Famous People with Name Willems

Menno Willems            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Menno Willems: a former Dutch professional footballer, who can play in defence or in midfield. He spent all ten years of his professional game playing in his native home land of the Netherlands and England.Originally Willems was scouted by Dutch giants Ajax and he signed to the Amsterdam based giants when he was a youngster and took the step up to the first team in 1996. After one season of limited chances or football action, Willems left Ajax bound for fellow Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem where he would remain until 1999.

Maurice Willems            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maurice Willems: was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Jupiler League with 35 goals in 1957 while playing for Gent. He played 3 times with the Belgian national team between 1956 and 1957. Willems made his international debut on October 14, 1956 in a 2-3 friendly defeat to the Netherlands and he scored.

Rein Willems            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Rein Willems: was President of Shell Nederland from 2003-2007. Since 1969, he has held a number of positions at Shell, with postings in Singapore, Australia, the UK, the Philippines and Brazil. In addition, he was a member of the Executive Committee and the Environmental Committee of the Employers Association VNO-NCW and the Innovation Platform. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, member of the Supervisory Board of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers (COA) and van Leeuwen Buizen N.V. He was Chairman of the national Task Force Energy Transition, which was established to make the Dutch economy more sustainable. He is a memebr to the supervisory board of FMO, the Dutch development bank.

Victor Willems            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Victor Willems: was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Daniel Willems            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Daniel Willems: is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986.