Famous People with Name Hendrick

Hendrick De Keyser            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hendrick De Keyser: was a Dutch sculptor and architect born in Utrecht, Netherlands, who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism in Amsterdam. He was the father of Thomas de Keyser who was an architect and portrait painter.

Hendrick Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hendrick Hamel: was the first Westerner to write about the Joseon Dynasty era in Korea (1666).Hendrick Hamel was a bookkeeper with the Dutch East India Company (the VOC). In 1653, while heading for Japan on the ship 'De Sperwer' (the Sparrowhawk), he was shipwrecked on Jeju Island off the southern coast of Korea along with thirty-five of his crewmates. 36 of the 64 members of the crew survived the shipwreck, and the men were promptly taken into custody and sent to Seoul. They were forbidden to leave the country, but they were given some freedom to move and mix with the different classes of Korean society.

Hendrick Bertz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hendrick Bertz: is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.