Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a professional football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Sint-Truidense. His position is in the

Is a professional football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Sint-Truidense. His position is in the defensive part of the midfield. He is the club captain.

Is a Dutch filmmaker.[1] Several of his films have heavily utilized found footage.

Is a Dutch filmmaker.[1] Several of his films have heavily utilized found footage.

Was a Dutch cricketer. He played five One Day Internationals for The Netherlands. He was coach of th

Was a Dutch cricketer. He played five One Day Internationals for The Netherlands. He was coach of the Netherlands for the 2007 World Cup but stood down as head coach after the tournament.[1]

Is the winner of the first season of Idool 2003, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.Evrard defied the t

Is the winner of the first season of Idool 2003, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing punk rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardless, he managed to win the series, and in 2003 he placed third overall in the World Idol contest. Evrard lives and works in Beerse, Belgium.

Is a Dutch executive, and president and CEO of KLM and vice-chairman of Air France-KLM.After graduat

Is a Dutch executive, and president and CEO of KLM and vice-chairman of Air France-KLM.After graduating from high school in 1967, Hartman studied mechanical engineering in Amsterdam, followed by business economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he received his master’s degree. Mr. Hartman joined KLM on October 29, 1973 as an employment analyst for the Controller’s Department at Engineering & Maintenance (E&M). In the years that followed he held various positions as controller in the Netherlands and abroad. In 1984

A retired football winger from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team.

A retired football winger from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team. He won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1974 by defeating Tottenham Hotspur, scoring the 2-0 in the 84th minute of the second leg, which secured Feyenoord's win. He also won the Cup-Winners Cup with RSC Anderlecht in 1976 by defeating West Ham United.Ressel started his professional career for Go Ahead Eagles, then moved to NEC Nijmegen, PSV Eindhoven, Lierse SK (Belgium), Feyenoord Rotterdam, RSC Anderlecht 1975-78(Belgium), San Jose Earthquakes (USA), AZ'67, Chicago Sting, SC Hasselt, Telstar and FC VVV. He retired from professional football in the 1983-1984 season.

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 se

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 season for De Graafschap. Later on he played for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Helmond Sport, FC Emmen, and ADO Den Haag.

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Dutch national team

A retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Dutch national team in the 1980s, scoring seven goals.Houtman played for Feyenoord Rotterdam and FC Groningen. He also had spells with Club Brugge, Sporting Lisboa, Sparta Rotterdam, ADO Den Haag and Excelsior Rotterdam. For Feyenoord he scored 90 goals in 153 official matches.

Was educated as a painter at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, the Netherlands.[1] He taught ar

Was educated as a painter at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, the Netherlands.[1] He taught art at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam and the Utrecht School of the Arts. He was a pioneer in the use of computers in art education in the Netherlands and in 1988 he became Managing Director of the Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Media & Technology. At the moment he travels non-stop over the world, creating his 'Panoramic Works'.

Is a founding father of Dutch language rock and roll. Koelewijn is also a successful producer and so

Is a founding father of Dutch language rock and roll. Koelewijn is also a successful producer and songwriter for other Dutch artists. His most famous song is Kom van dat dak af ('Come Off That Roof').

Is a racecar driver from the Netherlands.Kox began racing in go-karts in 1978, winning five titles u

Is a racecar driver from the Netherlands.Kox began racing in go-karts in 1978, winning five titles until 1982. In 1983 he moved to automobiles, winning the Marlboro Formula Ford Challenge and was second and third in the Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford 2000 Championships, respectively, the following year. His single-seater racing career was interrupted several times and only took off in 1989 when he won the Benelux Formula Opel Championship in 1989.

Is a retired Belgian football player and a football coach currently managing KV Mechelen.

Is a retired Belgian football player and a football coach currently managing KV Mechelen.

