Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Dutch singer, actress and comedian. She is known for her contra alto voice.When Arean was 14 ye

Is a Dutch singer, actress and comedian. She is known for her contra alto voice.When Arean was 14 years old she saw a performance by the Dutch comedian Wim Sonneveld. At that moment she knew where she wanted to be: on stage. Her mother reckoned her too young for that and at the age of 15 Arean quit school and became a housekeeper. In 1960 she got employment at the ABC-cabaret, managed by Wim Kan and his wife Corry Vonk. Vonk suggested she change her name to Jenny Arean.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Willem II Tilburg. Janse is a defender who was born in Ve

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Willem II Tilburg. Janse is a defender who was born in Venlo-Blerick and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Willem II Tilburg squad in the 2005-06 season.

Is a Dutch racing cyclist.Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney w

Is a Dutch racing cyclist.Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after be

Is a Belgian football attacker who currently plays for K Rupel Boom FC.After 4 seasons with Dender E

Is a Belgian football attacker who currently plays for K Rupel Boom FC.After 4 seasons with Dender EH he moved to rival Belgian Second Division club KVK Tienen in 2003.

Is Dutch designer, working primarily with spatial concepts, currently living in Amsterdam and workin

Is Dutch designer, working primarily with spatial concepts, currently living in Amsterdam and working in an old factory building in Zaandam.Dijkhuis attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy[1] where she studied under Frank Tjepkema[2], Peik Suyling[3], and Thonik [4]. While there, she worked under Marcel Wanders[5] and interned at Droog Design[6]. Since graduating, DIjkhuis has founded her own studio and won the Wood Challenge 2007 [7].

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar, where he started his senior career. He is the

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar, where he started his senior career. He is the nephew of retired footballer and current player's agent Sigi Lens.

Is a Dutch actor and film director, who appeared in Bond movies The Living Daylights and The Fugitiv

Is a Dutch actor and film director, who appeared in Bond movies The Living Daylights and The Fugitive.

Is a professional football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Sint-Truidense. He made his debut in t

Is a professional football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Sint-Truidense. He made his debut in the season 2006-2007 against Lierse at the age of 16, where he came in for a replacement. In this season he came 2 times in action.

Is a Dutch racing driver. In a Chrysler Viper GTS-R he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great

Is a Dutch racing driver. In a Chrysler Viper GTS-R he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great success. He competed in the very competitive German Formula 3 Championship and drove a number of times at the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Zandvoort, the unofficial F3 World Championship. Together with Opel he raced in the DTM. In 2005 Jeroen Bleekemolen competes in the ELF BRL V6.

Is a Dutch marathon speed skater.As of 2006, De Vries has won eight marathons on artificial speed sk

Is a Dutch marathon speed skater.As of 2006, De Vries has won eight marathons on artificial speed skating tracks, including one during the 2006 Six Days of the Greenery.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Vitesse Arnhem on loan from SC Heerenveen. His twin broth

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Vitesse Arnhem on loan from SC Heerenveen. His twin brother Henrico Drost is also a professional footballer.

Is a Dutch show jumping champion.

Is a Dutch show jumping champion.

A footballer from the Netherlands, who is currently playing his eleventh season for FC Twente. He is

A footballer from the Netherlands, who is currently playing his eleventh season for FC Twente. He is a defender who plays with number 12.He also played for MVV. Twente plays in the Eredivisie. Heubach signed in February 2007 a new deal that keeps him at the club until the 2009 season.

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004.Nicknamed Jerommeke, he was one of Holland's leading sprinters in the 1990s, claiming victories in the three big races (Tour de France, Vuelta and Giro d'

Is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert

Is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert on Sino-Tibetan languages. He is a leading member of both the Himalayan Languages Project and the Leiden School of linguistic theory.

Is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Cha

Is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997. He drew a match against Anatoly Kar

is a Belgian footballer who plays in the midfield. He joined Club Brugge in 2007, and has previous

is a Belgian footballer who plays in the midfield. He joined Club Brugge in 2007, and has previously played for K. Sint-Truidense V.V., Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Butsel and KV Mechelen. He made his debut for the senior Belgium national football team in a friendly against Luxembourg on 18 November 2008.

Is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Neptunus and the Dutch national team.Sluijter deb

Is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Neptunus and the Dutch national team.Sluijter debuted in the Hoofdklasse in 1993 with the Twins Sport Club. In 1996, he moved to SV ADO and then Neptunus in 1997. With Neptunus, he became Hoofdklasse cham

Is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicke

Is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper. For many years, since his debut in cricket's ICC Trophy on February 20, 1994, Smits has been backup keeper to Reinout Scholte and called upon when

Is a Dutch long distance track, and road running athlete.On April 10, 2005 Van Damme finished the Ro

Is a Dutch long distance track, and road running athlete.On April 10, 2005 Van Damme finished the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:13:48, qualifying for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where he finished in 58th position.

Is an alpine skier from Belgium. He competed for Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics finishing 34th

Is an alpine skier from Belgium. He competed for Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics finishing 34th in the slalom.

Is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his #1 hit single Jij bent zo.Van der Boom regularly

Is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his #1 hit single Jij bent zo.Van der Boom regularly gave concerts in the Netherlands, and was eventually given the opportunity to record an album. This album featured cover versions of (amongst others) Don't Stop Me Now (by Queen) and Wonderful Tonight (by Eric Clapton). In 2007, he recorded a cover of Tom Jones's song She's a Lady, and was a supporting act during Jones's concert in the Heineken Music Hall on 21 April 2007.

Is the bassist in Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation

Is the bassist in Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation

Is a Belgian professional footballer who currently plays for SV Roeselare.

Is a Belgian professional footballer who currently plays for SV Roeselare.

Was a Dutch football player.He was the younger brother of Remco Boere, who played for clubs includin

Was a Dutch football player.He was the younger brother of Remco Boere, who played for clubs including Den Haag and Zwolle.He started his professional career at SBV Excelsior and went on to play for several teams, mostly at Holland's second level.A tall striker, Jeroen Boere went abroad in summer 1993 when he was signed by Billy Bonds for £250,000 to play for newly-promoted West Ham United in the Premier League. Jeroen, or 'Yosser' as he was known to his team-mates, made his debut for West Ham on 25th September 1993 in a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United but was sent-off for a clash with Kevin Scott. His stay with West Ham lasted two seasons and he was loaned out to Portsmouth and West Brom before moving to Crystal Palace in 1995 as part of the deal that took Iain Dowie back to Upton Park. His spell at Palace was shortlived, however, and he moved on to Southend United at the end of the season.