Famous People with Name Meijer

Theodorus ("Theo") Johannes Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Theodorus ("Theo") Johannes Meijer: is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1988 and 1992).

Paul Ronald Johan Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Paul Ronald Johan Meijer: is a Dutch racing driver. He is a former Benelux Formula Renault champion.As many formula drivers, Paul started his career in karting at the age of 10. He participated in national and international competitions.In 2001 Paul participated in a Challenge organized by Avaya Communications, with 7 candidates. He won the Challenge and earned a season driving in the first Dutch Toyota Yaris Cup for free.

Patrick Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Patrick Meijer: is a Dutch stand-up comedian from Twente.

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.