Famous People with Name Dries

Dries Van Agt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dries Van Agt: is a Dutch politician, who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982. During these years he was also leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal party.

Dries Van Noten            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dries Van Noten: He was born into a family of tailors; his father owned a menswear shop and his grandfather was a tailor. He studied at the Antwerp Fashion Academy where he graduated in 1980. His career as a designer took off in 1986 when he presented his first menswear c

Dries Devenyns            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dries Devenyns: is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Quick Step.

Dries Mertens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dries Mertens: is a Belgian footballer currently playing for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. Well known for his fantastic dribling ability, Mertens is great on the ball, and is good at using his great technique to equal his short length. On 23 September 2009, Mertens was called up for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers by new Belgian national team coach, Dick Advocaat.

Dries Van Der Lof            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dries Van Der Lof: was a racing driver from the Netherlands. Together with Jan Flinterman, he was the first driver from the Netherlands to compete in the World Championship. He participated in one World Championship Grand Prix - the 1952 Dutch Grand Prix on August 17, 1952. He retired from the race and scored no championship points.

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch: was a German biologist and philosopher from Bad Kreuznach. He is most noted for his early experimental work in embryology and for his neo-vitalist philosophy of entelechy. He is also credited for performing the first cloning of an animal in the 1880s.

Steffen Driesen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Steffen Driesen: is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country.

René Van Den Driessche            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

René Van Den Driessche: is a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

Johannes Henricus Antonius (Johan) Driessen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Johannes Henricus Antonius (Johan) Driessen: is a Dutch politician and former lawyer. 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 development aid.