Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl)

Is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he has been an MP since March 1, 2007. He focuses on matters of traffic, transport, higher and science education, inland navigation and spatial planning.

Is a Dutch field hockey player.He played for the Dutch hockey team HC Klein Zwitserland.

Is a Dutch field hockey player.He played for the Dutch hockey team HC Klein Zwitserland.

Is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band After Forever (which was called Apocalypse

Is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band After Forever (which was called Apocalypse before) with Mark Jansen in 1995. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band. He was one of the main writers of After Forever's music.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Utrecht. Keller is a defender who was born in Amsterda

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Utrecht. Keller is a defender who was born in Amsterdam and made his debut in professional football, being part of the FC Utrecht squad in the 1999-2000 season. He also played for RBC Roosendaal before returning to FC Utrecht.

Is a Dutch mathematician who made a connection between Maass forms and Srinivasa Ramanujan's mock th

Is a Dutch mathematician who made a connection between Maass forms and Srinivasa Ramanujan's mock theta functions in 2002. He is currently lecturing in UCD Dublin. He is known for astute mathematical ability and a penchant for snowboarding. He currently represents the Irish snowboarding team in the pan-European intervarsity games.

Is a Dutch runner.

Is a Dutch runner.

Was a Dutch journalist who was killed in Dili, East Timor, while covering the arrival of the peaceke

Was a Dutch journalist who was killed in Dili, East Timor, while covering the arrival of the peacekeeping troops with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).He was educated at Gymnasium St. Jacobus college in Enschede (1981-1987) and studied English literature and modern Russian history at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (1987-1992). Thoenes studied at the Centre for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco. He learned to speak and write Russian fluently during his tenure at Hampshire College. He moved to Moscow in August, 1992, and worked for the English language paper Moscow Times, the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland, and served as correspondent for U.S. News and World Report in 1995. He reported from Chechnya in 1995.

A football (soccer) defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1995-1

A football (soccer) defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1995-1996 season playing for FC Groningen. He later served SC Heerenveen and NAC Breda, and is currently playing for Sparta Rotterdam.

A Dutch football player born in Enschede, the Netherlands. His position is goalkeeper and he left Sp

A Dutch football player born in Enschede, the Netherlands. His position is goalkeeper and he left Sparta Rotterdam after the 2007/2008 season.His first professional match was for the Enschede club FC Twente in 1994. After two seasons at Enschede he moved to Vitesse Arnhem where in the course of three seasons, he developed into a goalkeeper of national stature.Following the 1998/1999 season where he had helped Vitesse qualify for Europe, Westerveld earned himself a transfer to Liverpool, where he succeeded David James.He became the most expensive goalkeeper in British football when he joined the Reds for a reported fee of ú4 million during the summer of 1999.

Was a Flemish politician of Hungarian descent.He grew up in a Flemish foster family and was naturali

Was a Flemish politician of Hungarian descent.He grew up in a Flemish foster family and was naturalized Belgian because of his merits as a member of the resistance during the Second World War. He studied law and chose a career at the Ministry of Transport. Due to his experiences as a civil servant in Brussels, he felt the treatment of Flemings by the French speakers was unjust. This caused him to take an initiative to improve the situation of native Dutch speakers in the capital city of Belgium.

A Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway,

A Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, on 3 May 1986.She was born in Montegnée, near Liège, and started singing when she was seven. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor's 2007 book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, at the time of her Eurovision win, she was only 13 years old, despite claiming in the lyrics of her song "J'aime la vie" ("I love life") to be 15. [1]. He notes that the Swiss petitioned to have the song disqualified after her real age was revealed. Sandra also represented Belgium at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo during the autumn of 1986.

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Belgium, who represented her native country at two consec

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Belgium, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Barcelona, Spain (1992).

Is the Dutch-First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Roelofs ac

Is the Dutch-First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Roelofs acquired Georgian citizenship in January 2008 and is now a dual Dutch-Georgian citizen.[1]From 1999 to 2003, Sandra E. Roelofs was a visiting lecturer at Tbilisi State University, where she also worked on her doctoral thesis on linguistic aspects of French in Belgium. Aside from her native Dutch, Sandra E. Roelofs speaks French, English, German, Russian, and Georgian.[2][3][4]

Is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the younge

Is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the youngest Belgian Fed Cup player.Wasserman became Belgium's youngest Fed Cup player when she lost 6-3 7-6 (9-7) to Csilla Bartos of Hungary in October 1985 in Japan.[1] She also lost the longest tie-break played by the Belgian Fed Cup team, losing 13-11 to Jennifer Capriati of the United States in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia after losing the first set 6-0.

Is an actress. Her debut was in the 1991 film Toto le hTros.

Is an actress. Her debut was in the 1991 film Toto le hTros.

A Dutch football player who currently plays for VVV-Venlo. He formerly played for ADO Den Haag, FC U

A Dutch football player who currently plays for VVV-Venlo. He formerly played for ADO Den Haag, FC Utrecht, FC Volendam and Helmond Sport.

Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. At the age of 16 she fou

Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. At the age of 16 she founded the pop duo "Touch of Joy" with Serge (Sergio) Quisquater. Sergio and his band Sergio & The Ladies represented Belgium in ESC 2002 with the song "Sister".At the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul Xandee sang the dance uptempo song "1 Life" in the contest. The song was one of the major favourites before the contest, but only got 7 points, 5 of which from neighbouring country The Netherlands, on the final evening. It eventually got only 22nd place out of 24 participants.

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for KSV Oudenaarde. He is a former Belgium internatio

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for KSV Oudenaarde. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and 2003 but has suffered from various injuries recently. A former striker, he now plays as a right back.

Is a Belgian racing cyclist. She participates mainly in cyclo-cross.

Is a Belgian racing cyclist. She participates mainly in cyclo-cross.

Is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the short distances, over 500 and 1000 metres.In Decem

Is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the short distances, over 500 and 1000 metres.In December 2005 Van der Star tried to qualify herself for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin over 500 metres. As she was not among the nominated skaters for the di

An Dutch footballer who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse. His favorite position is

An Dutch footballer who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse. His favorite position is right-winger.Santi Kolk's official debute as a professional was 29 August 1999, when he played for ADO Den Haag. It was in the home-match against NAC Breda. In his debut he scored his first goal, after one minute. In the 2005/2006 season, when he played for FC Zwolle, he became topscorer of the Jupiler League with 19 goals. He is now considered one of Vitesse's key players due to his goalscoring record.Santi Kolk has played in several national youth teams. Louis van Gaal took him to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1999.

Is a Belgian figure skater. She competed three times at the World Figure Skating Championships, wit

Is a Belgian figure skater. She competed three times at the World Figure Skating Championships, with a highest placement of 25, achieved in 2003; four times at the European Figure Skating Championships, with a highest placement of 21st in 2004; and four

The former lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens were the t

The former lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens were the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky, raspy, husky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Sarah has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for music soundtracks, including Underworld, Wild Things, Zus and Zo and more recently Leef!.

Is a Dutch swimmer.[1] Who is mainly specialized in the freestyle distances, up to 200 m, and is par

Is a Dutch swimmer.[1] Who is mainly specialized in the freestyle distances, up to 200 m, and is part of the Dutch national team. She is currently training in Amsterdam under the guidance of Martin Truijens together with Olympic Champions Femke Heemskerk and Manon van Rooijen.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.