Famous People with Name Niels

Niels Kokmeijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Niels Kokmeijer: a former Dutch footballer most famous for his period at Go Ahead Eagles. Currently he is part of the Dutch Beach Soccer Association. Kokmeijer, born in Uitgeest played as a forward, making his professional debut as being part of the FC Volendam squad in the 1998-99 season. He also played for SC Heerenveen and HFC Haarlem before joining Go Ahead Eagles in 2004-05, playing in the Eerste Divisie.In his first and only season at Go Ahead, Kokmeijer was seriously injured by opponent Rachid Bouaouzan playing for Sparta Rotterdam on December 17, 2004. Kokmeijer's leg was broken badly and he was forced to retire from professional football. Sparta Rotterdam suspended Bouaouzan for the rest of the season

Niels Oude Kamphuis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Niels Oude Kamphuis: a retired Dutch footballer.Oude Kamphuis was a midfielder, but could also double up as a defender. Niels Oude Kamphuis started his career at FC Twente, where he spent five years, before leaving for German side, FC Schalke 04. After Schalke, Oude Kamphuis joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, another German-based side where he wore the number twenty-five shirt. He ended his playing football career at FC Twente because of long term injury's.

Niels Vorthoren            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Niels Vorthoren: a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Willem II Tilburg. Vorthoren is a midfielder who was born in Werkendam and is part of the professional football squad of Willem II he made five appearances for Willem II in the season of 2007/08.Vorthoren is highly talented and has played for Holland at various youth levels and he has many admirers amongst some of Europe's elite clubs.He is expected to play more of an active role for Willem II during the 2008/09 season.

Niels Wellenberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Niels Wellenberg: a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Twente. Wellenberg is a defender and midfielder who was born in Deventer and made his debut in the professional football squad of Go Ahead Eagles in the 2001-02 season before joining FC Twente in 2004.

Niels Christensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Niels Christensen: was a Danish-American inventor whose principal invention was the O-ring, the ubiquitous hydraulic seal.In 1933, working in his basement, he discovered by trial and error that a ring-shaped piece of rubber in a groove one and a half times long as the minor radius of the ring made a reliable, tight seal of a piston sliding in a cylinder. He applied for a U.S. patent in 1937 and it was granted two years later. After Pearl Harbor, the government bought the rights to many war-related patents, and made them available to manufacturers royalty-free. Christensen was paid $75,000. When the war ended (formally, in 1952) and the patent rights were transferred back to him, the patent had only four years left.