Dutch Famous Boy Names with Letter A

Was a Brazilian physician, 1855-1940, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and

Was a Brazilian physician, 1855-1940, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases.He studied medicine in Switzerland, graduating in 1879 at the University of Bern. After graduation he went on to study experimental medicine techniques in several center in London, England (where he studied with Joseph Lister, 1827-1921), Leipzig, Germany, Vienna, Austria, Prague and Paris, France (where he studied with Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895).Upon his return to Brazil in 1881, Lutz initially worked as a general clinician in the small city of Limeira, state of São Paulo for 6 years. Wishing to pursue medical research, he returned to Hamburg, Germany once again, to work with Paul Gerson Unna (1850-1929), specializing in infectious diseases and tropical medicine. As a result of his increasing fame, he was invited to the post of director of Kalihi Hospital,

Was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he finished ninth in the 1

Was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he finished ninth in the 1500 metres event, tenth in the 5000 metres competition, 14th in the 500 metres event, and 16th in the 10000 metres competition.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1937, he won one stage of the 1937 Tour de France,

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1937, he won one stage of the 1937 Tour de France, in a joint victory with Heinz Wengler.

Was a Dutch physician and scientist whose extensive and scrupulous study of the link between polishe

Was a Dutch physician and scientist whose extensive and scrupulous study of the link between polished rice and Beriberi in the Dutch East Indies in 1897 helped lead to the discovery of vitamins. Adolphe Vorderman is the great-grandfather of British television presenter Carol Vorderman.

Was a Belgian field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Ol

Was a Belgian field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a Dutch Christian minister and politician. He is chairperson of the Reformed Political Party (SGP

Is a Dutch Christian minister and politician. He is chairperson of the Reformed Political Party (SGP).

Was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch re

Was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch resistance in the Netherlands. Following World War II, Paulen became a sports official, becoming president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF — International Association of Athletics Federations since 2001), serving fom 1976 to 1981.Competing in three Summer Olympics, Paulen earned his best finish of seventh in the 800 m event at Antwerp in 1920.[1][2] In 1925, he became first of over forty world record breakers (up to his 1985 death) in athletics at Bislett stadion in Oslo, setting a record in 500 m, then an official distance[3] Besides competing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Paulen was also a member of the Organizing Committee.[

Was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first ro

Was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Kosta Hakim.

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1978 to 1987

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1978 to 1987. He won the 18th stage at the 1982 Tour de France and the 1983 Ronde van Nederland. His younger brother Jan was also a professional cyclist.

Was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. He was born in Alkmaar. The name Metius comes from the Dutch wo

Was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. He was born in Alkmaar. The name Metius comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor."

Is a Dutch astronomer.Blaauw studied in Leiden and Groningen. In the 1950s he worked a few years at

Is a Dutch astronomer.Blaauw studied in Leiden and Groningen. In the 1950s he worked a few years at the Yerkes Observatory. In 1957 he became director of the "Kapteyn Astronomical Institute" in Groningen. Blaauw was closely involved in the founding of the European Southern Observatory, and was its general director from 1970 to 1975. He stayed at Leiden until his retirement in 1981, during which he was president of the International Astronomical Union and led the scientific programme of the astronometric satellite Hipparcos. His research has involved star formation, the motions of star clusters and stellar associations, and distance scale. His main contributions are the explanation of the origin of stars that move with high velocity in our galaxy and the description of star formation in associations.

Was a Dutch physicist and musician.Fokker was born in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies (now Bogor, Indo

Was a Dutch physicist and musician.Fokker was born in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies (now Bogor, Indonesia); he was a cousin of the aeronautical engineer Anthony Fokker. He studied mining engineering at the Delft University of Technology and physics at the University of Leiden with Hendrik Lorentz, where he earned his doctorate in 1913. He continued his studies with Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford and William Bragg. In his 1913 thesis, he derived the Fokker-Planck equation along with Max Planck. After his military service during World War I he returned to Leiden as Lorentz' and Ehrenfest's assistant. In 1928 Fokker succeeded Hendrik Lorentz as director of research at Teylers Museum in Haarlem.

