Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch artist, sculptor, graphic designer, and illustrator. He was born in Aalst but has lived a

Is a Dutch artist, sculptor, graphic designer, and illustrator. He was born in Aalst but has lived and worked in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles since 1982. Since 1984, Baselmans has designed postal stamps for the post office of the Netherlands Antilles and has worked as an illustrator for different schoolbooks. His pen drawings are made in a combination of pen and ink, color pencils, and soft pastel chalk.

A retired professional footballer who is known for playing for Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven a

A retired professional footballer who is known for playing for Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven as a midfielder. He was deployed as playmaker thanks to his possession of good passing abilities.On the 26 February 2008, John de Jong retired from football due to an injury he sustained in training in 2005. He was unable to recover even after 35 months of rehabilitation. De Jong has expressed interest in staying at PSV in a non-footballing capacity.

A retired Dutch footballer, who earned six caps for the Dutch national team, scoring two goals.De Wo

A retired Dutch footballer, who earned six caps for the Dutch national team, scoring two goals.De Wolf began his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam, making his senior debut in 1983. After two seasons in the team, he departed for FC Groningen where he continued to impress and won a call-up to the Dutch national team in 1987.The defender moved on to Feyenoord in 1989 and after a season outside their first team, he settled into the side and won the Dutch league championship in 1992–93 with the club. He also won three Dutch Cups during a stay of four full seasons.

Was a Belgian born English sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union[1] and pla

Was a Belgian born English sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union[1] and played first-class cricket with Surrey. Educated at Merchant Taylors, Raphael won his first cap in 1902 when England took on Wales in the Home Nations Championship. A centre, winger or full-back, he also played in the 1905 and 1906 Championships as well as in friendlies against both France and New Zealand. He captained the 1910 British Lions tour to Argentina, which included of the South American nation's inaugural Test match.

A former Dutch football player in the defender role. Started his professional career for PSV Eindhov

A former Dutch football player in the defender role. Started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven, and then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal.In the Eredivisie Veldman played 297 matches, from 1986 to 2001. For the Netherlands national football team he was in the roster for Euro 1996.

Was an infielder in Major League Baseball.Houseman was the first Dutch-born player in the Major Leag

Was an infielder in Major League Baseball.Houseman was the first Dutch-born player in the Major League, when he made his debut for the Chicago Colts in 1894.

Is a retired water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in ninth position with the Dutch t

Is a retired water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is the Queen's Commissioner in the province of Friesland, The Netherlands.

Is the Queen's Commissioner in the province of Friesland, The Netherlands.

A retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the

A retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1982/1983 season. He played for Willem II Tilburg, RKC Waalwijk, VVV Venlo, Toulon, NAC Breda, RBC Roosendaal and Auckland Kingz. After his active career he started to work as an assistant-coach. As of the 2007-08 season he will be a striker coach at Feyenoord Rotterdam's youth complex.

Is a retired water polo player from The Netherlands. He finished in ninth position with the Dutch te

Is a retired water polo player from The Netherlands. He finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a former road cyclist from the Netherlands, who was a professional from 1987 to 2000. As an amate

Is a former road cyclist from the Netherlands, who was a professional from 1987 to 2000. As an amateur he won the world title in the 100km Team Time Trial, alongside Rob Harmeling, Tom Cordes and Gerrit de Vries.His biggest individual success as a pro was

Is a retired professional ice hockey player.Growing up in Maxville, Ontario the son of Dutch immigra

Is a retired professional ice hockey player.Growing up in Maxville, Ontario the son of Dutch immigrants, Wensink is best remembered for his time with the Boston Bruins, where he teamed with Terry O'Reilly and Stan Jonathan as the team's enforcers. In one

A retied Dutch football player who played for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, NAC B

A retied Dutch football player who played for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, NAC Breda and Sint-Niklase, as well as the Dutch national side.

Is a Dutch professional cyclist riding for the Dutch Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team. His breakthrough

Is a Dutch professional cyclist riding for the Dutch Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team. His breakthrough year in the professional cycling peloton was 2009, winning the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen and finishing on a 12th place in the Tour of Flanders, a 12th

Was a Belgian footballer.During his career he played for Club Brugge K.V.. He earned 18 caps for th

Was a Belgian footballer.During his career he played for Club Brugge K.V.. He earned 18 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972.

Was a Dutch writer, poet and performer, first in Arnhem, later in the country's capital Amsterdam. A

Was a Dutch writer, poet and performer, first in Arnhem, later in the country's capital Amsterdam. As a poet Van Doorn called himself Johnny the Selfkicker, a nickname he has proven to be worthy of by means of wild, often haphazard performances, during which he never failed to work himself into a frenzy, which often resulted in him collapsing right in front of an astonished audience, say, in the middle of a large retail outlet.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a retired female long-distance runner from the Netherlands. She won the 1991 edition of the Rotte

Is a retired female long-distance runner from the Netherlands. She won the 1991 edition of the Rotterdam Marathon, clocking 2:34:18 on Sunday 1991-04-21. Later that year she competed at the World Championships in Tokyo, where she didn't finish the women's

Is a Dutch heptathlete.

Is a Dutch heptathlete.

Is a Dutch softball player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Kro

Is a Dutch softball player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Kroesen played for Flying Petrols and since 1997 for Sparks Haarlem. She is an outfielder who bats and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch nationa

Is a Dutch Swimmer[1], who is mainly specialized in breaststroke. She is currently training in her h

Is a Dutch Swimmer[1], who is mainly specialized in breaststroke. She is currently training in her hometown Lelystad together with her younger brother Thijs. At the age of 24 she made her international debut at the European Championships 2006 in Budapest.

Is a Dutch writer.A year before his birth his parents escaped from Nazi Germany to The Netherlands.

Is a Dutch writer.A year before his birth his parents escaped from Nazi Germany to The Netherlands. But when World War II had broken out, the country was soon occupied too, and there remained no other route available than the one forced upon all those other Jewish families. The family was transported through camp Westerbork and to camp Bergen-Belsen. Jona survived the war, but both his parents died. [1]

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for FC Augsburg in Germany.

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for FC Augsburg in Germany.

Is a Belgian professional football player and currently plays as a full back for Y.R. K.V. Mechelen.

Is a Belgian professional football player and currently plays as a full back for Y.R. K.V. Mechelen. As a defender he plays a central key role to support the midfield and as a football captain of the team he takes his responsibility during critical phases such as penalty kicks