Famous People with Name Rutger

Rutger Backe            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Rutger Backe: a Swedish football player, Falkenberg. He started his career in local club IF Böljan. He joined Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK in 1972, with whom he played until 1981. Backe played 207 matches in the top league, scoring 77 goals. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with 21 goals, when the club won its first ever Swedish championship in 1976. Backe played 8 matches with the national team, scoring two goals. He trained Falkenbergs FF in the 1990s.

Rutger Worm            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Rutger Worm: a Dutch footballer who currently plays for NEC Nijmegen. Worm is a forward who was born in Nijmegen and made his debut in professional football, being part of the NEC Nijmegen squad in the 2004-05 season.He was sent off in his club's opening game of the 2008-09 season. He was already booked for a dive, and received his second yellow card when he took his shirt off after scoring a goal.

Rutger Van Schaardenburg            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Rutger Van Schaardenburg: is a Dutch sailor.[1]Van Schaardenburg sails in the laser class and took part in the Breitling Regatta of 2007 in Medemblik where he finished in 9th position. At the 2008 World Championship in Terrigal he reached the 33rd place.[1] Later that year at the European Championship in Nieuwpoort he finished in 8th position and because there were three British competitors in front of him he finished at the 6th position in the cleaned up rankings. Due to this result he qualified himself for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck: was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic and an investor in the Holland Land Company.He studied law at Leiden University between 1781 and 1784. He became a lawyer in Amsterdam in 1784. He was one of the leaders of the revolution against William V, Prince of Orange, when the French army defeated the Dutch in January 1795.

Paul Martin Rutgers            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Paul Martin Rutgers: is an Australian and South African baseballer who played with the Minnesota Twins organisation and both South Africa and Australia.In the Gulf Coast League in 2003 he was hitting .353/.388/.443 for the Twins, second in the GCL in average. He was named to

Arend Joan Rutgers            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Arend Joan Rutgers: was a Dutch/Belgian physical chemist.Arend Joan Rutgers went to high school in Almelo, after which he studied chemistry at the University of Amsterdam. After he obtained his master's degree in 1926 he went to Leiden, where he studied theoretical physics under Paul Ehrenfest. In 1930 he obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Leiden on a thesis entitled "Bijdrage tot de theorie der thermoelectriciteit in kristallen." (Contribution to the theory of thermo-electricity in crystals). In 1931 he returned to Amsterdam as an assistant.

Sean Rutgerson            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Sean Rutgerson: is a professional rugby league player current playing for the Jacksonville Axemen in the AMNRL as a player/coach. His primary position was as prop, but he also played in the second row. Over his career, Rutgerson played for the North Sydney Bears and Can