Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language. He came from Utrecht and was associated with the So

Was a Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language. He came from Utrecht and was associated with the Society of Jesus by 1925. He worked at Leiden University in the 1930s. His first work appeared in 1930 and he continued to write into the 1990s. He lived in Yogyakarta and was interred in the Jesuit necropolis at Muntilan, Java.

Is a Dutch politician for the CDA.He was State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Enviro

Is a Dutch politician for the CDA.He was State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment from 2002 until 2007 and a member of the House of Representatives in 2002, 2003 and from 2006 till 2010.

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was eliminat

Was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round of the 10 mile walk event.

Was a Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman. He was born as Pieter Platevoet in Dranouter, no

Was a Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman. He was born as Pieter Platevoet in Dranouter, now in Heuvelland, West Flanders. He studied theology in Germany and England. At the age of 24 he became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.Because of fear for religious prosecution by the Inquisition he fled from Brussels to Amsterdam after the city fell in Spanish hands in 1585. There he became interested in navigation and cartography and, being fortunate enough to have access to nautical charts recently brought from Portugal, he was soon recognized as an expert on the shipping routes to India. He strongly believed in the idea of a North East passage until the failure of Willem Barentsz's third voyage in 1597 seemed to preclude the possibility of such a route.

Was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium.

Was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium.

Is a famous Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a m

Is a famous Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'. For three decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.In the late 1970s, Luv' scored a string of international hit records such as "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do". The group reunited in 2005. Since 1982, Patty has been active on television as a host/presenter of Candid Camera-like TV shows such as Bananasplit and Gaan met die Banaan as well as the 1985 edition of the San Remo Festival and the 2001 version of Big Brother.

Is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HC Alleghe in Italy's Serie A league.G

Is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HC Alleghe in Italy's Serie A league.Groeneveld plays internationally for the Netherlands national ice hockey team. In 2005 he played for the Netherlands national team for the first time, in Ol

A Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang. He i

A Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang. He is Vice-Chair of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament.He sits on its Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a substitute for

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Little is known of his history except that he was said to be a pupil o

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Little is known of his history except that he was said to be a pupil of Rembrandt, whose influence is to be seen in much of his work. He painted chiefly broad, sunny landscapes, full of space, light and atmosphere; they are seen from a high perspective, allowing a prominent view of the sky

Is a Belgian who competed at the international and world level in the Japanese martial art of Judo,

Is a Belgian who competed at the international and world level in the Japanese martial art of Judo, including at the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Was a South Netherlandish lutenist and composer, active in England.Like Peter van Wilder, who also w

Was a South Netherlandish lutenist and composer, active in England.Like Peter van Wilder, who also worked in the Tudor court and was presumably related to him, Philip was probably born in Millam, near Wormhout, or in the nearby village of Wylder ("Wilder" in Dutch). A note in Italian in the Jacobean scorebook anthology GB-Lbl Egerton 3665 describes him as ‘Master Philip of Flanders,

Is a former Belgian football goalkeeper. His former clubs include FC Bruges, K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren,

Is a former Belgian football goalkeeper. His former clubs include FC Bruges, K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren, K.S.K. Lierse and Eendracht Aalst. Vande Walle was part of the Belgium national team for the 1998 World Cup.

Is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for Germinal Beerschot. He also plays a defensive

Is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for Germinal Beerschot. He also plays a defensive midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Genk, Coventry City in England and Club Brugge. Clement played 38 times with Belgium as of August 3, 2005 and was in the team for the Euro 2000 and the 1998 World Cup.

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance.[1] He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalist

Was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance.[1] He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists[2] and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time.[3] Sources cite him as being "the best composer in the entire country, particularly in the new manner and musica reservata."[4] Others compare his collections of music with that of other influential composers, such as Lassus.[5]

Is a Belgian former international footballer.

Is a Belgian former international footballer.

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto. He is a classics special

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto. He is a classics specialist. He is from Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium.Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining the French team Française des Jeux. During t

Is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderle

Is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England. Albert made 41 appearances for the Belgium national football team,and he played in the 1994 World Cup.

Is singer and composer. Lafontaine spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pur

Is singer and composer. Lafontaine spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials (including Stella Artois and Coca Cola. Throughout the 1980s he joined the musical comedy "Brel en mille temps", touring in Dakar, Moscow, and Leningrad, and he released three albums. The song "Coeur de Loup" was his first big hit and launched his career once and for all in Europe.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer.

Was a Belgian Olympic fencer.

Is a Belgian football left back, currently unattached.Léonard started his professional career at St

Is a Belgian football left back, currently unattached.Léonard started his professional career at Standard de Liège. There, alongside Régis Genaux and Michaël Goossens, he was part of The Three Musketeers generation (with Roberto Bisconti playing a smaller role), hailed for their sporting talent but with a troublesome character.

He is one of the three musketeers (himself, RTgis Genaux and Michadl Goossens) from Standard LiFge,

He is one of the three musketeers (himself, RTgis Genaux and Michadl Goossens) from Standard LiFge, from whom much was expected but failed to deliver, especially in the national team. Roberto Bisconti also belongs to this promising generation.LTonard started his professional career at Standard. He won the Belgian Cup in 1993, when he was only 19. He scored in the final (Standard 2 - Sporting Charleroi 0). In 1992/93 and 1994/95 he was vice-champion with Standard, (each time Anderlecht was the champion). Later he moved to France where he played for AS Monaco for a while and OGC Nice. While playing for Monaco he scored in the semi-final of the Champions League in 1998 against Juventus. He is still the last Belgian footballer to play in the semi-final of this competition.

A Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and professor of economic history at th

A Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.His first government post was a Minister of the Interior and Institutional Reform in the government of Wilfried Martens (Ma

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active at the Habsburg court of Philip II in Spain

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active at the Habsburg court of Philip II in Spain. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish school, in the closing days of the Renaissance period in music history, and was a prolific composer; however most of his music was lost in the destruction by fire of the library of John IV during the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.