Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was eliminat

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round of the 3500 metre walk competition as well as of the 10 mile walk event.

was a Dutch chess grandmaster (GM) and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Champ

was a Dutch chess grandmaster (GM) and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959. He was the uncle of the current Dutch Minister of Soci

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1981 to 1994

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1981 to 1994. He twice won the Dutch title in the men's road race (1981 and 1985). His other major wins include the 1984 Amstel Gold Race. Hanegraaf later became a cyc

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 silver medal in the coxed fours final B.

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 1936 tournament. He played two matches as goalkeeper.

Studied philosophy and psychology at Groningen University under Professor Gerardus Heymans. In 1919

Studied philosophy and psychology at Groningen University under Professor Gerardus Heymans. In 1919 he received his Master of Arts; many years later he would also earn a Ph.D.. He was also a theosophist.

Was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies (

Was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies (mainly Java), collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these islands. The standard botanical author abbreviation J.J.Sm. is applied to plants described by J.J. Smith.The description of the flowers of the western half of New Guinea (then a Dutch territory) is largely based on his work. He was, next to Rudolf Schlechter, the most prolific author on New Guinea orchids. He also described numerous plants from other families, such as Ericaceae and Euphorbiaceae.

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Dutch painter, associated with the second generation of Bambocciate, a group of genre painters

Was a Dutch painter, associated with the second generation of Bambocciate, a group of genre painters working in Rome from 1625 - 1700.In 1634 David Lingelbach, a German technician, settled in Amsterdam with his wife and children. In 1638 the father hired and later established a labyrinth in the Jordaan.

Was a Dutch chemist and crystallographer at the van 't Hoff Laboratory at the University of Utrecht.

Was a Dutch chemist and crystallographer at the van 't Hoff Laboratory at the University of Utrecht. He is famous for devising a method of establishing the absolute configuration of molecules.The concept of tetrahedrally bound carbon in organic compounds stems back to the work by van 't Hoff and Le Bel in 1874. At this time, it was impossible to assign the absolute configuration of a molecule by means other than referring to the projection formula established by Fischer, who had used glyceraldehyde as the prototype and assigned randomly its absolute configuration.

Was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist W. G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden unde

Was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist W. G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. He is credited to be the father of Burgers' equation, the Burgers vector in dislocation theory and the Burgers material in viscoelasticity.

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Flanders, Bonn, and Rome.Details of his li

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Flanders, Bonn, and Rome.Details of his life are relatively sparse. He came from west Flanders, and served as choirmaster in Bonn sometime in the earlier portion of his life. By 1558 he had probably come to Italy, staying until 1562, and in 1565 he took the post of maestro di cappella at the church of S Lorenzo in Damaso, where he remained for over 40 years. A note in a publication of 1596 indicates that he still held the post of choirmaster there, and was living in Rome.

Was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor. His birth-year is sometimes (wrongly) given as 1693 or 1684.Ry

Was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor. His birth-year is sometimes (wrongly) given as 1693 or 1684.Rysbrack studied drawings by Italian masters, before establishing himself in London in 1720. He executed busts and statues of the most prominent men of his d

Was a Dutch teacher and humanist, known for numerous textbooks, and his spreading of humanism, parti

Was a Dutch teacher and humanist, known for numerous textbooks, and his spreading of humanism, particularly in the Prince-Bishopric of Münster.He was then school rector in Alkmaar from 1513, where he insisted his pupils had a good reading knowledge of parts of the Bible.[3] The marauding Arumer Zwarte Hoop sacked Alkmaar in late June 1517, leaving Murmellius destitute.

Is a retired Dutch cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in

Is a retired Dutch cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics.Straathof started his sports career as a speed skater,

Was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of ordinary life.

Was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death.

Was a Dutch physicist.On the basis of his scientific work he was elected in 1911 as a member of the

Was a Dutch physicist.On the basis of his scientific work he was elected in 1911 as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and became a member of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen in 1915.

Was a Frisian astronomer, physician, and philosopher. He was professor of philosophy at the Universi

Was a Frisian astronomer, physician, and philosopher. He was professor of philosophy at the University of Franeker from 1639 to 1651.[1]He was a supporter of “atomism”. His Philosophia Naturalis, seu Physica Vetus-Nova, published posthumously in 1651, defines matter and form: matter is extended and divided into atoms while form is the texture of atoms. According to Phocylides, bodies are formed of atoms and void. Atoms, which he distinguished as simple or compound, are solid corpuscles that receive motion directly from God.[4]

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a well-known composer at the close of the 1

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a well-known composer at the close of the 15th century, was a principal contributor to the Chigi Codex, and was secretary to Guillaume Dufay.Two masses, seven motets, and two secular songs, both rondeaux, by Regis have survived; some other music is mentioned by Tinctoris and other writers but is lost. One of his lost works is a Missa L'homme armé; dating from the 1450s,[1] it is one of the earliest known masses based on this most popular of all tunes for mass composition. In addition to this lost mass

Was a Renaissance Latin poet of Dutch nationality.His most famous work, though, was the 'Liber Basio

Was a Renaissance Latin poet of Dutch nationality.His most famous work, though, was the 'Liber Basiorum' (Book of Kisses, first complete edition 1541), a short collection consisting of nineteen poems in various metres, in which the poet explores the theme

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He is the current Minister of Defenc

Is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He is the current Minister of Defence in the Rutte cabinet.From 1990 till 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives and from 2007 till 2010 a member of the Senate. Since 14 October

A Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary life

A Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary life

Was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrip

Was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches. His most influential work is De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons, 1563).

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.