Netherlands Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played 68 international matches for th

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played 68 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team. She made her debut on July 3, 1993 against Germany, and was a member of the team, that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summ

Was a lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer

Was a lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's lightweight division by Denmark's Hans Jacob Nielsen.

A lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olym

A lightweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Kuiper took part in the World Championships of 2007 in Munich becomi

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Kuiper took part in the World Championships of 2007 in Munich becoming tenth in the eights. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Mein

Is a volleyball and former american football player from the Netherlands.After doing his bachelor at

Is a volleyball and former american football player from the Netherlands.After doing his bachelor at the HAN he starts with his master Civil Engineering & Management at University Twente in Enschede.

Is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned pro in 1993. The right-hande

Is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned pro in 1993. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 13 September 2004, when he became the number 72 of the world.

She came to Europe at the age of 8. Her mother is from Netherlands and her father is half African, h

She came to Europe at the age of 8. Her mother is from Netherlands and her father is half African, half Spanish. Apart from her mother tongue Dutch, she learned to speak English, German and Spanish fluently. She used to live in Roermond, the Netherlands,

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1976

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There she finished in eighth position in the 100m Backstroke, while she was eliminated in the third heat of the 200m Backstroke. With the Dutch Relay Team, Edelijn ended up in fifth place in the 4x100m Medley, alongside Wijda Mazereeuw (breaststroke), José Damen (butterfly) and Enith Brigitha (freestyle).

Is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Palyama reached

Is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Palyama reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Chris Bruil and Eric Pang the final was

Is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Oly

Is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics. After winning the gold medal with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he earned silver

Was an Early Netherlandish painter.According to Karel van Mander in his Het Schilderboeck of 1604, B

Was an Early Netherlandish painter.According to Karel van Mander in his Het Schilderboeck of 1604, Bouts was born in Haarlem and was mainly active in Leuven (Louvain), where he was city painter from 1468. Van Mander confused the issue by writing biographies of both "Dieric of Haarlem" and "Dieric of Leuven," although he was referring to the same artist.

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who played 174 international matches for The Netherlands, i

Is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who played 174 international matches for The Netherlands, in which she scored 68 goals.Van den Boogaard made her debut for the women's team on October 3, 1994 in a friendly match in and against Germany. She was fam

Was a swimmer from The Netherlands, who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

Was a swimmer from The Netherlands, who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She did so after missing a turning point, went back to push the wall and still managed to win the race, at the expense of her teammate Rie Mastenbroek.

Is an astrophysicist for the ESA. He flew aboard Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist

Is an astrophysicist for the ESA. He flew aboard Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist making him the first Belgian in space.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1984

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Is a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs.Born in Leiden, Netherland

Is a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs.Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Kolff studied medicine in his hometown at Leiden University, and continued as a resident in internal medicine at Groningen University. One of his first patients here was a 22-year old man who was slowly dying of renal failure. This prompted Kolff to perform research on artificial renal function replacement. Also during his residency, Kolff organised the first blood bank in Europe (in 1940).