Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.In his career he won 2 ATP Tour singles tit

Is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.In his career he won 2 ATP Tour singles titles and 1 title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semi-finals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament (Kim Clijsters would do better in 2001 by reaching the final at the same event). He was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open. Dewulf would also reach the quarterfinals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Alex Corretja in straight sets.

Is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also tak

Is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mou

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Belgian football player of Italian origin who currently plays for Union Royale Namur on loan fr

Is a Belgian football player of Italian origin who currently plays for Union Royale Namur on loan from R. Charleroi S.C. in Belgium. His favoured position is in defensive midfield.

Was a Belgian bicycle racer who twice won the Tour de France.When the Tour returned in 1919 it was a

Was a Belgian bicycle racer who twice won the Tour de France.When the Tour returned in 1919 it was a miserable affair of war-torn roads, fractured logistics and former contenders no longer alive to compete. Only 11 riders finished. Lambot was second for m

Is a Belgian singer-songwriter, from Izegem, West Flanders, born in 1976. He is also an MC of the hi

Is a Belgian singer-songwriter, from Izegem, West Flanders, born in 1976. He is also an MC of the hip hop group 't Hof van Commerce.Members of the group around Flip Kowlier who sings and plays guitar himself are Karel de Backer and Joost van den Broeck on drums, Peter Lesage on keyboards and Pieter Van Buyten on bass guitar.

A Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic power metal band After Forever, which disba

A Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic power metal band After Forever, which disbanded in 2009.Jansen was sixteen when she joined Apocalypse (the name of the band After Forever in its early days) in 1997. Three years later the band relea

Is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Amsterdam HBC. She also pla

Is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Amsterdam HBC. She also plays for the Netherlands national team and was part of the Dutch squad that became 2007 Champions Trophy winner.

Is a former Dutch field hockey midfielder, who played 113 international matches for the Dutch nation

Is a former Dutch field hockey midfielder, who played 113 international matches for the Dutch national team, in which she scored six goals.

Was a Dutch-Suriname football goalkeeper. During his career he served Telstar. He died at the age of

Was a Dutch-Suriname football goalkeeper. During his career he served Telstar. He died at the age of 27, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo. He is not related to Ed Vijent.Vijent was a big guy, which was the main reason for him to become a goalkeeper. At the end of the 1988-89 season he was named as "Best goalkeeper of the season" in the Eerste Divisie. Vijent was a look-a-like of fellow goalkeeper Stanley Menzo who played for AFC Ajax. They were close friends and Menzo often borrowed Vijent's drivers license.

Is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who most recently played for American side D.C. United

Is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who most recently played for American side D.C. United in Major League Soccer. He signed for D.C. United in January 2010, but was released from his contract just over a month later.

Was a Belgian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a former Belgium football midfielder, who still is record Belgian international for Cercle Brugg

Was a former Belgium football midfielder, who still is record Belgian international for Cercle Brugge, the team where he spent all of his career. After his playing career, Vanhalme stayed in football as coach.

Is a Dutch slalom canoer. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom W

Is a Dutch slalom canoer. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg.Floris Braat started his canoe racing career at the age of 10 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. At the age of 14, he was the youngest participant at the Junior Worlds in Waussau, Chicago, where he finished in 18th position.

Was a Dutch still life painter.He lived in Haarlem for most of his life, but he probably studied in

Was a Dutch still life painter.He lived in Haarlem for most of his life, but he probably studied in Italy.

Is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad t

Is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Was a Dutch cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for The Netherlands.

Was a Dutch cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for The Netherlands.

Is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of chaotic dynamical systems.Together

Is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of chaotic dynamical systems.Together with David Ruelle he predicted that fluid turbulence could develop through a strange attractor, a term they coined, as opposed to the then-prevailing theory of accretion of modes. The prediction was later confirmed by experiment. Takens also established the result now known as the Takens' theorem, which shows how to reconstruct a dynamical system from an observed time-series.

A former Dutch curler. Now coaching the Praxis Hammerheads, he has curled in 12 European Curling Cha

A former Dutch curler. Now coaching the Praxis Hammerheads, he has curled in 12 European Curling Championships. He skipped the Dutch team four times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2003). On top of 12 years of European Curling Championship experience, van Imhoff was t

A Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarde

A Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday December 18, 2007 Booy was named as new Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches since the summer of 2007.Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.

Was a Dutch athlete.In 1950 Dillema was expelled for life by the Dutch National Athletics Federation

Was a Dutch athlete.In 1950 Dillema was expelled for life by the Dutch National Athletics Federations. A gynaecologist concluded that Dillema was an intersex. Her national record of 24.1 seconds for the 200 meters was erased.

Is an artist based in Amsterdam.De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. He makes larg

Is an artist based in Amsterdam.De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. He makes large-scale sculpture and installation.[1] De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam;[2] his work often references the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.[3]

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a former international Belgian footballer.

Was a former international Belgian footballer.

Was a Dutch filmmaker and actor.During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, inclu

Was a Dutch filmmaker and actor.During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959. Making him both the first Dutch director to be nominated and win this award.