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Guus Simons
Guus is a common Dutch given name. It is a diminutive of the name Augustus. The female variant of this name is "Guusje". People named Guus include: * Guus Albregts (1900–1980), Dutch economist and politician * Guus Berkhout (born 1940), Dutch engineer * Guus Bierings (born 1956), Dutch cyclist and Olympic competitor * Guus Dräger (1917–1989), Dutch footballer * Guus Haak (born 1937), Dutch footballer * Guus van Hecking Colenbrander (1887–1945), Dutch footballer * Guus Hiddink Guus Hiddink (; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both c ... (born 1946), Dutch football manager and coach * Guus Hoogmoed (born 1981), Dutch sprinter * Guus Hupperts (born 1992), Dutch footballer * Guus Janssen (born 1951), Dutch composer, recording artist and multi-instrumentalist * Guus Joppen (born 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Janssen
Guus Janssen (born 13 May 1951) is a Dutch composer of contemporary music and a recording artist. A pianist and harpsichordist, he is also active as a jazz performer. He studied piano and composition at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam with Ton de Leeuw and piano with Jaap Spaanderman.Janssen 2004 . He also studied piano with . He has performed with John Zorn, , |
Guus Vogels
Augustinus ("Guus") Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels (born March 26, 1975 in Naaldwijk, South Holland) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2004 he was the starter and won the silver medal with the Dutch team in Athens. Vogels made his debut in January 1996, at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Barcelona, in the match against Belgium: 8–4. He plays for HGC (H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie) in the Dutch League (''Hoofdklasse''). Vogels was named Best Goalkeeper at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ..., Pakistan. Also Vogels was named the best player i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Scheffer
August "Guus" Scheffer (24 November 1898 – 1 November 1952) was a Dutch weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift .... He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics in the lightweight and middleweight categories and finished in seventh and third place, respectively. References 1898 births 1952 deaths Dutch male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of the Netherlands Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Haarlem Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 19th-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Meeuwis
Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus "Guus" Meeuwis (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s. On 24 May 2015, Meeuwis became the first Dutch language performing artist ever to play a fully booked concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Biography Guus Meeuwis was born at a monastery in Mariahout, a small village in the municipality of Laarbeek where his parents were living temporarily. He attended Stella Maris College, and went on to study jurisprudence in Tilburg. It quickly became apparent that Meeuwis was musically talented while at school. Following a romantic weekend in Bruges with his girlfriend Valérie he wrote the song Het is een Nacht ("It is a Night"), with which, in 1994, he won a prize at the AHC-Studentensongfestival in Leiden. He and his backing band were awarded a record contract, under the name "Guus Meeuwis & Vagant", after a café the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Lutjens
Guus Lutjens (13 August 1884 – 25 April 1974) was a Dutch footballer who earned 14 caps for the Dutch national side between 1905 and 1911, scoring five goals. He played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag HVV (Haagse Voetbal Vereniging: Dutch for ''(The) Hague Football Club'') is an amateur football club in The Hague, Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, (The)'' Hague Cricket Club''. In 1978, on the occasion of the club's .... References External links Player profile at KNVB 1884 births 1974 deaths Dutch footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Footballers from Arnhem Men's association football forwards {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Kuijer
Guus Kuijer (; born 1 August 1942) is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the ''Madelief'' series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2012, the biggest prize in children's literature. As a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. Early life Guus Kuijer is born on 1 August 1942 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His parents were members of the Catholic Apostolic Church, but in 2006 Kuijer explained that he doesn't remember ever believing in God. He studied at the '' kweekschool'' in Doetinchem to become a teacher. From 1967 to 1973 he was a primary school teacher. Writing career In 1968 he started writing short stories for the magazine ''Hollands Maandblad'' and in 1971 he published a collection of his short storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Kouwenhoven
Guus Kouwenhoven, often misspelled as Gus Kouwenhoven or Guus van Kouwenhoven (born 15 February 1942, 's-Hertogenbosch) is a Dutch arms dealer convicted for arms trafficking in Liberia during the presidency of Charles Taylor. Deported from the US In the 1970s, Kouwenhoven was sentenced to two years in prison in the US after being caught in an FBI sting operation while attempting to sell 6 stolen artworks, including a Rembrandt. He served only 17 days and was deported from the US. Involvement in Liberia Kouwenhoven started his career in Liberia in the 1980s as the manager of Hotel Africa and later on headed the Oriental Timber Corporation (OTC), the main timber company in Liberia in the early 2000s, during the Liberian Civil War. The company was used as a cover for arms smuggling from China and Serbia, via Viktor Bout an arms trader from the former Soviet Union who frequented the hotel and used it as a hub for arms sales all over Africa. Syrian born Richard (Amar) Chichakli was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Kessler
Jean Baptiste August "Guus" Kessler Jr. (16 June 1888, in The Hague – 5 November 1972, in The Hague) was a Dutch industrialist. Kessler also played tennis for the Netherlands in the 1906 Olympics in Athens, losing his first match to future Olympic champion Max Decugis. Kessler was born in a very wealthy family from The Hague, the second son of six children. His father Jean Baptiste August Kessler (1853–1900) was the first director of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Petroleum Maatschappij (''Royal Dutch Petroleum Company''), now named Royal Dutch Shell. Guus studied engineering at Delft University. Both Guus and his older brother Geldolph Adriaan Kessler were considered the "crown princes" of the Royal Dutch, but after their father died unexpectedly they had to work under their father's domineering successor, Henri Deterding. Dolf eventually left, at the urging of his fiancé, and helped create and lead the Dutch steel company Hoogovens. Guus, by contrast, seemed to get along be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Joppen
Guus Joppen (born 14 November 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eerste Divisie club Roda JC Kerkrade. He formerly played for VVV-Venlo, Willem II, NEC and Helmond Sport. Playing career Joppen was born in Eindhoven. On 7 November 2007, it was announced that Joppen signed a -year deal at Helmond Sport. He made his official debut for Helmond Sport on 19 October 2007 in a 1–1 tie against Cambuur Leeuwarden. He scored his first goal in the Jupiler League on 9 November 2007 against FC Omniworld. On 25 June 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi .... References External links * Voetbal International profile 1989 births Living people Footballers from Eindhoven Association footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Hupperts
Guus Hupperts (born 25 April 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer. He formerly played for Roda JC Kerkrade, AZ, Willem II, Sporting Lokeren and VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin .... External links Voetbal International profile 1992 births Living people People from Heerlen Association football wingers Dutch footballers Netherlands under-21 international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players Roda JC Kerkrade players AZ Alkmaar players Willem II (football club) players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players VVV-Venlo players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
