk: is a Dutch journalist and television presenter.In 1980 Matthijs van Nieuwkerk started his study Dutch, at the former Gemeentelijke Universiteit in Amsterdam, but he never finished his study.With his friend Mark van den Heuvel he started interviewing sportsmen for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. Some of the famous people were the chess grandmasters Kasparov and Karpov and footballer Johnny Rep. After that brief period he begun interviewing writers, and he totally changed the page for literature. In 1988 he became editor for the artredaction.

Matthijs Egbert Huizing            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Matthijs Egbert Huizing: is a Dutch politician and former (sports) manager. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he has been a MP since October 26, 2010. He focuses on matters of supervisors, accountancy, social security, aviation, ship transport, inland navigation and harbors.From 1980 to 1984 he was a member and also VVD fraction leader of the municipal council of the ward Kralingen-Crooswijk and from 2002 to 2008 and also till 2007 VVD fraction leader of the municipal council of Oegstgeest.

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]