A former football winger from The Netherlands, who earned five caps for the Netherlands national foo

A former football winger from The Netherlands, who earned five caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he didn't score. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1996 in England under manager Guus Hiddink.Hoekstra started his career at PSV Eindhoven where he played for 5 years. Ajax Amsterdam signed him for £2m to replace Marc Overmars. Injuries halted his career at Ajax and he was loaned out to Spanish side SD Compostela and Dutch side Groningen in 2000. English League One team Stoke City signed him for an undisclosed fee in 2001, with Hoekstra signing a 3-year contract. He retired from football in 2004.

Dutch physicist and one of the founders of the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.Peter Mazur w

Dutch physicist and one of the founders of the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.Peter Mazur was born on December 11, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. His father, Karl Georg Mazur, a business man, and mother, Anna Zula Lecker, frequently moved during Mazur's youth. In 1931 the family left for Berlin, where Mazur attended the Franzosisches Gymnasium. Two years later the family left Germany to escape the growing threat of National Socialism

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper. Mollez was a promising youngster. He was even offered a test perio

Is a Belgian football goalkeeper. Mollez was a promising youngster. He was even offered a test period at Arsenal, but Club Brugge refused that. However, Mollez never achieved his break-through at Club, and he was eventually loaned to Cercle Brugge. Quite ironically, Mollez made his début at the highest level of Belgian football with Cercle Brugge in a match against Club Brugge. Mollez had to replace the red carded Ricky Begeyn. Cercle lost the match 5-0.

Is the professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam,

Is the professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO). He holds an MSc (1970) in Econometrics and Regional Economics and a PhD (1972) in Regional Economics, both from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Is a motorcycle racer from the Netherlands. "Politics" currently competes in the Dutch Superbikes an

Is a motorcycle racer from the Netherlands. "Politics" currently competes in the Dutch Superbikes and the German IDM Superbikes Championships on a Suzuki GSXR1000. In the 2009 season, Politics took his first Dutch Superbikes pole position and win.

Was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and tr

Was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and won 65. Because of this success he was known as “De Keize

Was a Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor who worked for most of his life in London, Great Britain. Sche

Was a Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor who worked for most of his life in London, Great Britain. Scheemakers studied both classical and baroque styles of sculpture in Rome before settling in London in 1716.

Is a Dutch linguist, who is a professor of Celtic languages (Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) at Utrecht

Is a Dutch linguist, who is a professor of Celtic languages (Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) at Utrecht University, and researcher of ancient Indo-European linguistics. He worked previously at Leiden University and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. (Schrijver 2007:29)He has published three books and a large number of articles on the history and linguistics of Indo-European languages, particularly the description, reconstruction and syntax of the Celtic languages, and lately researching language change and language contact in ancient Europe. (Schrijver 2007:29)

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1992

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1992. He rode a total number of five Tour de Frances during his career.

Served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ced

Served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City

A Dutch football manager who is the head coach of the Australia national football (soccer) team.[1]

A Dutch football manager who is the head coach of the Australia national football (soccer) team.[1] His brother Robert Verbeek is also a football coach.As a player, he spent his entire playing career in the Netherlands mostly with Sparta Rotterdam and he also played with NAC Breda and Roda JC.The Korea Football Association signed him to a coaching contract on June 26, 2006 until 2008.[2] Pim led Korea to a third-place finish at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, guaranteeing them an automatic berth in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament. He resigned from coaching South Korea in July 2007 after the Asian Cup, saying he needed a break from coaching for approximately five months.

Is a Dutch civil servant and politician. He is a member of the ChristianUnion party, a socially cons

Is a Dutch civil servant and politician. He is a member of the ChristianUnion party, a socially conservative Protestant party, and was formerly a member of the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF), which merged with the Reformed Political League (GPV) to form the ChristianUnion. He is a Member of the European Parliament in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) grouping.

Is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Club Brugge.Van Der Heyden played 21 times with Belg

Is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Club Brugge.Van Der Heyden played 21 times with Belgium and was in the team for the 2002 World Cup. He scored Belgium's second goal in their opening match, a 2–2 draw with Japan in Saitama.