Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a Dutch mathematician (in original Dutch: Dionijs Burger) and author of the novel "Sphereland".

Was a Dutch mathematician (in original Dutch: Dionijs Burger) and author of the novel "Sphereland".

Was a Dutch painter who was born and died in Amsterdam. He was trained by his father, also a painter

Was a Dutch painter who was born and died in Amsterdam. He was trained by his father, also a painter, and in 1555, at the age of twenty-one, Barendsz travelled to Italy. During his seven-year stay there, Karel van Mander tells us that he was "nursed at the great Titian's bosem."

Was a Dutch sailor of the 16th-17th century, and the first known Dutchman to visit Japan.He returned

Was a Dutch sailor of the 16th-17th century, and the first known Dutchman to visit Japan.He returned to Enkhuizen in April 1590 where he talked abundantly about Japan, and befriended the Dutch merchant Jan Huygen van Linschoten, who apparently relied on some of Pomp's information for his book Itinerario.

Was a Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes. He was influenced by his elder brother Frans H

Was a Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes. He was influenced by his elder brother Frans Hals.

Was a Dutch Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked primarily in Rome.[1] His paintings belong to

Was a Dutch Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked primarily in Rome.[1] His paintings belong to the group of artists known as the Bamboccianti, and, like other northern artists working in this style, he specialised in small-scale genre scenes in the manner of Pieter van Laer.

Was a Dutch Renaissance painter. His exact birth place is unknown, but it was somewhere near Amsterd

Was a Dutch Renaissance painter. His exact birth place is unknown, but it was somewhere near Amsterdam.Born into a family of painters, he was first trained by his father, Jacob Cornelisz, van Oostsanen. Jacobsz was deeply influenced by the Mannerist style of fellow Amsterdam painter Jan van Scorel.

Was a Dutch brewer from Rotterdam and an important member of that city's active Remonstrant communit

Was a Dutch brewer from Rotterdam and an important member of that city's active Remonstrant community in the early 17th century.Dirck posed for the famous Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn in 1634. The painting is presently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The piece was acquired by the Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund.

Was an early colonial American famous for composing the history of the Dutch community at Sleepy Hol

Was an early colonial American famous for composing the history of the Dutch community at Sleepy Hollow and beginning the community's records. His book "Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh" is one of the nation's most valuable historical documents. Sometimes referred to as "Het Notite Boeck", the five-part book us a rare surviving record of Dutch Colonial American village life in English-occupied New York province.

Was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian.He was the youngest son of Vo

Was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian.He was the youngest son of Volckert Coornhert, an Amsterdam cloth merchant. As a child he spent some years in Spain and Portugal. Returning home, he was disinherited by his father's will, for his marriage with Cornelia (Neeltje) Simons, a portionless gentlewoman. He took for a time the post of major-domo to Reginald (Reinoud), count of Brederode. Soon he settled in Haarlem, as engraver on copper, and produced works in collaboration with Maarten van Heemskerck which became highly popular.[1]

Is a Belgian former football player. He used to be a striker.Beheydt was discovered by Cercle Brugge

Is a Belgian former football player. He used to be a striker.Beheydt was discovered by Cercle Brugge while he was playing for then lower league side Winkel Sport. Even though there was a big level gap between the two teams, Beheydt had no trouble adjusting to the highest level of Belgian football. He scored on his debut against AS Oostende. This was also the first match for Cercle in their new stadium. Cercle lost the match 1-2.

Is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Si

Is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Since 1999 Brossé is Musical Host of the prestigious International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and held the title of Music Director of the Tokyo International Music Festival.

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherland

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then went to Yale University. From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the Astronomical Journal.He specialized in celestial mechanics and wrote the textbook Methods of Celestial Mechanics.

Was a Dutch physicist. He was a Professor of Physics and Meteorology at the University of Groningen.

Was a Dutch physicist. He was a Professor of Physics and Meteorology at the University of Groningen.Coster grew up in Amsterdam in a large working-class family; he was the third child of Barend Coster, a blacksmith, and Aafje van der Mik. The Coster family valued education. Ten of their children survived to adulthood and all received enough education to go onto middle-class professions. From 1904 to 1908 Dirk went to the Teacher's College in Haarlem, then was a teacher until 1913. With the aid of private support he was able to study mathematics and physics at the University of Leiden, first having passed the exams required for students who had no gymnasium education. In Leiden he was influenced by the inspiring lectures of Paul Ehrenfest,

Is Assistant Director Sportif for UCI ProTour team Astana Team. His specialization as a director is

Is Assistant Director Sportif for UCI ProTour team Astana Team. His specialization as a director is the spring classics, having himself won the 1988 edition of the one-day classic Paris-Roubaix, riding as a professional cyclist for Team ADR.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Holds the chair of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the head of t

Holds the chair of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the head of the research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL).His main research interests involve the overlapping fields of lexical semantics, lexicology, and lexicography, with a theoretical focus on cognitive semantics. His publications, of which Diachronic Prototype Semantics is the internationally most well-known, include the following monographs:

Is a Dutch baseball player.Van 't Klooster represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics i

Is a Dutch baseball player.Van 't Klooster represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he and his team became fifth. Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens they were sixth.

Was a 17th century Dutch sailor and explorer, whose expedition was the second European group to land

Was a 17th century Dutch sailor and explorer, whose expedition was the second European group to land on Australian soil.

Was a lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of The Netherlands

Was a lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of The Netherlands

A football striker from the Netherlands, who is playing for VVV Venlo since the winter of 2005 in th

A football striker from the Netherlands, who is playing for VVV Venlo since the winter of 2005 in the Dutch second league, Eerste Divisie. He previously played for FC Den Bosch (1990-1993), Roda JC (1993), MVV Maastricht (1994), Roda JC (1994), FC Dordrecht (1995-1998), FC Zwolle (1998-2000), Austria Wien (2000), Cambuur Leeuwarden (2001-2003), FC Emmen (2003-2004), Fortuna Sittard (2004), and Roda JC (2005).

Was a Dutch mathematician and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the United States.I

Was a Dutch mathematician and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the United States.In 1917 he worked as a high school mathematics teacher for a while, after which he worked as a research assistant for J.A. Schouten. It was during this period that he developed his doctoral dissertation, "The Application of Tensor Methods to Riemannian Manifolds."

A Dutch professional football player, who currently plays for English club Liverpool FC. He is renow

A Dutch professional football player, who currently plays for English club Liverpool FC. He is renowned for his work-rate in his primary position as a forward, but now he is more often deployed as a winger for both Liverpool and the Dutch national team.Kuyt missed only five games over seven seasons from 1999 until 2006, making 233 appearances.[2] Between March 2001 (playing with FC Utrecht) and April 2006 (Feyenoord) Kuyt played 179 consecutive matches.He has represented the Netherlands at two major international tournaments, the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.

Was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and etcher. He produced mainly depictions of land and sea battles a

Was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and etcher. He produced mainly depictions of land and sea battles and other military scenes from the Dutch Patriottentijd (circa 1780-1800) and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (from 1792).

Is the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is a member of the O

Is the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats.