Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total number of 155 caps, scoring 47 goals.With Hollan

Was a Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total number of 155 caps, scoring 47 goals.With Holland he won the Hockey World Cup in 1990. He was a member of Dutch national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where the team won a bronz

A retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the

A retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1989-90 season at Ajax Amsterdam, although he never played for the club. He soon moved to AZ Alkmaar, followed by Excelsior Rotterdam and a short spell at Portugal's Belensenes. From late 1992 on he served SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, Cambuur Leeuwarden and ADO Den Haag.

Was a Flemish politician and member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.From 1988, she was

Was a Flemish politician and member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.From 1988, she was a member of the Municipal Council of Bilzen, and, from 1995, she was a Senator directly elected by the Dutch language electoral college.

A Dutch curler. She plays for Curling Club Utrecht and plays lead in the Dutch national team. At the

A Dutch curler. She plays for Curling Club Utrecht and plays lead in the Dutch national team. At the 2004 European Curling Championships, Doornbos was an alternate for Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon's 12th place team. In 2005, she was Leibbrandt-Demmon's second

Was a Dutch soprano.She was born in Yogyakarta, Java now part of Indonesia. As a child, she studied

Was a Dutch soprano.She was born in Yogyakarta, Java now part of Indonesia. As a child, she studied the violin and singing and, at the age of 14, she studied under Isa Neuhaus, a singer with the Düsseldorf Opera (who was later transported and killed by th

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer.

Was a Belgian football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.

Was a Belgian football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.

Is a retired Dutch kickboxer and four-time K-1 World Champion. He made his début in 1993 at the K-1

Is a retired Dutch kickboxer and four-time K-1 World Champion. He made his début in 1993 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1993, where he came just one win short of the world title

Was a Dutch athlete, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Born in The Hague, he died

Was a Dutch athlete, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Born in The Hague, he died at age 38 in Zoppot near Danzig in Poland.In the 100 metres, Greven placed fifth (last) in his first round heat to be eliminated from competition. He also

A former Dutch football defender, who played for PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap. H

A former Dutch football defender, who played for PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap. He earned 28 caps and scored 5 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In a second round match against Italy, he became the only player to score goals for both teams in the same match in the World Cup finals. He scored an own goal in the 18th minute, and then scored the equalizer for the Netherlands in the 50th minute. His teammate Arie Haan eventually scored the winning goal, giving the Netherlands a 2-1 win.

Is one of the founding members and frontmen of Doe Maar. Doe Maar is a Dutch 1980s ska/reggae band,

Is one of the founding members and frontmen of Doe Maar. Doe Maar is a Dutch 1980s ska/reggae band, and is considered one of the most succesfull bands in Dutch pop history.His father, born in Semarang on Java, is an Indo (Dutch-Indonesian), who went to the Netherlands in 1932 after finishing his study at the Batavia HBS to continue his higher education there. Once Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands his father was involved in the Dutch resistance movement,

Was a Dutch chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals. Cohen studied chemistry under Sva

Was a Dutch chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals. Cohen studied chemistry under Svante Arrhenius in Stockholm, Henri Moissan at Paris, and Jacobus Van't Hoff at Amsterdam. In 1893 he became Van't Hoff's assistant and in 1902 he became professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Utrecht, a position which he held until his retirement in 1939. Throughout his life, Cohen studied the allotropy of tin. Cohen’s areas of research included polymorphism of both elements and compounds, photographic chemistry, electrochemistry, pizeochemistry, and the history of science. He published more than 400 papers and numerous books.

Was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutc

Was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as forward.

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch actor and film director. He appeared in 34 films between 1916 and 1955. He also directed

Was a Dutch actor and film director. He appeared in 34 films between 1916 and 1955. He also directed 14 films between 1922 and 1955.

Is a Dutch darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.Extercatte showed great

Is a Dutch darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.Extercatte showed great promise in his first two years in the PDC, winning the Open Oust Nederland in 2004, followed by the 2005 Open Holland. He made his televised debut when he played at the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, defeating Darren Webster in the first round but lost in the second round to Gary Welding

A Dutch football manager and former football player. He is the older brother of Ronald Koeman. His s

A Dutch football manager and former football player. He is the older brother of Ronald Koeman. His son Len plays for the Helmond Sport youth team.Koeman played with FC Groningen, KV Mechelen (where he won the Belgian League in 1989 and 1988 Cup Winners' Cup, during the team's heyday) and PSV Eindhoven, being crowned league champion in 1991 and 1992.Koeman finished his playing career with Groningen in 1998 and became youth coach at PSV. In October 2001, he was promoted to assistant manager under Eric Gerets, and for the 2004/05 season became manager in RKC Waalwijk. He managed RKC for one season before moving to Feyenoord Rotterdam. In March 2006,

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper, currently plays for KSK Beveren.Lemmens started his career at KSK

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper, currently plays for KSK Beveren.Lemmens started his career at KSK Beveren in 1995, and was a regular from 1997-99, when he signed for Real Racing Club de Santander. After four seasons and 49 Spanish league matches for the Cantabria outfit (adding 33 in a 2001-02 promotion), Lemmens joined RCD Espanyol, being first-choice during 2003-04.

A Dutch football goalkeeper currently playing for Excelsior Rotterdam, on loan from Feyenoord Rotter

A Dutch football goalkeeper currently playing for Excelsior Rotterdam, on loan from Feyenoord Rotterdam.Mulder joined Feyenoord's youth squad in 2004 and is seen as a hot prospect for the future. In November 2006 manager Erwin Koeman called him up for the first team as back-up goalkeepers Patrick Lodewijks and Sherif Ekramy were facing injuries. He did not yet make his professional debut, but was Henk Timmer's first stand-in for more than ten matches during the season. During the confrontations with FC Utrecht and Vitesse Timmer faced some difficulties and Mulder was told to start his warming-up. Timmer was however able to play further.

Was a Belgian football striker. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgia

Was a Belgian football striker. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs (the first three with Lierse S.K., the following two with R.S.C. Anderlecht, and the last one with K.A.A. Gent). In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games. As a Belgian national team regular VdB scored a memorable victory goal against Argentina in the opening game of the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while at Club Brugge. He playe

Was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while at Club Brugge. He played 32 times for the national team between 1970 and 1977, starting in a 1-2 friendly defeat to France on November 15, 1970. In the summer of 1974 Vandendaele moved to the rival Anderlecht.

Was a humanist and philologist from the Low Countries.In 1597 he travelled to Italy, and lived in in

Was a humanist and philologist from the Low Countries.In 1597 he travelled to Italy, and lived in intimacy with the learned men of that country, especially Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, through whom he was appointed professor of Latin at the Palatine School of Milan from 1600 to 1606. Then the States of Brabant offered him the chair left vacant by Lipsius at Leuven.

Was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.He was the youngest son of immigrants fro

Was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.He was the youngest son of immigrants from Wallonia. His parents, Jacques Boursse and Anna des Forest, married in 1618 in Amsterdam. We know nothing more about the education of Esaias Boursse, other than the fact that he travelled to Italy in about 1650 to study the great Renaissance examples.

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Born in Amsterdam, whereto his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Prote

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Born in Amsterdam, whereto his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585, he probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

Is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed since 2004. Her best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was 12th in t

Is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed since 2004. Her best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was 12th in the two-woman event at Königssee in February 2008.