Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto.

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto.

Is a Belgian football left winger currently playing for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.Eventually, Goor c

Is a Belgian football left winger currently playing for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.Eventually, Goor caught the eye of Racing Genk and transferred there for the 1996/1997 season. His first and only season at the club proved very successful, especially in goal return, the midfielder successfully netting with an average for the club of just over a goal every two games.

Is a Belgian professional footballer who currently plays for SV Roeselare.

Is a Belgian professional footballer who currently plays for SV Roeselare.

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.In 1929 he married fellow astronomer Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok, an

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.In 1929 he married fellow astronomer Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok, and for the remainder of their lives the two collaborated closely on their astronomical work.From 1929 until 1957 he worked at Harvard University. He then worked as director of Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia for nine years, before returning to the United States as director of Steward Observatory. He became a US citizen in 1938.In 1975 Bok coauthored the statement Objections to Astrology (The Humanist, 1975)[1], which was endorsed by 186 professional astronomers, astrophysicists, and other scientists, including nineteen winners of the Nobel Prize. The statement was published in The Humanist. This led to the formation of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, of which he was a founding Fellow.

Is a Dutch historian, journalist and conservative writer. Together with Andreas Kinneging he is the

Is a Dutch historian, journalist and conservative writer. Together with Andreas Kinneging he is the most influential and prominent Dutch conservative.Spruyt grew up in Rotterdam, and studied history, theology and law at the Utrecht University and Leiden University He is a practising Christian of the Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland denomination. Spruyt obtained his M.A. in Renaissance and Reformation History in 1990 from Utrecht with the highest honors. Spruyt was a graduate student at Leiden University from February 1991 through February 1994 and obtained a doctorate in February 1996 on an English-language dissertation entitled 'Cornelius Henrici Hoen (Honius) and his Epistle on the Eucharist (1525

He is a historian, critic, and curator in the fields of architecture, design, and fine arts. He hold

He is a historian, critic, and curator in the fields of architecture, design, and fine arts. He holds the chair for architectural theory at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck and is also professor at the Institute for History, Theory and Critic in Architecture at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Is an alpine skier from Belgium. He competed for Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he failed

Is an alpine skier from Belgium. He competed for Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he failed to finish the first run of the slalom.

Is a Flemish singer, drummer, television presenter and actor. Peeters studied Germanic philology and

Is a Flemish singer, drummer, television presenter and actor. Peeters studied Germanic philology and drama in Antwerp. There, he met Jan Leyers and Hugo Matthysen, with whom he worked later. Bart Peeters is married and has two daughters and a son. He is also known to have ADHD.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch heavy metal singer. He was the original singer in The Gathering, and he sang on their fir

Is a Dutch heavy metal singer. He was the original singer in The Gathering, and he sang on their first album Always..., released in 1992. The following year he left them to form Wish. After three full-length albums and four EPs, the band split up in 2003. Smits' latest work is Wish's Single, released in 2003.

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m and the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.

Is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple world champion inline speed skater. He is the worl

Is a Belgian long track speed skater and multiple world champion inline speed skater. He is the world record holder on 10000m inline speed skating with 14:41,425.

Is a Flemish singer, actor and radio/tv preseter.During his humanities studies he started to play th

Is a Flemish singer, actor and radio/tv preseter.During his humanities studies he started to play the guitar and sing. After graduation he went to the Brussels conservatorium. His musical style is heavily influenced by Johan Verminnen and Raymond van het Groenewoud, mentioned in his song 'k Heb bijna alles (I have nearly everything).

Is a football centre forward from Belgium, who played for K.S.K. Beveren, FC Den Bosch, NAC Breda, W

Is a football centre forward from Belgium, who played for K.S.K. Beveren, FC Den Bosch, NAC Breda, Willem II Tilburg, NEC Nijmegen and VC Westerlo. He currently plays for FC Eindhoven on loan from FCV Dender EH.