A Dutch linguist based in the UK. He is Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He com

A Dutch linguist based in the UK. He is Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He completed his PhD at the University of Utrecht in 1994. Since then, he has written extensively on syntax, semantics and phonology, and particularly on the interfaces between them. His work is part of the tradition of generative grammar.Neeleman is co-author of the monographs Flexible Syntax: A Theory of Case and Arguments (1998; with Fred Weerman) and Beyond Morphology (2004; with Peter Ackema). His work has also appeared in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory and Lingua.

Was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1984. His 1967 f

Was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1984. His 1967 film Paranoia was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Was a Dutch military commander and politician.

Was a Dutch military commander and politician.

Is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl)

Is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he has been an MP since November 30, 2006. He focuses on matters of fishery and water policy, administrative burden and corporate social responsibility.

Was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutc

Was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as goalkeeper.

Was a former Dutch-Canadian ice hockey defenceman.He was playing for the Blues' Central Hockey Leagu

Was a former Dutch-Canadian ice hockey defenceman.He was playing for the Blues' Central Hockey League affiliate in Salt Lake City in 1983 when he suffered severe head trauma when he fell and hit his head on the ice during a game. The injury left him physi

Was a Dutch footballer who was active as a striker.Koonings was born in Rotterdam and played his who

Was a Dutch footballer who was active as a striker.Koonings was born in Rotterdam and played his whole career at Feijenoord. He won one cap for the Netherlands. After his career he managed Feijenoord from 1946-1950, and he died in Rotterdam.

A Dutch ethologist.He is famous for his work on displacement activities (Dutch: overspronggedraging)

A Dutch ethologist.He is famous for his work on displacement activities (Dutch: overspronggedraging) [1] and the hierarchy of instincts. Already in the thirties he realised the common characteristics between instincts in humans and other animals. In one of his experiments in Western Africa he exposed a stuffed panther with an electronic moving head to chimpanzees, who attacked it with sticks, thus illustrating to which extent early man could have kept wild animals at bay even before spears and other weapons were invented.

Was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653. He was born in Amsterdam in

Was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653. He was born in Amsterdam in a rich merchant family - his father, Reinier Pauw (1564-1636) wasn't only a merchant, but also a Mayor of Amsterdam - and studied law in Leiden. He was the pensionary of Amsterdam from 1611 to 1627. In 1620 he bought the town of Heemstede and was called 'Lord of Heemstede'. He was appointed grand pensionary in 1631. Pauw,

Was a Dutch scholar, cartographer and philologist.Reland was the son of Johannes Reland, a Protestan

Was a Dutch scholar, cartographer and philologist.Reland was the son of Johannes Reland, a Protestant minister, and Aagje Prins in the small North Holland village of De Rijp. Adriaan's brother, Peter (1678-1714) was an influential lawyer in Haarlem[1]. Reeland first studied in Amsterdam and enrolled at University of Utrecht in 1693. After obtaining his PhD in Utrecht he moved to Leiden where he tutored the son of Hans Willem Bentinck, later the 1st Earl of Portland. The latter invited him to move to England, but Reland declined because of his father's deteriorating health [1].

Was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch writers". He was the second winner, in 1948, of t

Was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch writers". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. Holst was the cousin of painter Richard Roland Holst and writer Henriette Roland Holst.

Is a Dutch author who debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. He is also known as a television

Is a Dutch author who debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. He is also known as a television presenter.His father was an Indies-Dutchman and his mother a farmer's daughter from Breda who had met each other in the Dutch East Indies. By then his mother already had three daughters from her marriage to a Royal Dutch East Indies Army KNIL soldier. His father had been married before as well, in the East Indies. His family had been heavily affected by the war. As a survivor of the Junyo Maru, which had been torpedoed by the Brits,

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astr

Was a Dutch-American astronomer.Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht (earning his Ph.D. in 1911) and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid capacity at Yerkes Observatory. Within a year he got a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory, where he remained active until his death in 1946.He is well known for his astrometric measurements of internal motions in spiral nebulae. Being of the belief that nebulae were local, stellar and gaseous systems that existed in our galaxy, his measurements came to be at odds with Edwin Hubble's discovery that the Andromeda Nebula and other spiral nebulae were extragalactic objects. The speed at which he calculated the nebulae to rotate would have had the Cepheid stars