Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de Fra

Was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join

Nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-T

Nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on April 7, 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals , including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert.In the mid 1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

A Dutch footballer currently goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers in England. He is Tranmere's longest ser

A Dutch footballer currently goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers in England. He is Tranmere's longest serving current player and has become something of a legend amongst Tranmere's fans. Achterberg is also renown for being found regularly in the club gym an hour before his teammates arrive for training.[citation needed]against Swindon Town on September 25th that year. Achterberg then deservedly cemented his place as number 1 at Rovers after Coyne's subsequent transfer to Grimsby in 1999. He became part of the giant killing cup teams that defeated such opponents as Everton, Southampton and other big teams. Achterberg's proficiency in goal was exemplified by the 20 clean sheets he kept during the 2003-04 season under the stewardship of Brian Little. One of his more memorable performances was against Millwall in an FA Cup quarter final at The New Den which was televised on BBC 1

Is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List from

Is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List from May 2002 until January 2003. For the Dutch general election, 2006, he was lijsttrekker for Pim Fortuyn List, which was then using the name Five Fortuijn List.

A Dutch footballer, who currently unattached with any club.After playing in the youth level at ZOB,

A Dutch footballer, who currently unattached with any club.After playing in the youth level at ZOB, Ajax and De Graafschap, Lindenbergh began his professional career at De Graafschap that played in the Eerste Divisie. His debut was on November 12, 1994 in a 1-0 win over VVV. He became a key player for the team straight away and helped them to gain promotion to the Eredivisie for the following season, in which he made 30 appearances. In total he took part in 159 games for De Graafschap, scoring six goals, with the club permanently in the top flight. During the 1999-00 season, he left De Vijverberg to continue his career at AZ Alkmaar.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Excelsior Veldwezelt. Rompelberg is a defender who was bo

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Excelsior Veldwezelt. Rompelberg is a defender who was born in Heerlen and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Roda JC squad in the 2005-06 season.

Is a freestyle swimmer. He is of Dutch origin. His parents, both born and raised in Holland, moved t

Is a freestyle swimmer. He is of Dutch origin. His parents, both born and raised in Holland, moved to Spain in 1978, and settled in Sabadell, where his father Paulus Wildeboer became the head coach of the local swimming club, called Club Natació Sabadell.

Was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never trav

Was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland. Until today, his book Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for Africanists.Olfert Dapper was born in 1635 or possibly early 1636 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. In January 1636, he was baptized in the Lutheran church in Amsterdam.[1]

Was an English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar.In 1928, with as yet no clear purpose in

Was an English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar.In 1928, with as yet no clear purpose in mind, she built a conference room near her home. Carl Jung suggested that she use the conference room as a "meeting place between East and West" (Begegnungsstätte zwischen Ost und West). [1] This gave birth to the annual meeting of intellectual minds known as Eranos,

Is a Belgian professional football player. His position on the field is forward and he is currently

Is a Belgian professional football player. His position on the field is forward and he is currently under contract with Jupiler League side Cercle Brugge.

A Belgian francophone politician. After graduating as Master of Laws he qualified as a lawyer in 198

A Belgian francophone politician. After graduating as Master of Laws he qualified as a lawyer in 1982. In 1983 he became president of the FDF Youth. He was elected as a city councillor of Brussels in 1988. He entered the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital

Is a Belgian footballer who last played at right-back for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.De Cock made his debu

Is a Belgian footballer who last played at right-back for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.De Cock made his debut for Club Brugge on 29 November 1996 in the competition competition against AA Gent (1-3 to Club). It was however after the departure of Eric Deflandre that De Cock got a permanent place in the side.

Is a Belgian footballer who plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht as a left back or left wing-back. He plays f

Is a Belgian footballer who plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht as a left back or left wing-back. He plays for the Belgium national football team regularly. Now he is one of the main players of the Anderlecht defense, being captain of the squad since the 2007-2008 season.

Is a Belgian footballer who plays for KSC Lokeren. He played much of his career at R.S.C. Anderlecht

Is a Belgian footballer who plays for KSC Lokeren. He played much of his career at R.S.C. Anderlecht, but failed to become a regular in the first team so he tried his luck at Lokeren in the summer of 2004.

Was a war hero and race car driver. He has been cited as "one of the greatest sportscar racers of al

Was a war hero and race car driver. He has been cited as "one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time".On his return to Belgium, Gendebien entered a Veritas sports car in the 1955 Grand Prix des Frontières at Chimay. However, following this race he switched his focus, and teamed up with Fraikin to compete in rally racing using a Jaguar sports car. Together with Pierre Stassen, Gendebien won the sixth running of the Tulip Rally in Zandvoort in April 1954. Their car was an Alfa Romeo. The Gendebien and Fraiken partnership gained the nickname "the eternal bridesmaids", owing to their number of second-place finishes, but after two previous attempts they triumphed in the Liège-Rome-Liège Rally and the Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti in 1955, driving a Mercedes-Benz 300SL.

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto.

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto.

Is a football striker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who currently plays in Belgium for A

Is a football striker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who currently plays in Belgium for Anderlecht. Mukendi began his career in the youth from R. Union Saint-Gilloise and then joined Anderlecht, he trained first in the season 2007/2008 with th

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for KV Mechelen. He was transferred in January

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for KV Mechelen. He was transferred in January 2008 from Standard Liege. He has also represented his country in the national football team and was a part of the Belgian team in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and he played at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 2000 and 2002 where he was backup goalie to Jean-François Gillet.

Is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgiu

Is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Kristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets (6–4, 6–2).

Is a retired Belgian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe. In 2006, he was

Is a retired Belgian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe. In 2006, he was implicated in a match-fixing scandal involving Chinese business executive Zheyun Ye.

His career started back in 1991 when he came 4th in the Dutch Kart Championship. Between 1995 and 19

His career started back in 1991 when he came 4th in the Dutch Kart Championship. Between 1995 and 1997 he raced in the Belgian Kart Championship and became Rookie of The Year. He didn't race again until 2002 when he raced in the Italian and European Formula Renault Championships. In 2003 he finished 4th in the Benelux Formula Renault Championship. In 2004 he competed in the last six races of the FIA Formula 3000 Championship. For the 2005 season he raced in the Euro 3000 ProSeries. In 2006 he raced in the DTM with the Futurecom TME team in an Audi A4. He was team mate to Belgian woman race car driver Vanina Ickx. He was replaced after 3 races because of problems with the management. In 2007 he raced in the WTCC for Alfa Romeo.

Was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world

Was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre competitions at the 1924 Summer Ol

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1924, he won stage five of the 1924 Tour de France

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1924, he won stage five of the 1924 Tour de France. In that year, the cyclists were divided in three classes: the first class for top cyclists, the second class for lesser cyclists, and the touriste-routie