A Dutch classical pianist.Van Oort was born in Utrecht. After completing his studies in modern piano

A Dutch classical pianist.Van Oort was born in Utrecht. After completing his studies in modern piano in the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1983, he studied fortepiano there with Stanley Hoogland. In 1986 he won both first prize, jointly with Geoffrey Lancaster, and the special "Audience" prize at the Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Bruges, Belgium.Since 1997, van Oort has been a prolific recording artist, as well as recitalist, with roughly 40 recordings to date. His recorded repertoire runs from Haydn, whose complete piano trios he has recorded, to the romantic era, with recordings of Chopin, Field and their lesser-known contemporaries. He recently completed an eight-year project recording the complete keyboard works of Mozart, a collection which includes many pieces hitherto unrecorded. The quatremains pieces he did together with Ursula Dütschler.

Is a Belgian professional football defender. He currently plays for SV Zulte Waregem.

Is a Belgian professional football defender. He currently plays for SV Zulte Waregem.

Is a Belgian footballer currently playing for Excelsior Veldwezelt.

Is a Belgian footballer currently playing for Excelsior Veldwezelt.

Is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competi

Is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics.

Was a Dutch mathematician.

Was a Dutch mathematician.

Was a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna in the eighteenth century.He was assiste

Was a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna in the eighteenth century.He was assisted by the English minister, Sir Thomas Robinson. The result of his efforts was the postponement of the date of exile to the last day of Feb., 1745. Again the Jewish communities of Holland appealed to Burmania, and again he pleaded, urged, and remonstrated with the Austrian Reichskanzler (Chancellor), that "sovereigns, more than other persons, are responsible to God and man for their deeds." Another month of grace was granted, but on March 31, 1745, the Jews of Prague were exiled.

Was a Dutch painter. Bartholomeus Assteyn was the son of a painter from Gent, Abraham Bartholomeusz.

Was a Dutch painter. Bartholomeus Assteyn was the son of a painter from Gent, Abraham Bartholomeusz. In the year 1631 he became member in the Dordrecht’s Saint Lukas painter gild. Assteyn lived with his family in Vriesestraat. In 1651 he was registered as an accountant for the local painter brotherhood. His exact death date is not known; his last authenticated work dates from the year 1669.

Was a Dutch painter.Breenbergh established himself in Amsterdam and then in 1619 went to Rome. There

Was a Dutch painter.Breenbergh established himself in Amsterdam and then in 1619 went to Rome. There he lived and worked with the Flemish painter Frans van de Kasteele and was heavily influenced by another Fleming, the landscapes painter Paul Bril.

Is a formerDutch professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competi

Is a formerDutch professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1985-1993.

A dutch football player.Bas Dost's 1st club was Germanicus, he played here in his youth period. Afte

A dutch football player.Bas Dost's 1st club was Germanicus, he played here in his youth period. After a few season FC Emmen decided to give Dost a chance in their youth academy.Dost showed his potention at FC Emmen, the club decided to offer the talented striker a contract before the season 2007/2008 and that season they also gave him a chance in the main squad. He started as bench player, but later in the season they gave him more time to play and shine. Bas Dost scored his first goal for on the 8th of February 2008 in the game against Fortuna Sittard. After that Dos scored a few more goals for, most noticeable was his hattrick in the derby against rival BV Veendam. Dost scored 3 goals in this match and his goals made FC Emmen win the derby with 3-2.

Is a Dutch politician for the GreenLeft. He has been elected to the European Parliament in the 2009

Is a Dutch politician for the GreenLeft. He has been elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 election. Since 2000 he worked as a researcher at the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. He worked on several projects which had to do with transnational environmental problems such as climate change. He also co-authored the IPCC report on climate change. He also was the organizations spokesperson on the sustainability of biofuels. Since the 1990s Eickhout has been active in the GreenLeft, he co-authored the 2006 election manifesto and he was a candidate in the 2004 European Parliament election (#6, the party got only two seats). Between 2008 and 2009 he was a member of the committee-Van Ojik which wrote the new party platform. Moreover he is a member of the GreenLeft delegation to the European Green Party.