Famous People with Name Leendert

Leendert Antonie Donker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Leendert Antonie Donker: was a Dutch politician.

Leendert Ginjaar            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Leendert Ginjaar: was a Dutch politician.

Leendert Hasenbosch            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Leendert Hasenbosch: was a Dutchman, an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who was set ashore as a castaway on uninhabited Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He wrote a diary until his death.During his time as a castaway, Hasenbosch kept a diary. He began with a tent, a month's-worth of water, some seeds, instruments, prayer books, clothing and writing materials. He searched the barren island for water. Unable to find any, he began drinking the blood of green turtles and seabirds, as well as his own urine. He likely died of thirst after about six months.