Famous People with Name Maarten

Maarten Biesheuvel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Biesheuvel: is a Dutch writer. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the short story collection In de bovenkooi. He received the "Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs" in 1984 for Reis door mijn kamer. In 2007 he received the P. C. Hooft Award.[1

Maarten Maartens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Maartens: was a Dutch writer, who wrote in English. He was quite well known at the end of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in both the UK and the US, but he was soon forgotten after his death.In 1864 the family Schwartz moved to London, where Jozua’s father started missionary work among the London Jews. Jozua owed his skill in the English language to this stay in England. When Jozua’s father died in 1870, the family at first returned to Amsterdam and then went to Bonn in Germany. In 1877 Jozua Schwartz finished his grammar school education there.[3]

Maarten Johannes Verkerk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Johannes Verkerk: is a Dutch physical chemist and author of books on relationships and management.Verkerk studied Chemistry and theoretical Physics at the Universiteit Utrecht. He got his promotion in 1982 on the subject: Electrical Conductivity and Interface Properties of Oxygen Ion Conducting Materials at the Technische Universiteit Twente. In September 2004 he got a second promotion on the subject called: Trust and Power on the Shop Floor. An Ethnographical, Ethical and Philosophical Study on Responsible Behaviour in Industrial Organisations at the Maastricht University.

Maarten Cornelis Haverkamp            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Cornelis Haverkamp: is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he was an MP from July 26, 2002 to June 17, 2010 and is currently an MP since October 26, 2010. He focuses on matters of mass media policy, aviation and pu

Maarten Vrolijk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Vrolijk: was a Dutch politician.Maarten Vrolijk was parliamentary reporter for the Free People and was in 1956 Member of Parliament for the Labour Party , in 1962 he became Deputy Mayor of The Hague. He was Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Cabinet Cals . He encouraged the construction of sports halls and community centers and created a regulatory scheme for broadcasting . After 1967 he became member of parliament again, and then Queen's Commissioner in South Holland .

Maarten Maartens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maarten Maartens: was a Dutch writer, who wrote in English. He was quite well known at the end of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in both the UK and the US, but he was soon forgotten after his death.In 1864 the family Schwartz moved to London, where Jozua’s father started missionary work among the London Jews. Jozua owed his skill in the English language to this stay in England. When Jozua’s father died in 1870, the family at first returned to Amsterdam and then went to Bonn in Germany. In 1877 Jozua Schwartz finished his grammar school education there.[3]

Sydney Gratien Adair Maartensz            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sydney Gratien Adair Maartensz: was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper he played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1919. Before he played for Hampshire, Maartensz lived in Malaya, where he played for the Federated Malay States between 1909 and 1914, also p