Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Dutch composer, pianist, and jurist.In 1959, Bois became associated with the group of composers

Is a Dutch composer, pianist, and jurist.In 1959, Bois became associated with the group of composers formed around the Gaudeamus Foundation, of which he later became a board member (Anon. 1999). He first became known outside of Holland as a composer when his music was performed at the Zagreb Biennale and the Warsaw Autumn, in both 1967 and 1969, and at the Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1967 in Prague (Anon. 1973).

Was a Dutch communication and argumentation theory scholar. He was professor for dutch speech commun

Was a Dutch communication and argumentation theory scholar. He was professor for dutch speech communication at the University of Amsterdam. His contributions to the argumentation field include the co-foundation of the pragma-dialectic school in argumentation theory.[1]

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times; in the 1

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times; in the 1991 Tour de France he was the lanterne rouge, in the 1992 Tour de France he won a stage. In the 1994 Tour de France, he was disqualified for hanging on the

Is a professional poker player based in Groningen. He has won both a European Poker Tour (EPT) title

Is a professional poker player based in Groningen. He has won both a European Poker Tour (EPT) title and World Series of Poker bracelet, becoming the first person from the Netherlands to do so, first was at the EPT's inaugural Grand Final of the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo in 2005. In June 2008, Rob Hollink won the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, earning $496,931.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. Maas was born in Eindhoven and made his deb

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. Maas was born in Eindhoven and made his debut in professional football in the 1989-90 season when playing for FC Eindhoven. He is currently in his second stint at RKC Waalwijk. He has also played competitive matches for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Arminia Bielefeld, Hertha BSC, MSV Duisburg and Heracles Almelo.

Was a Dutch road cyclist, who was a professional from 1991 to 1996. He twice rode the Tour de France

Was a Dutch road cyclist, who was a professional from 1991 to 1996. He twice rode the Tour de France, in 1993 and 1994. Born in Well, Limburg, Mulders' biggest success was winning Veenendaal-Veenendaal in 1993. Five years later he died in an auto-crash ne

Was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1983 Constantijn Hu

Was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1983 Constantijn Huygens Prize.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NAC Breda. Penders is a defender who made his debut in pr

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NAC Breda. Penders is a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994-95 season.

Is a Dutch businessman. He is a former executive of Royal Dutch Shell and has recently been appointe

Is a Dutch businessman. He is a former executive of Royal Dutch Shell and has recently been appointed Chairman of AEGON.He has held a number of positions at Shell including Exploration and Production, Montreal Refinery, Scotford Refinery, Vice President Manufacturing and Distribution Shell Canada, President Shell Canada Oil Products, Head Shell International Research and Technology Services Group Oil Products, Chief Executive Equilon. After Shell acquired Texaco's ownership in Equilon he became the President and CEO of Shell Oil Products US. He was also President of Shell Oil Company US and country Chair Shell US.

Is a Dutch contemporary artist. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amster

Is a Dutch contemporary artist. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. His work consists of reproductions of images from the media and from art history. He lives and works in Bergen.His work has been shown in Galerie Witteveen Amsterdam (2004, 2005, 2006), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2005), Groninger Museum (2002); Fries Museum (2000), Paleis Huis ten Bosch, Nagasaki (1995), Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1994), Grey Art Gallery, New York (1993), Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (1992), Kunsthaus Hamburg (1991), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (1989), Aperto, Venice (1988), Boijmans Van Beuningen (1988); Documenta, Kassel (1987), São Paulo Art Biennial (1985), Venice Biennale (1990).

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Dijk was born in Voorho

A Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Dijk was born in Voorhout and made his debut in professional football in the 1992-93 season when playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He also played competitive matches for RKC Waalwijk, PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap and SC Heerenveen.

Is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he

Is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Twente. Wielaert is a defender who was born in Emmeloo

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Twente. Wielaert is a defender who was born in Emmeloord and made his debut in professional football squad of PSV in the 1997-98 season. He also played for FC Den Bosch and NEC before joining FC Twente.

A former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned 30 caps for the Netherlands national f

A former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned 30 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored three goals. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1992 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup.Witschge made his debut for the Netherlands on January 4, 1989, in a friendly against Israel (0-2). He played for Ajax (1985-89), AS Saint-Étienne (1989-91), Feyenoord (1991-96), FC Utrecht (1996-98), and Al-Ittihad (1998-99). In 2004 he became the assistant of Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip at the Dutch national team.

Is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist.

Is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for AFC Ajax. The left-footed Schilder can play on several po

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for AFC Ajax. The left-footed Schilder can play on several positions both in midfield and defence, but his favourite role is as left sided midfielder.Via amateur sides NFC and Amstelveen Heemraad Schilder joined Ajax and was part of the first team squad since the start of the 2005-06 season. He made his Eredivisie debut on February 8, 2006 in a 1-0 win over Willem II. During the season he would play another three league matches and Ajax won the KNVB Cup.Prior to the 2006-07 season, Schilder participated in the 2006 Johan Cruijff-schaal clash with PSV Eindhoven which was won 3-1. A few weeks later he was sent on loan to Heracles Almelo where he became one of the key players that played almost all matches and helped the team to prevent it from playing promotion/relegation play-offs with Eerste Divisie sides at the end of the season.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen, where he started his career. Wim Kieft is h

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen, where he started his career. Wim Kieft is his father.

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Is an athlete from the Netherlands. He competes in triathlon.

Is an athlete from the Netherlands. He competes in triathlon.

Is a retired decathlete from the Netherlands. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his

Is a retired decathlete from the Netherlands. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. In 1994 De Wit participated in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, as a member of the Dutch bobsledding tea

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olymp

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He finished ninth in the K-1 event at

Is a Dutch slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He finished ninth in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Excelsior Rotterdam. His former clubs are NAC Breda and H

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Excelsior Rotterdam. His former clubs are NAC Breda and Helmond Sport.

Was a tall Belgian goalkeeper who never played for any other football team than Cercle Brugge. Braet

Was a tall Belgian goalkeeper who never played for any other football team than Cercle Brugge. Braet is seen as one of the biggest monuments in the team's history. He was also part of the Belgian national team that took part in the 1938 FIFA World Cup

A Belgian computer scientist who, together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web.Ca

A Belgian computer scientist who, together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web.Cailliau was born in Tongeren, Belgium. In 1958 he moved with his parents to Antwerp. After secondary school he graduated from Ghent University in 1969 as civil engineer in electrical and mechanical engineering (Dutch: Burgerlijk Werktuigkundig en Elektrotechnisch ingenieur). He also has an MSc from the of University of Michigan in Computer, Information and Control Engineering, 1971.During his military service in the Belgian Army he already wrote primitive Fortran-programmes to simulate troop movements. [1]