Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a Dutch politician. He became minister of Finance in the following administrations: Schermerhorn

Was a Dutch politician. He became minister of Finance in the following administrations: Schermerhorn/Drees (1945-1946), Beel-1 (1946-1948), Drees/Van Schaik (1948-1951) and Drees-2 (1951-1952). In this function, he was largely responsible for the monetary recovery of the country and its currency.

Was a Dutch technocratic politician who was twice temporary Minister of Finance, the first time from

Was a Dutch technocratic politician who was twice temporary Minister of Finance, the first time from April to June 1828 and the second time in May and June 1848 after the resignation of Gerrit Schimmelpenninck. He was born Goes and died in Rijswijk.

Called "Long Peter" because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in A

Called "Long Peter" because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in Amsterdam, and painted there and in Antwerp, though his genre scenes were influential in Italy.

Was a skilful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc., and a pi

Was a skilful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc., and a picture representing the conflagration of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by C. Bagerts.

Was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia.He was

Was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia.He was employed as a medical officer in the Dutch East Indian Army from 1842 to 1860, stationed in Indonesia. During that time, he did most of his ichthyology work, besides his duties in the army. Many of his specimen he got from local fishermen, but he also built up an extended network of contacts who would send him specimen from various government outposts throughout the islands.During his time in Indonesia, he collected well over 12000 specimen, many of which are today at the Natural History Museum in Leiden.

Was a Dutch physician and naturalist.Boddaert was the son of a Middelburg jurist and poet by the sam

Was a Dutch physician and naturalist.Boddaert was the son of a Middelburg jurist and poet by the same name (1694-1760). Pieter Jr obtained his M.D. at the University of Utrecht in 1764 and there became a lecturer on natural history. Fourteen letters survive of his correspondence with Carl Linnaeus between 1768 and 1775 [2]. He was a friend of Albert Schlosser, who's cabinet of "curiosities" (natural history objects) he described. In 1783 he published fifty copies of an identification key of Edmé-Louis Daubenton's Planches enluminees, assigning scientific names to the plates. As many of these were the first scientific names to be proposed they remain in use.

Was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.Not much is known of his early years. In 159

Was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.Not much is known of his early years. In 1599, Both was already an admiral in the New, or Brabant Company. In that year, he traveled to the East Indies with four ships. When the newly founded Dutch East India Company set up a government for the Dutch East Indies, Pieter Both was invited to become the Governor-General.

Was a Dutch philologist, born at Amsterdam.He was brought up by his uncle in Leiden, and afterwards

Was a Dutch philologist, born at Amsterdam.He was brought up by his uncle in Leiden, and afterwards studied law and philology under CA Duker and Arnold von Drakenborch at Utrecht. In 1735 he was appointed professor of eloquence and history at Franeker, with which the chair of poetry was combined in 1741. In the following year he left Franeker for Amsterdam to become professor of history and philology at the Athenaeum. He was subsequently professor of poetry (1744),

Was a Dutch still life painter, born in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia (now Germany) and active in Haarle

Was a Dutch still life painter, born in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia (now Germany) and active in Haarlem, where he settled in 1621. He and Willem Claeszoon Heda, who also worked in Haarlem, were the most important exponents of the "ontbijt" or breakfast piece. They painted with subdued, virtually monochromatic palettes, the subtle handling of light and texture being the prime means of expression.

Was a Dutch politician and mayor.Bijleveld was a son of the Nijmegen mayor François Pierre Bijlevel

Was a Dutch politician and mayor.Bijleveld was a son of the Nijmegen mayor François Pierre Bijleveld and Reiniera Charlotte Rau. He studied law. In 1856 he was appointed mayor of Zaltbommel and in 1875 he succeeded his father as mayor of Nijmegen, a function he held until his death in 1898. Bijleveld was Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau.

Is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Brisbane Roar.Collen started his professional ca

Is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Brisbane Roar.Collen started his professional career in his hometown with AA Ghent. He defended the white and blue colours for 2 seasons before moving to the Netherlands. He ended up with Vitesse but never broke through and he left for rivals NEC the same year. In Nijmegen he forced himself into the starting eleven but made a huge impression and impact in his second season with NEC.

Is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.

Is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.

Was a Dutch painter.

Was a Dutch painter.

Is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.Born in Maastricht, Limburg, the son of Cees

Is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.Born in Maastricht, Limburg, the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband and Astrid Verver, a former Dutch 800 m freestyle silver medalist at the European Championships, he grew up in Geldrop, where he swam for PSV Eindhoven.

Was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

Was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

Was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, and an entomologist. Cramer was the director

Was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, and an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing and a member of Concordia et Libertate, based in Amsterdam. This literary and patriotic society, where Cramer gave lectures on minerals, commissioned and/or financed the publishing of his book on outlandish (exotic) butterflies, occurring in three parts of the world Asia, Africa and America: De uitlandsche Kapellen.[1]

Was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint 5 times in the

Was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint 5 times in the 1920s.In 1921 he won his first UCI World Title, beating the reigning world champion from Australia, Bob Spears. He retained the world title again for the

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent during th

Was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent during the late 1660s and the early 1670s, and held the titles as Lord of the semi-sovereign Fief Zuid-Polsbroek and 19.th Lord of the Free and high Fief Ilpendam and Purmerland. Pieter de Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, as opposed to the Royalists.[1]

Was a Dutch regent and diplomat during the First Stadtholderless Period of the Dutch Republic. He le

Was a Dutch regent and diplomat during the First Stadtholderless Period of the Dutch Republic. He led the Dutch delegation that vainly tried to negotiate the Dutch capitulation to king Louis XIV of France during the Year of Disaster, 1672.

Was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer,

Was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style.

Was probably born in Ypres in Flanders, but the Ypres Archives were destroyed in August 1914. From Y

Was probably born in Ypres in Flanders, but the Ypres Archives were destroyed in August 1914. From Ypres the family (?) moved to Leiden, where he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke. Pieter de Ring may have started as an engraver; but he became famous for his opulent, flashy still lifes or banquet pieces with fruit, a lobster, a goblet, shrimps, oysters, a rug and Chinese porcelain.

Was a Dutch navigator (originally from Emden) who mapped the southern sky.After several trips to Bra

Was a Dutch navigator (originally from Emden) who mapped the southern sky.After several trips to Brazil, Keyser participated as a first mate and the chief navigator of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies (the "Eerste Schipvaart"), which left Texel with four ships on April 2, 1595. He had been specifically trained by Petrus Plancius to map the southern stars. When the fleet finally was able to obtain fresh supplies at Madagascar on September 13, 71 of the 248 sailors had died, most of scurvy.

Was a Dutch painter.Grebber was the son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573–1643), a painter and em

Was a Dutch painter.Grebber was the son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573–1643), a painter and embroiderer in Haarlem, and would have been taught painting by his father and by Hendrick Goltzius.

Was a Dutch painter and engraver and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists.Van Os was bo

Was a Dutch painter and engraver and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists.Van Os was born in The Hague the son of Jan van Os. He studied with his father and from 1794 to 1795 at the Tekenakademie in The Hague. During this period he copied paintings from the works by Paulus Potter and Charles Dujardin.