Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Rabobank.During a training at th

Is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Rabobank.During a training at the Col d'Iseran on July 12, 2007 after missing out on the 2007 Tour de France Reus fell from his bike and slipped into a coma. After team mate Michael Rasmu

Is a Dutch sailor.[1]Coster participates in the 470-class alongside his brother Sven Coster. Togethe

Is a Dutch sailor.[1]Coster participates in the 470-class alongside his brother Sven Coster. Together they became sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] In 2007 in Cascais they finished in second position at the World Championship, earning them the silver medal.[1] In 2008 they only finished in 12th position in Melbourne, but their main goal for that year is success at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch record holder in th

Is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. He also holds the national record (2:08:21) in the marathon, which he ran on October 21, 2007 in the Amsterdam Marathon.

Was the President of the soccer club Vitesse (Arnhem, the Netherlands) from 1984 until February 2000

Was the President of the soccer club Vitesse (Arnhem, the Netherlands) from 1984 until February 2000.Aalbers' goal was to bring Vitesse from the bottom of the Second League (Eerste divisie, now Jupiler League), where the club was when he started, to the top 40 soccer clubs of Europe.He developed the basic idea for the ‘Gelredome’, a stadium with a sliding pitch that can be moved out of the building. Later, the same system was applied in Gelsenkirchen (Schalke 04) and in Japan. Events such as pop concerts can be held without damaging the grass. Gelredome opened in 1998. It has a roof that can be opened and closed. It is fully climate controlled as well. In the first season after the opening, Gelredome's attendance rose to 20,000, (from less than 8,000 in the old stadium.)

Was a Dutch painter and sculptor

Was a Dutch painter and sculptor

Was a Belgian politician and a Flemish nationalist. In 1977 he established the Vlaams Nationale Part

Was a Belgian politician and a Flemish nationalist. In 1977 he established the Vlaams Nationale Partij (Flemish National Party), which became Vlaams Blok at the elections of 1978. He was president of the Vlaams Blok (later reformed as Vlaams Belang) until

Was a Schout-bij-nacht (the Dutch equivalent of a Rear Admiral) during World War II.

Was a Schout-bij-nacht (the Dutch equivalent of a Rear Admiral) during World War II.

Dutch animal and landscape painter.After training with Nicolaes Berchem, he went to Italy when young

Dutch animal and landscape painter.After training with Nicolaes Berchem, he went to Italy when young, and became a member of the Society of Painters at Rome, among whom, he was known as 'Barba di Becco'. In Rome, his works met with general approbation.

Was a Dutch theoretical physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics and is known for the P

Was a Dutch theoretical physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics and is known for the Pauli-Niessen model.In 1922, Niessen’s doctoral thesis,[3] as well as Wolfgang Pauli’s extended doctoral thesis,[4] dealt with the hydrogen molecule ion in the Bohr-Sommerfeld framework. Their work is referred to as the Pauli-Niessen model.[5] Their works helped to show the inadequacy of the old quantum mechanics, which gave physicists the impetus to explore new paths[6] which led to the matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics by Werner Heisenberg and Max Born in 1925 [7] [8] [9] and the wave mechanics formulation by Erwin Schrödinger in 1926, [10] [11] [12] [13] which were shown to be equivalent.[14]

Is a Belgian football player who plays for Club Brugge.Geraerts played for Club Brugge from 1998 to

Is a Belgian football player who plays for Club Brugge.Geraerts played for Club Brugge from 1998 to December 2003. In 2004 Club Brugge lent him to Lokeren where he scored his first goal in the Jupiler League. In the summer of 2004 he moved to Standard Liège. In June 2007 he went back to Bruges.

Was a Dutch football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the

Was a Dutch football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.

Was a Dutch ornithologist and author.He was Secretary-General, (1966-1970) and Honorary President (1

Was a Dutch ornithologist and author.He was Secretary-General, (1966-1970) and Honorary President (1990-1994) of the International Ornithological Committee.

Was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he and his horse Duiveltje

Was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he and his horse Duiveltje won the silver medal as part of the Dutch eventing team after finishing sixth in the individual eventing.

Was a Dutch Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Dutch Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a professional cyclist with 30 wins. In 1934 he became the youngest world road champion, winning

Was a professional cyclist with 30 wins. In 1934 he became the youngest world road champion, winning in Leipzig at 20. It was the first time he had ridden the race. He also won the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1939, and the Belgian national championship in 193

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympi

Was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.Twelve years later he was a member of the Dutch water polo team, which finished sixth in the 1920 tournament.

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for Hoogstraten V.V..

Is a Belgian football player currently playing for Hoogstraten V.V..

Was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the secon

Was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the second round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to Harry Dingley.

Was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on Russian literature.He

Was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on Russian literature.He was born in Amsterdam and was raised as a communist. He lost his 'faith' in his twenties and became an active critic and opponent of the Soviet regime. With his help, work of dissident Andrei Sakharov was smuggled to the west, and his Alexander Herzen Foundation published dissident Soviet literature.

Flemish painter, poet and biographer, was born of a noble family at Meulebeke.He studied under Lucas

Flemish painter, poet and biographer, was born of a noble family at Meulebeke.He studied under Lucas de Heere at Ghent, and in 1568-1569 under Pieter Vlerick at Kortrijk. The next five years he devoted to the writing of religious plays for which he also painted the scenery.

Was a socialist Flemish politician. In 1976 he became adjunct-national secretary of the – at that

Was a socialist Flemish politician. In 1976 he became adjunct-national secretary of the – at that time – unitary Belgian socialist party. Two years later he became president of the Different Socialist Party. In 1989 he was appointed European commissioner responsible for transport, credit and investment and consumer policy. In 1992 he also became in charge of environment. On 26 May 1992 he was appointed Minister of State. From 1993 till 1999 he served as vice-chairman of the European commission and was responsible for competition policy. In 2001, he was awarded the Vlerick Award. He also worked with Eli Lilly and Company, a global pharmaceutical corporation.

Is a Dutch journalist, writer and professor, who is particularly recognised for his knowledge of Jap

Is a Dutch journalist, writer and professor, who is particularly recognised for his knowledge of Japanese politics, economics, history and culture.[1][2]After finishing high school, he traveled to the Middle East, India and South East Asia, and from 1962 until the 1990's he was based in Japan. In 1972 he became a correspondent for the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, reporting from many countries in Asia. In 1987 he received the highest Dutch award for journalism for his articles on the People Power Revolution of 1986 in the Philippines[3] (an uprising which forced President Ferdinand Marcos to flee the country).

Is a former Dutch model.

Is a former Dutch model.

Is a Dutch figure skater. She started skating at the age of 5. Karen is the 2000-2008 Dutch national

Is a Dutch figure skater. She started skating at the age of 5. Karen is the 2000-2008 Dutch national champion and participated three times at the World Figure Skating Championships and eight times at the European Figure Skating Championships. Her highest

Is a Dutch politician born in Leidschendam on 3 October 1968

Is a Dutch politician born in Leidschendam on 3 October 1968