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Kok (surname)
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> Notable people with the surname Kok include: List of people with the surname Kok *Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer *Adam Kok III (1811–1875), leader of the Griqua people in South Africa * Alexander Kok (1926–2015), English cellist *Ann Kok (born 1973), Chinese Singaporean television actress and singer * (1882–1969), Dutch poet, co-founder of De Stijl * Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman * Boris Kok (born 1991), French-born Cambodian footballer * Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer * Debbie Kok (1963–2010), New Zealand football player *Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor *Eelyn Kok (born 1978), Singaporean television actress *Felix Kok (1924–2010), English violinist, brother of Ale ... [...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] |
Gretta Kok
Margretta "Gretta" Kok (born 16 October 1944, in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch breaststroke swimmer who participated in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1960, she was fifths in the 200m breaststroke event, whereas in 1964 she did not reach the final. In 1966, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the European Aquatics Championships The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years (in even years); and since 2022, .... Her younger sister, Ada Kok, was also an Olympic swimmer and part of the same team that won the medley gold in 1966. . sports-reference.com References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kok
Paul Kok (born 21 December 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left-back for VV Katwijk in the Tweede Divisie. He formerly played on loan for Telstar whilst being at AZ and later for FC Oss. Career Kok did not make one appearance for AZ first team and was loaned to Eerste Divisie side Telstar for the 2013–14 season. On loan at the club Kok played 31 times in the season primarily as a left back, the club finished 15th out of the 20 team division and had the second worst defence in the league, Achilles '29 had the honour of conceding the most goals. Kok joined Oss on a free transfer after his contract expired at AZ and signed a one-year contract with an option of an additional year. On 27 September 2019, Kok signed with Tweede Divisie club Koninklijke HFC. After one season there, he joined fellow Tweede Divisie club VV Katwijk after having signing a pre-contract in January 2020. Honours Katwijk * Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Kok
Maria Christina "Mimi" Kok (25 January 1934 – 19 April 2014) was a Dutch film and television actress. Biography Kok was discovered by Toon Hermans after winning a beauty pageant in Zandvoort in 1951. He hired her to perform with his theater show. At the end of the 1950s she tried her luck in the United States in the musical business, but her attempt was unsuccessful and returned to the Netherlands in a state of depression. She returned to work with Toon Hermans again, after which her career on stage and in film and television took off. She played both comic and more serious roles in more than 30 productions. She was a regular on the television shows of Wim T. Schippers, playing the "full-breasted" character Gé Braadslee on '' Het is weer zo laat!'', probably her best-known role. In 2012 she appeared in a reality TV show, ''Krasse Knarren'', with four other elderly famous people. Later in life she suffered from loneliness and depression, volunteering at a telephone helpline to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Kok
Melanie Kok ronounced "Cook"(born November 4, 1983, in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian rower and neuroscientist. Kok won a bronze team medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Tracy Cameron. Biography Kok earned a B.A. at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she rowed as a varsity athlete for each of her four years as an undergraduate. