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Dekkers
Dekkers is a Dutch language, Dutch occupational surname meaning "thatcher's". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with it include: *Ad Dekkers (artist) (1938–1974), Dutch sculptor *Ad Dekkers (cyclist) (1953–2002), Dutch racing cyclist *Frank Dekkers (born 1961), Dutch painter *Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928) (1928–1984), Dutch racing cyclist *Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1981) (born 1981), Dutch racing cyclist *Hens Dekkers (1915–1966), Dutch boxer *Hunter Dekkers (born 2001), American football player *Hurnet Dekkers (born 1974), Dutch rower *Jan Dekkers (1919–1997), Dutch painter and sculptor *Joey Dekkers (born 1989), Dutch football midfielder *Kevin Dekkers (born 1980), Sint Maartener footballer *Louk Dekkers (born 1998), Dutch football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Dekkers
Ramon Dekkers (4 September 1969 – 27 February 2013) was a Dutch kickboxer and an eight-time Muay Thai world champion. Dekkers was a favourite with fight fans due to his fast-paced, aggressive fighting style. Dekkers was also renowned for his willingness to go abroad to fight the Thai champions in their own country. Biography Early years Dekkers was born on 4 September 1969 in Breda, Netherlands. He began learning martial arts at age 12, studying judo for half a year. He then switched to boxing. After a couple of years Dekkers started practicing Muay Thai under Cor Hemmers. After finishing his baker education Dekkers joined Maeng Ho Breda Gym. During Dekkers' early days of training his mother was at the gym every day and eventually she and Hemmers fell in love and got married. In the beginning of his career Dekkers' manager was Clovis Depretz, the manager of legendary Rob Kaman. This was the reason why Kaman was at ringside during many of Dekkers' matches, including his farewel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijn Dekkers
Marijn Emmanuel Dekkers (born 22 September 1957 in Tilburg, Netherlands) is a Dutch-American former pharmaceutical businessman. He was CEO of Bayer AG from 2010 to 2016. He served as CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. from 2002 to 2009. He served as Chairman of Unilever from 2016 to 2019. He is also Founder and Chairman of Novalis LifeSciences LLC, an investment and advisory firm for the Life Science industry. Early life Dekkers grew up as the youngest of three children of a merchant in the Dutch city of Tilburg. After attending local schools, St. Aloysius (primary school) and St. Odulphus (Lyceum), in 1976 he began studying chemistry at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. Three years later he began studying chemical technology at Eindhoven University of Technology, where he received his master's degree and PhD in chemical engineering. Career In 1985 Dekkers worked for General Electric (GE) in different research departments located in the US and the Netherlands. In 1988, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlies Dekkers
Marlies Dekkers (; born 29 November 1965 in Oosterhout) is a Dutch fashion designer known for her lingerie line ''Undressed''. Biography She studied at the Art school in Breda, from which she graduated cum laude (with distinction) in 1991. With the aid of a government grant, she launched, two years later in 1993, her first collection of items under the fashion label ''Undressed'', heralded at the time as a new approach to designing lingerie. In 1996, Dekkers married Peter Wagenaar, a photographer. The couple have one daughter Zilver (Silver in Dutch). Wagenaar was also a member of the board of Marlies Dekkers' company. When the couple divorced in 2006, Wagenaar also left the company. Points of sale The Marlies Dekkers brand (stylized in print as "marlies, dekkers") is sold in 1000 Marlies Dekkers stores worldwide in cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Paris, Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow and Cologne. A store was briefly opened in New York from December 2008 to March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Dekkers
Hunter Dekkers (born July 4, 2001) is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the Iowa State Cyclones. Early life and high school Dekkers grew up in Hawarden, Iowa on a cattle farm. He attended West Sioux High School, where he was a member of the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. Dekkers set Iowa high school career records for most passing yards with 10,628 and touchdown passes with 126. Dekkers committed to play college football at Iowa State after considering offers from Purdue, Kansas State, and Indiana. College career Dekkers played in three games as a true freshman before redshirting the season and completed five of seven pass attempts for 114 yards and one touchdown and also rushed for a touchdown. He spent his redshirt freshman season as the backup to starter Brock Purdy Brock Richard Purdy (born December 27, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midas Dekkers
Wandert Jacobus Dekkers, better known as Midas Dekkers (born 22 April 1946 in Haarlem), is a Dutch biologist, presenter, and writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. At the age of eighteen, he gave himself the name Midas (after Midas Wolf from Donald Duck).Interview uit Eppo stripweekblad nummer 50 uit 1982, pagina's 26–27. Zie ook https://web.archive.org/web/20101215211152/http://inducks.org/dd50/xned1965.html, waar voormalig Donald Duck-scenariste en Dekkers' studiogenote Patty Klein uitlegt waarom hij voor de naam Midas koos. The well-known children's book writer wrote over fifty children's and youth books, most of which contain stories. In his non-fictional youth books, Dekkers writes about subjects related to biology. Dekkers also writes fictional prose for adults. As a biologist, Dekkers is known for his sharp observations. He can explain biological-scientific themes with a sense of humour. Thanks to his writing style, his books have been reprinted many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Dekkers
