Dutch Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Is a former Dutch international ice hockey forward. Koopmans played 13 seasons in the Eredivisie, be

Is a former Dutch international ice hockey forward. Koopmans played 13 seasons in the Eredivisie, becoming the league's top scorer for 1977-8. He was born in Barrie, Ontario. He played 20 times for the Netherlands including at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensi

Was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic[1In 1899 Baekeland honeymooned in New York, where he met Richard Anthony, of the E. and H.T. Anthony photographic company. Baekeland had already invented a process to develop photographic plates using water instead of chemicals, and was interested in moving to America; Anthony saw potential in the young chemist and offered him a job.[4]Baekeland worked for the Anthony company for two years, and in 1891 set up in business for himself as a consulting chemist. However, a spell of illness and disappearing funds made him rethink his actions and he decided to return to his old interest of producing a photographic paper that would allow good pictures to be taken in artificial light.

Was a Dutch artist known for his portraits.Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, Willia

Was a Dutch artist known for his portraits.Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, Willian Holden, Donald Sutherland, Stephanie Powers, and the LA Times Hearst family. ) sought out Jansen for his portraiture skills, Jansen's sitting fee in the 1960 was US$20,000. In addition, he also gained fame for his portraiture of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His Beatles portraits are among the more collectible memmorabilia by fans. He was in great demand in the Los Angeles galleries, but sold primarily through Aaron Brothers.

Was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Holland, he moved to Italy and lived ther

Was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Holland, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books.[1]

Is a Dutch executive, and used to be president and CEO of KLM and vice-chairman of Air France-KLM S.

Is a Dutch executive, and used to be president and CEO of KLM and vice-chairman of Air France-KLM S.A.Van Wijk studied at University of Amsterdam, receiving a Masters Degree in Econometrics in 1971. He joined KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on that year, startin

Is a former Belgian footballer, who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.Van der Elst gained 13 c

Is a former Belgian footballer, who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.Van der Elst gained 13 caps for Belgium and was selected, alongside Franky, to the 1986 FIFA World Cup; there, in the quarterfinal clash against Spain, he scored the penalty shootout decider after the regulation 1–1.

Is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in the

Is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is most often recognized for his accomplishments for the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Is a Dutch writer and columnist.Leon de Winter was born on February 24, 1954 in Den Bosch, the capit

Is a Dutch writer and columnist.Leon de Winter was born on February 24, 1954 in Den Bosch, the capital of the Dutch province Noord-Brabant, in the south of The Netherlands.He grew up in an orthodox Jewish family and attended the gymnasium in Den Bosch. After his graduation he attended the academy of Bavaria Film Studios in Munich and the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. However, the Film Academy was much criticised by De Winter and he left the Film Academy in 1978 without a degree.

Is a Dutch show jumper. Thijssen was selected by coach Rob Ehrens as a reserve to represent the Neth

Is a Dutch show jumper. Thijssen was selected by coach Rob Ehrens as a reserve to represent the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Former Olympic champion Jeroen Dubbeldam and Albert Zoer had to withdraw due to injuries and were replaced

Is a Dutch politician and former singer and salesman. As a member of the Party for Freedom (Partij v

Is a Dutch politician and former singer and salesman. As a member of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) he has been an MP since June 17, 2010. He focuses on matters of social affairs, employment and infrastructure.

Was a Dutch painter, best known for probably being one of the teachers of Johannes Vermeer, although

Was a Dutch painter, best known for probably being one of the teachers of Johannes Vermeer, although there is no similarity between their work.[1] Bramer's dark and exotic style is unlike Vermeer's style.[2] Bramer was primarily a genre and history painter, but also made some unique frescos, not very often found north of the Alps.

Was prime minister (CVP) of two Belgian governments, from 25 April 1974 to 20 October 1978. He was h

Was prime minister (CVP) of two Belgian governments, from 25 April 1974 to 20 October 1978. He was highly popular during his term in office. In 1979 he received 983.000 votes in the European parliamentary election, which is still a record for any election in Belgium. During 1994-1995 he was chairman of the Tindemans group.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Dutch physicist. He studied theoretical physics with Hendrik Antoon Lorentz at University of L

Was a Dutch physicist. He studied theoretical physics with Hendrik Antoon Lorentz at University of Leiden. He subsequently carried out Ph.D. research under the supervision of Lorentz, concerning an application of the statistical mechanics of Gibbs to molecular problems.[3] In 1914 he was appointed professor of physics, as successor of Peter Debye, at University of Utrecht. In 1922 he became director of Physical Laboratory (Fysisch Laboratorium) and extended his research interests to experimental subjects. His measurements concerning intensities of spectral lines brought Physical Laboratory in the international limelight. He is also remembered for the Ornstein-Zernike theory (named after Ornstein and Frederik Zernike) concerning correlation functions.[4] Together with Gilles Holst,

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Is the present Queen's Commissioner or Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. In

Is the present Queen's Commissioner or Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. In the Dutch province of Limburg, the Queen's Commissioner is usually called "Gouverneur" (governor), as in Belgium. Similarly, the "Provinciehuis" (Province

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympi

Was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

A Dutch singer who performs American folk music and Celtic music. She is well known for her work in

A Dutch singer who performs American folk music and Celtic music. She is well known for her work in television during the 1980s.[

Is a Dutch field hockey player, who made her debut for the Dutch National Women's Team on June 20, 2

Is a Dutch field hockey player, who made her debut for the Dutch National Women's Team on June 20, 2003 during a six-nations tournament in Busan, South Korea. She played for the Dutch hockey club HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague.

Is a Dutch racing cyclist. She is also known under her married name, Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel.

Is a Dutch racing cyclist. She is also known under her married name, Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel.

Was a member of the Dutch Senate, Minister, Grkr. Orde van de Ned. Leeuw, Grkr. Militaire Willemsord

Was a member of the Dutch Senate, Minister, Grkr. Orde van de Ned. Leeuw, Grkr. Militaire Willemsorde, silver medal of the Vereniging tot aanmoediging van de dienst bij de Gewapende Macht.He took part to the Driemanschap, the General Government that took power between 21 November 1813 and 2 December 1813 in the name of the Prince of Oranje-Nassau

Reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Appare

Reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin.Leopold III was born in Brussels as Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and succeeded to the throne of Belgium on February 23, 1934 on the death of his father, King Albert I.