Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter E

A Dutch footballer of Curaçao descent. He plays for Excelsior Rotterdam. He made his debut in profe

A Dutch footballer of Curaçao descent. He plays for Excelsior Rotterdam. He made his debut in professional football in the 2002-03 season where he started at Vitesse.

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who twice won the bronze medal with the Women's National Te

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who twice won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team: in 1988 and in 1996.From 1987 to 1997 she played a total number of 139 international matches for Holland. Holsboer was kicked out of the Dutch team in

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She is part of the 2006 Vrienden van het Platteland team.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She is part of the 2006 Vrienden van het Platteland team.

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served De Graafschap. He died two days after h

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served De Graafschap. He died two days after his 23rd birthday, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo. He was the older brother of retired footballer and Dutch International John Veldman.Veldman played in the youth squads of AFC Ajax as a right winger and was praised for his pace. Unfortunately for him he was unable to sign a professional contract at the club because of his lack in technique. He made the switch to De Graafschap, where he made his professional debut and played 27 matches.

Was a Dutch chess master.He recommended the Dutch Defence as the best reply to 1.d4 in his book Nouv

Was a Dutch chess master.He recommended the Dutch Defence as the best reply to 1.d4 in his book Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu (1789). His biography was written by F.W. von Mauvillon in a book Anweisu

Is a Senegal football striker who plays for K.A.A. Gent. He joined K.M.S.K. Deinze in 2001, he came

Is a Senegal football striker who plays for K.A.A. Gent. He joined K.M.S.K. Deinze in 2001, he came from K.V.K. Ninove.

Is a film director of documentaries.Flipse studied at the Film Academy in Amsterdam, where she got h

Is a film director of documentaries.Flipse studied at the Film Academy in Amsterdam, where she got her degree in 1978. In 1982, she made her first documentary, Het Verschijnsel B, about bibliophily.She directed her first documentary for Scarabee Films in 1995; Broken Silence was about five young Chinese composers. The film won many international awards, including the Grand Prix of the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, the Grand Prize Ethos Bacao (Romania), and the Best Discovery Documentary, Festival Du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal. It also was nominated for best feature-length documentary at the Dutch Film Festival.

Is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competed in two Winter Olympics, she earned her b

Is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competed in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the two-woman event at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at thre

Is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.

Was a Dutch football player who scored 28 goals in 23 games for the Dutch national side.[1] He repre

Was a Dutch football player who scored 28 goals in 23 games for the Dutch national side.[1] He represented the Netherlands at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He became one of the first Dutch players to play outside of the country when he signed for FC Metz in 1937, in a move which ended his international career. Bakhuijs was famous for his diving headers.

Is the current mayor of the municipality of Overbetuwe in the Netherlands. She obtained the equivale

Is the current mayor of the municipality of Overbetuwe in the Netherlands. She obtained the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in education. Before becoming mayor of Overbetuwe, she had served as mayor to the rural community of Norg, Papendrecht and Sandebuur. Mayor Tuijnman is a member of the liberal conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Is a retired track and field sprinter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at th

Is a retired track and field sprinter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.From 1984 to 1994 she played a total number of 95 international matches for Holland, in which she scored 91 goals, most of them fr

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.From 1974 to 1984 she played a total number of 83 international matches for Holland, in which she scored five goals.

Is a Dutch soprano.She studied with Bodi Rapp, Jo Bollekamp, Sam and Jacoba Dresden-Dhont and later

Is a Dutch soprano.She studied with Bodi Rapp, Jo Bollekamp, Sam and Jacoba Dresden-Dhont and later French art song with Pierre Bernac. She won the first prize during the Vocal Concours in 's-Hertogenbosch in Holland (1956) and the Concours International de Musique in Geneva (1958). After her professional début as a concert singer in Rotterdam in 1953, she performed for more than forty years in virtually every major cultural centre in the world. Her frequent appearances with the leading international orchestras and conductors (Sir Bernard Haitink, Rafael Kubelík, Carlo Maria Giulini, Benjamin Britten, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Sir Neville Marriner, Karl Münchinger, André Previn, Edo de Waart among others) established her as one of the greatest singers of our age.

Is a Dutch soprano.

Is a Dutch soprano.

Is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's –63 kg division at the 2

Is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's –63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships. A year later, when Tampere, Finland hosted the event, she was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual gold medalist Sarah Clark f

Is a Belgian swimmer who specialises in breaststroke. In the 2008 European Aquatics Championships sh

Is a Belgian swimmer who specialises in breaststroke. In the 2008 European Aquatics Championships she came 4th in the final of the 100 m breaststroke in which she broke the national record of Brigitte Becue. With this excellent performance, she managed to

Is a professional Dutch tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On February 17, 2007, she

Is a professional Dutch tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On February 17, 2007, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 129. On April 09, 2007, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 228. She is coached by Stephan Ehritt.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.

Was a Dutch writer of Indo (Eurasian) descent. Her Indo father was born in the Dutch East Indies and

Was a Dutch writer of Indo (Eurasian) descent. Her Indo father was born in the Dutch East Indies and had a mother from Madura, but was ‘repatriated’ to the Netherlands on a very young age. He married into a typically Calvinist Dutch family and lived in the port city of Rotterdam. Vuijk grew up in the Netherlands and went to her father’s land of birth in 1929 at the age of 24. 3 years later she married Fernand de Willigen, a native born Indo (Dutch father and Ambonese mother) that worked in the oil and tea plantations throughout the Indies.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Twente. He started his professional career at ADO Den

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Twente. He started his professional career at ADO Den Haag. He is part of the Dutch U21 squad.

Is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team i

Is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning t

Is a Dutch former figure skater and a Canadian figure skating coach. She was the coach for Toller Cr

Is a Dutch former figure skater and a Canadian figure skating coach. She was the coach for Toller Cranston, Karen Magnussen, and her daughter Petra Burka. In 1978, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for elevating skating to an art form and for

Is a Dutch female field hockey player of the first ladies team of Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club (B

Is a Dutch female field hockey player of the first ladies team of Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club (Bilthoven).