Frank Dekkers (born 1961 in Nijmegen) is a Dutch painter of landscapes. He studied painting and graphics at the Utrecht School of the Arts. His work is influenced by artist Kees Bol, with whom he interned in 1984. Dekkers makes aquarels, paintings and drawings on location and in particular near rivers. Based on his impressions, he creates woodcuts, lithographs and large paintings in his studio. Museum exhibitions * 1991 - Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan * 1993 - Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kōchi, Japan * 1996 - Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kōchi, Japan * 1998 - Singer Museum, Laren, Netherlands * 1999 - Museum The Old Town Hall, Leerdam, Netherlands * 2002 - City Museum, IJsselstein, Netherlands * 2005 - Municipal Museum, Vianen Vianen () is a city and a former municipality in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located south of the Lek River. Before 2002 it was part of the province of South Holland. Vianen is made up of a historic town centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Dekkers
Joey Dekkers (born 3 October 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tweede Divisie club Groene Ster. Club career Dekkers moved into professional football relatively late at 25 years, after joining Achilles '29 in 2015 from amateur side EVV. Before that, the left-sided midfielder played for SVC 2000 and Sportclub Irene. He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Achilles '29 on 7 August 2015 in a game against Jong Ajax and scored a winning goal in a 2–1 victory for Achilles. In 2017, he suffered relegation with Achilles '29 from the Eerste Divisie, after which he returned to EVV in the Derde Divisie. In 2018, he returned to Achilles '29, at that time also competing in the Derde Divisie. After Achilles '29 suffered another relegation, Dekkers moved to fellow Groesbeek club De Treffers in June 2019, playing in the third-tier Tweede Divisie. In February 2021 Groene Ster RKSV Groene Ster is a Dutch football club based in Heerlerheide. The club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Dekkers (artist)
Adriaan "Ad" Dekkers ( Nieuwpoort, South Holland, 21 March 1938 – Gorinchem, 27 February 1974) was a Dutch artist mostly known for his reliefs involving simple geometrical forms. Dekkers was born to Hendrik Pieter Dekkers, a school principal, and Anna Elizabeth Berdina Godtschalk. Adrian attended his father's school and also received training as a decorative painter. Between 1954 and 1958 he studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam where he was mostly engaged in drawing of landscapes and still images. In February 1960 Dekkers entered military service, and in December 1961 married Machelina Hendrika van Bruggen, with whom he had one son. From the early 1960s Dekkers became dissatisfied with painting and focused on reliefs, mostly made of plastic. By 1968 he was recognized as a master in this area and started creating monumental sculptures and reliefs in architectural environment. His works became accepted at major international exhibitions, such as the Biennale de Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Dekkers (cyclist)
Adrianus "Ad" Dekkers (1 November 1953 – 29 July 2002) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1972 and 1983. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fifth place. Two years later he won one stage of the Olympia's Tour, finishing second in the overall race. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ... References 1953 births 2002 deaths Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Dutch male cyclists People from Udenhout Cyclists from North Brabant {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Dekkers
Johannes Cornelis Josephus Marie (Jan) Dekkers (Breda, 15 April 1919 – Gieterveen, 21 January 1997), was a Dutch painter, designer and sculptor. at the Netherlands Institute for Art History. Life and work Jan Dekkers studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, where he was taught by Joep Nicolas. As an artist he was engaged in painting, stained glass work, ceramics drawing and making sculptures. He was also active as an illustrator among others for the Utrecht Nieuwsblad. In 1963 he made sixty drawings for the book ''Groningen, stad en gewest'' ("''Groningen, city and province''") by A. Boerma. Dekkers lived and worked from 1964 to 1969 in , and then settled in the province of Drenthe in < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hens Dekkers
Heinrich "Hens" Gerardus Dekkers (May 6, 1915 – November 19, 1966) was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He was born in Rotterdam and died in The Hague. He was the older brother of Tin Dekkers. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Michael Murach Michael Murach (1 February 1911 – 16 August 1941) was a German amateur welterweight boxer. He won a silver medal at the 1936 Olympics, losing in the final to Sten Suvio. Murach won a European title in 1937 and five national titles in 1935 and .... 1936 Olympic results Below is the record of Hens Dekkers, a Dutch welterweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Gaspard Deridder (Belgium) on points * Quarterfinal: lost to Michael Murach (Germany) on points External links * 1915 births 1966 deaths Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Dekkers (cyclist Born 1928)
Hans Dekkers (16 June 1928 in Eindhoven — 31 August 1984) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1949 :Omloop der Kempen ;1951 : Dutch National Road Race Championship :Ronde van Noord-Holland ;1952 : Dutch National Road Race Championship :Houthalen-Helchteren :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 19 ;1953 :Breda :Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ... :Maastricht :Sas van Gent External links *Official Tour de France results for Hans Dekkers Dutch male cyclists 1928 births 1984 deaths Dutch Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Eindhoven Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
