Famous People with Name Fokke

Barend Fokke            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Barend Fokke: was a 17th century Frisian-born captain for the Dutch East India Company. He was renowned for the uncanny speed of his trips from Holland to Java. For example, in 1678 he traveled the distance in 3 months and 4 (or 10) days, delivering governor Rijckloff van Goens a stack of letters from which the traveling time could be confirmed. In later times a statue was erected of him on the small island Kuipertje near the harbor of Batavia. The statue was destroyed by the English in the early 19th century. Apparently, he was able to sail in 1678 after dying in 1641, further proving he was in league with the devil.

Anthony Fokker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Anthony Fokker: was a pioneer in aviation and a Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer.

Adriaan Daniël Fokker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaan Daniël Fokker: 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.

Anton Herman Gerard Fokker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Anton Herman Gerard Fokker: was a pioneer in aviation and a Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer.Fokker's first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wright's exhibition flights in France in the summer and fall of 1908. In 1910, at age 20, Fokker was sent by his father to Germany t

Herman Fokker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Herman Fokker: was a Dutch engineer and politician.