Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner, perhaps best known for her memoir The Walls Came Tumb

Was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner, perhaps best known for her memoir The Walls Came Tumbling Down, about her attempts to return to the Netherlands from Germany after being released from prison at the end of World War II. Born in the Netherlands to an upper-class family, she was a graduate student at the University of Leiden at the start of World War II and became a courier in the Dutch resistance, where she served under the code name Zip. During this time she also wrote for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. In 1944 she was caught and sentenced to death, and became a Night and Fog prisoner in a German prison at Waldheim.

Was a Dutch jurist and colleague of Cornelius Bynkershoek.He is best known for his work on the textu

Was a Dutch jurist and colleague of Cornelius Bynkershoek.He is best known for his work on the textual history of the Corpus iuris civilis. His main work, the Historia Pandectarum, concerned with the Florentine Manuscript, remains of significance today.

Was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when he served in various armies

Was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when he served in various armies in Germany and Italy, he wrote a well-researched book documenting the latest trends in fortification systems across Europe.[1] As a result, he was entrusted with commissions for improving defences in his native Amsterdam,

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Ams

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which won the bronze medal in the eights.

Is a Dutch academic, professor of law, and writer.Wasserbergh earned a law degree from the Universit

Is a Dutch academic, professor of law, and writer.Wasserbergh earned a law degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1950. He studied international law at the Sorbonne and at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Paris, France; and continued his studies in the Netherlands, earning a doctorate from the University of Leiden in 1957.[1]

Was a Dutch-American basketball player.

Was a Dutch-American basketball player.

Was a poet originally from Brush Valley (Centre County), Pennsylvania. His native language was Penns

Was a poet originally from Brush Valley (Centre County), Pennsylvania. His native language was Pennsylvania Dutch, and though he learned English in school he wrote his poetry in "Dutch". His original career was as a wheelwright, but he lost an arm near Sp

Is a Dutch artist/photographer who lives and works in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Is a Dutch artist/photographer who lives and works in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form i

Was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form in contemporary documents, and was used by the painter himself (modern use is about equally divided between the two)

Was a Dutch-Danish Renaissance architect. He was mainly active in the Duchy of Schleswig.In his earl

Was a Dutch-Danish Renaissance architect. He was mainly active in the Duchy of Schleswig.In his early years Hercules von Oberberg worked for Johann of Brandenburg-Küstrin but on 17 July 1557 he became Royal Building Master, succeeding Martin Bussert, but he only stayed in the position for two years. During that time he worked on Copenhagen Castle and Koldinghus (minor renovations), Sønderborg Castle (planning and commenced rebuilding), the Fortifications of Copenhagen and Krogen (the bastioned fortifications)..

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.Herman Rou

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.Herman Rouwé Full name: Herman Jan Rouwé Gender: Male Height: 5'10" (179 cm) Weight: 176 lbs (80 kg) Born: January 20, 1943 in Grouw, Friesland, Netherlands Affiliations: Triton, Utrecht (NED) Country: Netherlands Sport: Rowing

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

A Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical

A Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital

Was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality

Was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality

Was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olym

Was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch juridical scholar by training, who by vocation was a philosopher, and the founder of a n

Was a Dutch juridical scholar by training, who by vocation was a philosopher, and the founder of a new approach called, the philosophy of the cosmonomic idea.

Was a Dutch engineer and politician.

Was a Dutch engineer and politician.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Dutch writer.

Was a Dutch writer.

Is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.Hertzberger can be considered, along with Aldo van Eyck,

Is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.Hertzberger can be considered, along with Aldo van Eyck, as the influence behind the Dutch structuralist movement of the 1960s. He believed that the architect's role was not to provide a complete solution, but to provide a spatial framework to be eventually filled in by the users. Among Hertzberger's best known buildings are the Montessori school in Delft (1966-70) and the administration building for the Centraal Beheer Insurance Company building in Apeldoorn (1970-72).

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and i

Was a Belgian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Summer O

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-2 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.

Was born on February 13, 1909 in Oosterend (Friesland), the Netherlands, grew up in the Reformed Chu

Was born on February 13, 1909 in Oosterend (Friesland), the Netherlands, grew up in the Reformed Church and in a strong, conservative Christian home, and died on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the age of 98. He was one of the most important New Testament theologians of the 20th century—particularly because of his emphasis on the history of salvation (Heilsgeschichte) or biblical theology.