Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best season in 1981 wh

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best season in 1981 when he won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix and finished the season in second place, behind Ricardo Tormo.[1]

Is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law.In 1977 he was appointed director of t

Is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law.In 1977 he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights. From 1986 to 1991, he was the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and, from 2001 to 2004, Special Rapporteur on Torture. He is also a member of the International Commission of Jurists. From February 1994 to December 1994, he was the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Was a Dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as th

Was a Dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.

A former Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord and was part of their European Cup victory in 197

A former Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970. He earned 5 caps for the Netherlands national football team.

Was a Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor

Was a Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. His former teams are FC Volendam and AZ.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. His former teams are FC Volendam and AZ.

Was a Renaissance humanist and physician. Born in the Netherlands, he spent much of his career in Ge

Was a Renaissance humanist and physician. Born in the Netherlands, he spent much of his career in Germany; his career took him to Nuremberg, Augsburg, Mainz, Freiburg, and Cologne. In Nuremberg he knew the humanists Konrad Celtis and Sebald Schreyer and consequently came into contact with Hartmann Schedel and the artist Albrecht Dürer.

Was a Dutch politician and CEO.Tromp was CEO of Philips, which in the last war cabinet (cabinet-Gerb

Was a Dutch politician and CEO.Tromp was CEO of Philips, which in the last war cabinet (cabinet-Gerbrandy III) was Minister of Public Works. He made them all part of the College of Agriculture, Trade and Industry in the liberated south. He was known to Philips as a fairly authoritarian manager.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance.

Is a Dutch journalist, presenter, and writer.He studied Dutch language and History at the University

Is a Dutch journalist, presenter, and writer.He studied Dutch language and History at the University of Amsterdam. He was editor of the satirical student newspaper Propria Cures.[1]

Was a Jesuit academic.Canisius was a half-brother of St. Peter Canisius. After winning, at the age o

Was a Jesuit academic.Canisius was a half-brother of St. Peter Canisius. After winning, at the age of twenty-two, the highest academic distinction at Louvain, he decided to follow his stepbrother and enter the Society of Jesus, and was sent to St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome, who received him into the Society.

Was a famous Dutch lifeboat captain and folk hero, most famous for his sea rescues of 487 shipwrecke

Was a famous Dutch lifeboat captain and folk hero, most famous for his sea rescues of 487 shipwrecked victims over a total of 38 rescue operations, and at least 25 before joining the lifeboat-service.[2]Dorus gained most of his fame as a result of his service to the Noord- en zuid-Hollandsche Redding Maatschappij (NZHRM), one of the two main Dutch lifeboat-societies at the time. The NZHRM would later become the Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij (KNRM).

Was a Dutch politician in the party ARP. From 1908 to 1913 Heemskerk was minister of the Interior an

Was a Dutch politician in the party ARP. From 1908 to 1913 Heemskerk was minister of the Interior and president of the Council of Ministers (a post later dubbed Prime Minister). Heemskerk is particularly known as the founder of the Dutch poverty and vaccination laws.

Is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summ

Is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1988 and 1992).

Was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and draftsman. He also made monumental art, designed textiles an

Was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and draftsman. He also made monumental art, designed textiles and illustrated books.Bitter was educated at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague. From 1946-1960 he taught at the same academy. He worked in The Hague, Oslo and Lecce. In The Hague he resided for many years at the Artiestenhof in Trompstraat.[1]

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he finished in sixth position with the Dutch Nat

Is a Dutch former politician.

Is a Dutch former politician.

Was an artist, photographer and carver.While his art school training was conservative, Schoon knew a

Was an artist, photographer and carver.While his art school training was conservative, Schoon knew about the Bauhaus, a German art and design school that revolutionised twentieth-century art. The Bauhaus taught that divisions between art and craft were illusory, and both were equally valid artistic expressions. This idea influenced Schoon for his whole artistic life and gave him the freedom to experiment in many media including drawing, printmaking, painting, wood carving, potting, stone carving, jewellery-making and photography.

Is a Dutch mathematician.Dekker completed his Ph.D degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958,

Is a Dutch mathematician.Dekker completed his Ph.D degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958, with his paper Paradoxical decompositions of sets and spaces.Dekker invented an algorithm that allows two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication, named Dekker's algorithm.

Was a Dutch poet, professor and politician.Van Kooten was the son of the sexton at Leeuwarden, and a

Was a Dutch poet, professor and politician.Van Kooten was the son of the sexton at Leeuwarden, and amazed all visitors to his father's house by translating randomly selected pieces from the Greek bible into Dutch. Van Kooten became Kampen's rector in 1772. From 1784, he was professor of Latin language and history at the College of Franeker. He had to take forced redundancy from there in 1787 due to his Patriot sympathies. He remained he in exile in Saint-Omer until 1795, where he wrote Latin poems.

Is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in Zijtaart in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. In add

Is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in Zijtaart in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. In addition to his shows, he has also made a number of appearances in films.

Was a financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company.Even though he was bankrupt by 178

Was a financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company.Even though he was bankrupt by 1788 from activities involving American revolutionary war debt, he was retained by Pieter Stadnitski to travel to the United States to act as an investment agent for Stadnitski and other Dutch investors (Nicolaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, P. & C. Van Eeghen, and Ten Cate & Vollenhoven). He invested his clients' money at first in development bonds issued by the new states and the federal government after Alexander Hamilton promised to fully pay the debt. Another venture included investing in large tracts of undeveloped land

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the central midfield. He used to play for Charleroi and is

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the central midfield. He used to play for Charleroi and is now playing for C.S. Visé in the Belgian Third Division.

Is a Dutch tennis player, who won the Boys' Singles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.De Bak

Is a Dutch tennis player, who won the Boys' Singles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.De Bakker received a wild card into the ATP Amersfoort event in July 2006 and defeated top 100 and French Open Quarterfinalist Julien Benneteau in the 1st round,