Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter B

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender. Wijnstekers made his professional debut at

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender. Wijnstekers made his professional debut at Feyenoord Rotterdam, but also played for K.R.C. Mechelen and Germinal Ekeren.

Is a Dutch internet entrepreneur and millionaire from Usquert who first rose to fame in the fall of

Is a Dutch internet entrepreneur and millionaire from Usquert who first rose to fame in the fall of 1998 when, for a school assignment, he made a website where consumers could compare prices for mobile phone services. As a result, he appeared on television programmes like Kassa and the Jeugdjournaal. In 1999, the website Bellen.com registered its 100,000th visitor; a year later, Woldring started the company Bencom B.V. and hired his mother as an employee

Was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin

Was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin

Was a Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the Renaissance, active in Bruges and Brussels. He serve

Was a Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the Renaissance, active in Bruges and Brussels. He served Dowager Queen Mary of Hungary for much of his career, and was a prolific composer of vocal music, both sacred and secular, throughout his long career.While he spent most of this time in Brussels, he also occasionally traveled with Mary through the Habsburg lands, as it was common for the singers of the musical chapels to accompany monarchs and members of royal families. Some of the places he is known to have visited include 's-Hertogenbosch, Augsburg, and Munich. Mary moved to Spain in 1556,

Is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. His former teams are Sint-Truidense VV

Is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. His former teams are Sint-Truidense VV and Feyenoord.On January 20, 2007 he played his first RKC Eredivisie game against FC Twente .

Is a Congolaise-Belgian football striker, he currently plays for K.V. Oostende in Belgium. He began

Is a Congolaise-Belgian football striker, he currently plays for K.V. Oostende in Belgium. He began his career in the youth from FC Brussels, before loaned out to R. Union Saint-Gilloise in January 2008. After 6 months turned back to FC Brussels and was sold in August 2008 to K.V. Oostende.

Is a cyclist. He is currently a member of the Irish An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Ke

Is a cyclist. He is currently a member of the Irish An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team team.He turned pro in 2004 with the Vlaanderen - T Interim (now called Topsport Vlaanderen). He was with the team until 2008 when he joined An Pos

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Is a Dutch pop artist who has released albums on the Dox label. Since 2003, he has produced three st

Is a Dutch pop artist who has released albums on the Dox label. Since 2003, he has produced three studio albums and one live album. His most recent album, "Benny. . . at Home",[1] has met critical acclaim outside of the Netherlands. Benny Sings has been invited to perform on Radio Nova.

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France.

Is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He has been a s

Is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He has been a standout in the men's 1000m on the international scene, ranking second in the World Cup standings and finishing fifth at the 2005 World Single Distance Cham

Was a Dutch boxer, who won the golden medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympic

Was a Dutch boxer, who won the golden medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Is an equestrian from the Netherlands and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with

Is an equestrian from the Netherlands and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a Dutch politician.Udink studied economy in Rotterdam and Lausanne (1945-1952). After his studied

Is a Dutch politician.Udink studied economy in Rotterdam and Lausanne (1945-1952). After his studied he was employed at the Chamber of Commerce of Rotterdam and later worked as a teacher at the Economische Hogeschool Rotterdam (Economic College of Rotterdam).Udink, who belonged to the Christian Historical Union, was elected in the socalled Rijnmondraad (Council of Rijnmond), a local council of representatives of Rijnmond, in 1965. Two years later, in 1967, he became minister for Development Cooperation in the Cabinet-De Jong, a post he held till 1971. In 1971 he was lijsttrekker of the CHU, presenting himself as a conservative and a "law and order" politician. In that same year Udink became minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Cabinets-Biesheuvel I and II.

Was a Dutch architect noted for his Calvinist church buildings and as a practicing member of the Ams

Was a Dutch architect noted for his Calvinist church buildings and as a practicing member of the Amsterdam School.Boeyinga was the son of a Calvinist minister. Boeyinga started his training as a carpenter and then as a draughtsman and a foreman. From 1909 until 1919 he studied in Amsterdam to become an architect. In this period he worked for two years at the office of Eduard Cuypers. Cuypers gave the architects working in his office considerable autonomy and Boeyinga

Was a Dutch sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Dutch boat O

Was a Dutch sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Dutch boat Oranje, which won the gold medal in the 6½ metre class (1919 rating).

Was a Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of the penthode and the gyrator. He is also known for a

Was a Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of the penthode and the gyrator. He is also known for a theorem in circuit theory, Tellegen's theorem.He obtained a masters degree in electrical engineering from Delft University in 1923, and joined the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven. In 1926 he invented the penthode. (Note: This invention is a great break-through in the age of vacuum tubes. It is a big improvement over triodes and tetrodes.) The gyrator was invented by him around 1948. (Note: The gyrator is useful to simulate the effect of an inductor without using a coil. For example, it is used in Hi-Fi graphic equalizers.) He held 41 US patents.

Was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and a writer probably best known as "the fathe

Was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and a writer probably best known as "the father of cryptozoology"[1]. His monumental 1958 book, On the Track of Unknown Animals (originally published in French in 1955 as Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées) is often regarded as one of the best and most influential cryptozoological works.

Was a Dutch philosopher, mathematician, physician, magistrate, mayor (of Purmerend), and theologian.

Was a Dutch philosopher, mathematician, physician, magistrate, mayor (of Purmerend), and theologian. As a philosopher, he was a follower of Descartes and an opponent of Spinoza.He wrote several books (in Dutch) including his chief work Het regt gebruik der werelt beschouwingen, ter overtuiginge van ongodisten en ongelovigen [The True Use of World-Concepts] (1715), which argued for the existence of God and attacked Spinoza.[1] It went through several editions (1715, 1717, 1720, 1725, 1730, 1740) published by Joannes Pauli,

A retired football (soccer) defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in th

A retired football (soccer) defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1993-1994 season playing for Bayer Leverkusen. He later served Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, Grazer AK, FSV Mainz 05, SpVgg Unterhaching, Apollon Limassol and Cambuur Leeuwarden.

Was a Belgian footballer, the Belgium national team top scorer since 1940 with 30 goals in 61 matche

Was a Belgian footballer, the Belgium national team top scorer since 1940 with 30 goals in 61 matches. He was joined by Paul Van Himst in 1974 who needed 81 matches to score the same amount of goals.

Was an eighteenth century Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland. Active in Leeuwa

Was an eighteenth century Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland. Active in Leeuwarden.

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch painter of the Hague School.

Was a Dutch painter of the Hague School.

Is a vintner and former Olympian and motor racing driver from the Netherlands. He competed in one Fo

Is a vintner and former Olympian and motor racing driver from the Netherlands. He competed in one Formula One race, the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, but had a far longer career in sports car racing, before turning his back on the track to concentrate on the wine trade. He also represented the Netherlands in clay pigeon shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.