Famous People with Name Claes

Claes Cronqvist            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claes Cronqvist: a former Swedish footballer.Claes Cronqvist played for Djurgårdens IF and became Swedish champion in 1966. In 1971 he transferred to Landskrona BoIS. He shares the record of most red cards in Allsvenskan (7) with Mats Rubarth.

Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert: was an authoritative Catholic Dutch painter. He followed Rembrandt in his use of red chalk.As a young man Moeyaert is thought to have traveled to Italy to see and experience its art. At 25 he married Grietje Claes (in 1617). Possibly he was in business with Pieter Lastman in St. Antoniesbreestraat.

Claes Arne Borg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claes Arne Borg: was a famous swimmer from Sweden, who won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. However, he is better remembered for breaking 32 world records during the 1920s.

Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson: is a Finland-Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician, politician and former member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was member of Finnish Parliament in 1987-1999 and 2007-2008.

Claes Eriksson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claes Eriksson: is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player.