Famous People with Name Meijer

Cornelis Simon Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Simon Meijer: was a Dutch mathematician at the university of Groningen who introduced the Meijer G-function, a very general function that includes most of the elementary and higher mathematical functions as special cases, as well as generalizations of the Laplace transform which also carry his name.

Israël Chaim (Ischa) Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Israël Chaim (Ischa) Meijer: was a Dutch Jewish journalist, author, actor and television presenter. He survived the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen along with his parents.Ischa started working as a journalist for De Nieuwe Linie; later on he also started working for the Haagse Post, Nieuw Revu (national weekly magazine) and Vrij Nederland (national weekly magazine). He became well-known for his extensive and disclosing interviews. In 1984 he published a controversial interview with politician (and at that time mayor of Rotterdam) Bram Peper, which caused a lot of commotion throughout the country. The interview eventually was one of the reasons for Peper to divorce his wife, and started a period of heavy alcoholism by Peper.

Wim Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Wim Meijer: is a Dutch former politician.