Famous People with Name Lodewijk

Lodewijk Prins            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lodewijk Prins: was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions.Prins represented the Netherlands in all Chess Olympiads from 1937 to 1968. He took first place at Hoogovens Beverwijk in 1948 and at Madrid 1951 with 12.5/17, ahead of Steiner, Herman Pilnik, and

Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben: better known under his pseudonym Lou Bandy was a Dutch singer and conferencier who was one of the most popular artists in the Netherlands, between both world wars. Among his most famous songs are: Zoek de zon op (Look for the sun), Schep vreugde in het leven (Put joy in life) and Louise zit niet op je nagels te bijten (Louise, don't bite your nails).

Lodewijk Van Den Berg            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lodewijk Van Den Berg: is a Dutch American chemical engineer, specializing in crystal growth, who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Dutch-born astronaut, a fact that is often overlooked in the Netherlands because he was a

Lodewijk "Lo" Jacobs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lodewijk "Lo" Jacobs: is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event.

Lodewijk Frans Asscher            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lodewijk Frans Asscher: is a Dutch politician of the Dutch Labour Party. He is the Acting Mayor of Amsterdam since March 12, 2010 after Job Cohen resigned as Mayor to become the Dutch Labour Party Party leader and Lijsttrekker for the Dutch general election of 2010. [1]

Willem Lodewijk, Baron De Vos Van Steenwijk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Willem Lodewijk, Baron De Vos Van Steenwijk: was a conservative Dutch politician. He was a member of the Christelijk Historische Unie (CHU) and president of Senate from 1929 to 1946. He was preceded by Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst and was in turn succeeded by the socialist Roelof Kranenburg.

Patrick Lodewijks            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Patrick Lodewijks: a former Dutch goalkeeper.Lodewijks played for PSV (1987 – 1989 and 1998 – 2002), FC Groningen (1989 – 1998) and Feyenoord (2002 – 2007). Lodewijks made his debut for PSV on April 23, 1988 (FC Groningen – PSV, 0-2). His first match for Feyenoord was on November 3, 2002, also away at FC Groningen, also ending in a 0-2 victory. After the end of the season and the acquirement of Bert van Marwijk as the new Feyenoord coach, Lodewijks finished his career and replaced Pim Doesburg as the new goalkeeping coach of the Rotterdam club. This decision was helped by a knee injury which forced a surgery on the meniscus and left him on the sidelines for a long time.

Paul Lodewijkx            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Paul Lodewijkx: was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best year in 1968 when he won the Dutch TT, and finished the season in second place behind Hans-Georg Anscheidt[1]. He was the first Dutchman to win his home Grand Prix.