Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Bruylandts was tested positive for EPO use in 2

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Bruylandts was tested positive for EPO use in 2004 and was banned for 18 months. Following his ban, Bruylandts briefly roder for Unibet.com in 2006 and for the UCI Continental team Klaipeda-Splendid Cyc

Is a Dutch improvcomedian.Dave is one of the members of Op Sterk Water, the improv comedy collective

Is a Dutch improvcomedian.Dave is one of the members of Op Sterk Water, the improv comedy collective that introduced impro comedy in the Netherlands in the year 2000, and founder of its German counterpart Ma´Ma´Lässig. In 2007 he is one of the lead cast members in the rock musical MS Odysseus

Is a Dutch former motocross F.I.M. world champion.Strijbos was one of the top competitors in the 125

Is a Dutch former motocross F.I.M. world champion.Strijbos was one of the top competitors in the 125cc motocross world championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He finished second in the 125 world championship in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1992. In 1986, Strijbos won the 125 world championship while riding for Cagiva.[1]

Was a male lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Su

Was a male lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's lightweight division by Denmark's Hans Jacob Nielsen.

Was a Dutch chemist

Was a Dutch chemist

Is a Dutch slalom canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team ev

Is a Dutch slalom canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg.

Was a Dutch painter. He was the son of a Flemish immigrant, calligrapher and fencing master, Peter B

Was a Dutch painter. He was the son of a Flemish immigrant, calligrapher and fencing master, Peter Bailly. As a draftsman, David was pupil of his father and the copper engraver Jacques de Gheyn.

Was a Dutch portrait painter. Beck was the son of a schoolmaster in Delft, where he learned painting

Was a Dutch portrait painter. Beck was the son of a schoolmaster in Delft, where he learned painting from Michiel van Mierevelt, a most prominent portrait painter in the Netherlands. Late in 1640 he moved to London to join Anthony van Dyck's studio as a pupil and assistant, but had little time to learn from Van Dyck himself as the latter fell ill and died in 1641.

Is a retired Belgian football player.

Is a retired Belgian football player.

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for KV Mechelen.On 10 June 2009 the 29 year old attac

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for KV Mechelen.On 10 June 2009 the 29 year old attacking midfielder has left FCV Dender EH to sign a four year deal with KV Mechelen.

Was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jo

Was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587-1615).

Is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse baseball leagu

Is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse baseball league.Bergman started his career at Haarlem based Nicols and later at DSS. The longest period of his career he played for Pioniers from Hoofddorp. He was first

Is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Rocourt, Belgium, and

Is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Rocourt, Belgium, and currently resides in Liège, Belgium. On September 27, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 249, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 751 wa

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the central defence. He currently plays for K.R.C. Genk.

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the central defence. He currently plays for K.R.C. Genk.

A Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems.

A Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens he coined the term strange attractor, and founded a new theory of turbulence. In 1986, he received the Boltzmann Medal for his outstanding contributions to statistical mechanics. In 2004, he received the Matteucci Medal.He studied physics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, obtaining a Ph.D. degree in 1959. He spent two years (1960-1962) at the ETH Zurich, and another two years (1962-1964) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1964, he became Professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES), in Bures-sur-Yvette

Is a Belgian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Paris

Is a Belgian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Paris FC. He also holds French citizenship. He played on the professional level in Ligue 1 for RC Lens and Ligue 2 for Stade Reims.

Is a Dutch composer and conductor.David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the R

Is a Dutch composer and conductor.David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. He also studied the baroque flute, specialising in authentic performance practice of the baroque and classical periods, which has informed his interpretations as a conductor in that repertoire ever since. He won a scholarship to study conducting and composition in Geneva. He has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra,

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event.

Is a Dutch-Australian classical scholar and educational administrator who has worked in both Austral

Is a Dutch-Australian classical scholar and educational administrator who has worked in both Australia and the Netherlands.In 1992 David T. Runia was appointed to the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University. In 2002 he returned to Australia on his appointment as Master of Queen’s College at the University of Melbourne, a position he still holds. He is also Professorial Fellow in the School of Historical Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne[3].

Was a Dutch mathematician, well known for the construction in topology of the dyadic solenoid.

Was a Dutch mathematician, well known for the construction in topology of the dyadic solenoid.

Was a Dutch politician, first for the Free-thinking Democratic League (Dutch: Vrijzinnig Democratisc

Was a Dutch politician, first for the Free-thinking Democratic League (Dutch: Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, VDB), later for the Labour Party (Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA).He studied law at the municipal university of Amsterdam and in 1901, he graduated cum laude. Raised in the Portuguese-Jewish community in the Netherlands, in 1905 he married a Christian. From 1905 to 1941 he was professor of economics and statistics at the municipal university of Amsterdam.

Was a Dutch scientist, and in the seventeenth century one of the first early modern atomists[2][3].V

Was a Dutch scientist, and in the seventeenth century one of the first early modern atomists[2][3].Van Goorle was born as the son of a Protestant refugee from Antwerp, who at the time was treasurer for the Count of Moers. His mother was a Frisian noblewoman, the daughter of Doeke van Martena, a freedom fighter and an admiral. Although he called himself Ultrajectinus after his birthplace Utrecht, he grew up with his maternal grandparents in their stins, in the Frisian village of Cornjum. In 1606 he enrolled as a student in arts at the University of Franeker[1]. From April 1611, Van Goorle studied theology at the University of Leiden, and expressed his theories regarding the theories of atoms in his Ideae Physicae, in which he disputes the theories of Aristotle and claims that there is something as a "smallest, undevidable, paricle".

Is a Belgian football player who currently plays for KSV Roeselare in the Jupiler League.As a young

Is a Belgian football player who currently plays for KSV Roeselare in the Jupiler League.As a young player Van Hoyweghen began playing for K.F.C. V.W. Hamme before joining K.S.K. Beveren in 1988. In 1995 Van Hoyweghen made his debut for the first team. In 1998 Van Hoyweghen joined Eendracht Aalst, another club from the Jupiler League. After the relegation of Eendracht Aalst the defender was taken in by K.A.A. Gent. There he played 3 years before joining Sint-Truiden V.V..

Is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for K.V. Kortrijk on loan from R. Charleroi S.C.

Is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for K.V. Kortrijk on loan from R. Charleroi S.C. in Belgium.

Is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who currently races for UCI Professional Continental t

Is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who currently races for UCI Professional Continental team Mitsubishi-Jartazi. He was born in Diest, and is the cousin of cyclist Geert Verheyen. He turned professional in 2006 having ridden the 2005 season as