Famous People with Name Nijs

Nijs Cornelis Korevaar            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nijs Cornelis Korevaar: is a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was a member of the Dutch water polo team which won the bronze medal. He played all seven matches and scored four goals.

Léon Pierre Nijs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Léon Pierre Nijs: was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Anette Dorothea Sophia Maria Nijs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Anette Dorothea Sophia Maria Nijs: is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was the State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science in the Cabinets Balkenende I and II serving from 22 July 2002 until 9 June 2004. She was a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 until 27 May 2003 and from 7 June 2005 until 30 November 2006.

Gerardus Maria (Sjir) Nijssen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Gerardus Maria (Sjir) Nijssen: is a Dutch computer scientist, who was fulltime professor at the University of Queensland. Nijssen is considered the founder of verbalization in computer science, and one of the founders of business modeling and information analysis based on natural langu

Tom Nijssen            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Tom Nijssen: is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S. Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tourna