Netherlands Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Cirkel started rowing in 1994. He mainly rows in the fours and occas

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Cirkel started rowing in 1994. He mainly rows in the fours and occasionally participates in the quadruple sculls. In the quadruple sculls he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Luzern. In 2003 he quit rowi

Was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the ma

Was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.

Was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color.H

Was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color.He was born in Oudewater, now located in Utrecht. He spent his mature career in Bruges, where he was a member of the painters' guild. Upon the death of Hans Memling in 1494, David became Bruges' leading painter.

Is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1988 Winter

Is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres.

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Van der Linden started rowing in 1992 and made his international sen

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Van der Linden started rowing in 1992 and made his international senior debut in the lightweight fours at the 2000 World Championships in Zagreb. Together with Ivo Snijders, Dylan van der Linde and Coen Eggenkamp he finishe

Is a former medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Sum

Is a former medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There she was eliminated in the heats of the 200m and 400m Individual Medley.

A professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel

A professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions". Asteroid 9491 Thooft is named in his honor; he has written a constitution for its future inhabitants. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1986 and the Spinozapremie in 1995. Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Frits Zernike was his great-uncle.

A professional cyclo-cross cyclist and mountain biker from the Netherlands. He was born in Tilburg,

A professional cyclo-cross cyclist and mountain biker from the Netherlands. He was born in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant.

Is one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, together with Fred Brooks

Is one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, together with Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others.In 1947, he won an exclusive scholarship funded by IBM Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Watson. After an initial year at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, Blaauw studied at Harvard University with Howard Aiken, inventor of the early Mark I computer.

Is a rower from the Netherlands.His career highlight so far was in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Is a rower from the Netherlands.His career highlight so far was in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the eights together with Michiel Bartman, Geert-Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Daniël Mensch, Diederik Simon, Matthij

Was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and moved to England in about 1667.Gibbons was an extremel

Was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and moved to England in about 1667.Gibbons was an extremely talented wood carver; indeed, some have said he was the finest of all time. The diarist John Evelyn first discovered Gibbons' talent by chance in 1671. E

Is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive

Is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Was an economist born in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands associated with French laissez-faire

Was an economist born in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands associated with French laissez-faire liberal economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille.Throughout his life, together with the other Économistes, Molinari defended peace, free trade, freedom of speech, freedom of association (including voluntary trade unions), all Negative Liberties, and opposed slavery, colonialism, mercantilism, protectionism, imperialism, nationalism, corporatism, economic interventionism, government control of arts and education, and, in general, all of what he considered to be restraints on liberty. Living in Paris, in the 1840s, he took part in the "Ligue pour la Liberté des Échanges" (Free Trade League), animated by Frederic Bastiat. On his death bed in 1850, Bastiat described Molinari as the continuator of his works.