Famous People with Name Gerardus

Gerardus 't Hooft            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Gerardus 't Hooft: a professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions". Asteroid 9491 Thooft is named in his honor; he has written a constitution for its future inhabitants. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1986 and the Spinozapremie in 1995. Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Frits Zernike was his great-uncle.

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

Gerardus "Gé" Regter            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Gerardus "Gé" Regter: was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Gerardus Cornelis "Tin" Dekkers            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Gerardus Cornelis "Tin" Dekkers: is a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Raúl Villareal.

Gerardus "Gerard" Maarse            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Gerardus "Gerard" Maarse: was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.Four years later he finished eleventh in the 1500 metres contest, 18th in the 5000 metres competition, and 22nd in the 500 metres contest at the 1956 Games.