Famous People with Name Sicco

Sicco Van Goslinga            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Sicco Van Goslinga: was a Dutch statesman and diplomat, who served as gedeputeerde te velde (deputy-in-the-field, a kind of political commissar) of the States-General of the Dutch Republic with John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during his campaigns in Flanders in the War of the Spanish Succession. His memoirs form an important source of information for historians of the period.

Sicco Leendert Mansholt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Sicco Leendert Mansholt: was the fourth President of the European Commission in 1972-1973. He was the European Commissioner for Agriculture from 1958 until 1972.Mansholt came from a socialist farmer's family in the Dutch province of Groningen. Both his father and grandfather were supporters of early socialist leaders such as Multatuli, Domela Nieuwenhuis and Troelstra. His father, Lambertus H. Mansholt, was a delegate for the socialist SDAP party in the Groningen provincial chamber.