Famous People with Name Eyck

Jacob Van Eyck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jacob Van Eyck: was a Dutch nobleman and musician. He was one of the best-known musicians in The Netherlands in the seventeenth century as a carillon player, expert in bell casting and tuning, organist, recorder virtuoso, and composer.Van Eyck was born blind into a noble family in the small town of Heusden. In 1625 he left home and became carillon player of the Dom Tower of Utrecht, in 1628 he became the Director of the Carillons of Utrecht. René Descartes, Isaac Beeckman and other scientists praised his knowledge of acoustics, bell casting and tuning and bell players came to Utrecht to study with him.

Robert Floris Van Eyck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Robert Floris Van Eyck: was a London poet,[1][2] artist and art restorer.[3][4] He married as her second husband in London, Greater London, on 3 December 1962 and divorced in 1986 Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (b. Kronberg im Taunus, 10 January 1933), married firstly in Kronberg im Taunus on 2 August 1956 and divorced in London in 1962 from her first husband,

John Conover Ten Eyck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Conover Ten Eyck: was a United States Senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War.Ten Eyck was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1865; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, and was appointed a member

Egbert Ten Eyck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Egbert Ten Eyck: was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1812-13. He was Supervisor of Jefferson County in 1816, Trustee of the Village of Watertown in 1816, and one of the incorporators of the Jefferson Count