Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter F

A Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer. He spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp,[1]

A Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer. He spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp,[1] and afterward lived and worked in New Guinea, New York, Bangkok, Brussels, Dhaka, Luanda, East Berlin (he was the next-to-last Dutch ambassador there[1]), and Tehran all of which have served as locations for the novels and stories which he has published.

A former Surinamese-Dutch footballer who plays as a striker. De Freitas played in England with Bolto

A former Surinamese-Dutch footballer who plays as a striker. De Freitas played in England with Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion and in Spain with CA Osasuna.Fabian de Freitas is probably best known for his late goals in the 1995 Division 1 Play-off final between Bolton Wanderers and Reading at Wembley which finished 4-3 to Bolton. Wanderers found themselves 2-0 down (although goalkeeper Keith Branagan saved a penalty in the first half to prevent Reading going 3-0 up) with 15 minutes to go before Owen Coyle pulled one back. De Freitas' goal in the 86th minute forced the game into extra-time, before Mixu Paatelainen headed Bolton in the lead. De Freitas then added the winner, firing in from close-range, with a minute to go, promoting Bolton to the Premier League.

A Dutch right-sided defender who currently plays for Grays Athletic.Wilnis was released by Ipswich T

A Dutch right-sided defender who currently plays for Grays Athletic.Wilnis was released by Ipswich Town at the end of the 2007–08 season. He was one of the longest serving players at the club, having arrived from De Graafschap in 1999. He has also played

Is a Dutch darts player, who currently resides in Enschede. He is not a full-time professional playe

Is a Dutch darts player, who currently resides in Enschede. He is not a full-time professional player, and currently makes his living as a painter. He competes in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation.

A Belgian singer-songwriter.Her musical idols as a youth were the pop group ABBA. Her music, while m

A Belgian singer-songwriter.Her musical idols as a youth were the pop group ABBA. Her music, while more pop than straightforward R&B, is notably influenced by Motown and soul music greats as well as by Burt Bacharach. She graduated in law (her father is a lawyer) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, but she nevertheless felt more attracted to music, a passion of her mother (a pianist). Her first album, Sans plus attendre, sold 500,000 copies in Belgium alone (a record). The song "Sensualité" was her breakthrough hit in France. Other hits included "Rester Femme"

Is a Belgian footballer, who plays for ADO Den Haag.Caracciolo made his debut in professional footba

Is a Belgian footballer, who plays for ADO Den Haag.Caracciolo made his debut in professional football for Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV in 2001. In the winter of 2007, he was transferred to the Belgian club KVSK United, but half a year later, at the start of the 2007-08 Eerste Divisie season, Caracciolo moved to FC Eindhoven.

Is a Belgian football defender of Congolese descent who is currently unattached he palyed for Enosis

Is a Belgian football defender of Congolese descent who is currently unattached he palyed for Enosis Neon Paralimni FC he had been given on loan for a year to Olympiakos Nicosia. In 2008 he moved to AEK Larnaca.

Is a former Dutch speed skater. Because of his thin legs he was also called de Gespierde Spijker whi

Is a former Dutch speed skater. Because of his thin legs he was also called de Gespierde Spijker which translates to the Muscular Nail.

Is a Dutch actress and former fashion model

Is a Dutch actress and former fashion model

Is a Belgian football midfielder currently playing for APOP Kinyras Peyias.He played with Australian

Is a Belgian football midfielder currently playing for APOP Kinyras Peyias.He played with Australian Aurelio Vidmar in K.S.V. Waregem and he moved to Greece to Niki Volou, Athinaikos, Kerkyra, Agios Dimitrios and Acharnaikos. On 2006 he went to Cyprus to play for Doxa Katokopias for two seasons. From summer 2008 he is player of APOP Kinyras Peyias.

Was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948

Was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948

Was an opera singer (a lyric soprano).Hainaut, Belgium. After graduating from the Liége Conservatoi

Was an opera singer (a lyric soprano).Hainaut, Belgium. After graduating from the Liége Conservatoire, she made her professional debut as a substitute in premiere of Ivan the Terrible by Raoul Gunsbourg (at the La Monnaie, November 26, 1910). Between 1914 and 1918 she sang a number of major roles at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, making her first Paris appearance at the Opéra-Comique in 1917 as Violetta in La traviata and as Juliette in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Paris Opéra in 1920.

Is a Belgian football player who has been called up for the national team. He plays in the central m

Is a Belgian football player who has been called up for the national team. He plays in the central midfield and currently his club is Germinal Beerschot. He also holds Chadian nationality.Haroun is not a first team player for the Red Devils, but he is a valuable substitute. In total he played five international matches for the Belgian national eleven. He is a solid value for the Young Devils.

Is a Dutch politician.On July 10, 2002 he became a member of the Socialist Party and of its youth or

Is a Dutch politician.On July 10, 2002 he became a member of the Socialist Party and of its youth organisation Rood. On March 16, 2006 he was elected to the municipal council of Leeuwarden.

Is a Dutch field hockey player. She has played 191[1] international matches for the Dutch national t

Is a Dutch field hockey player. She has played 191[1] international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. Her debut match was on 21 October 1997 against Germany which ended in a 2-1 victory for The Netherlands. She plays on t

Is a Dutch lawyer and politician of Turkish origin. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she has been a

Is a Dutch lawyer and politician of Turkish origin. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she has been an MP since September 8, 2004. She focuses on social affairs.

Is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in the 19

Is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in the 1968 Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.As an amateur, Den Hertog won the British

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

A Dutch professional footballer currently playing for English Conference National side Cambridge Uni

A Dutch professional footballer currently playing for English Conference National side Cambridge United as a winger.He has previously played for Feyenoord, RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam, as well as being capped at Under-17 and Under-19 level for Netherlands.[1] Despite this, he found his chances limited in Holland, managing just a handful of senior appearances including coming on as a substitute in the Eredivisie playoffs for RKC Waalwijk.[2] After being released by Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007/2008 season, he had trials in England with Bedford Town, Cambridge United and Barnet before finally signing a one-year deal with Cambridge United on August 7, 2008. [3]

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Belgian diplomat and former Belgian ambassador to the Holy See and Ruanda. He was a member of t

Is a Belgian diplomat and former Belgian ambassador to the Holy See and Ruanda. He was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.

Was a Belgian lawyer, director of the Revue de Belgique, alderman and Olympic fencer. He was married

Was a Belgian lawyer, director of the Revue de Belgique, alderman and Olympic fencer. He was married to Eva Boël (1883–1956), and was the father of Jean Goblet d'Alviella. He was a son of Eugene Goblet d'Alviella.

Is a Dutch swimmer[3] who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medl

Is a Dutch swimmer[3] who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley.As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world record 4x100 m freestyle relay on both short course[4] and long course.[5] In short course she is also part of the Dutch team who holds the 4x200 m freestyle relay world record.[6] Individually she is owner of six national records, three in Long Course 200 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley. In Short Course she has also three national records, 200 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley.

Is a retired Dutch field hockey player, who played for the Dutch hockey team HC Klein Zwitserland an

Is a retired Dutch field hockey player, who played for the Dutch hockey team HC Klein Zwitserland and the Netherlands women's national field hockey team. She earned a total number of 42 caps from 2002 to 2004.

Was a Dutch female chess master.She won ten times the female Dutch Chess Championship (1937, 1939, 1

Was a Dutch female chess master.She won ten times the female Dutch Chess Championship (1937, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1961). Heemskerk won a match against Catharina Roodzant 4.5 : 0.5 in 1937, and lost a match to Sonja Graf 0 : 4 in 1939 in Amsterdam.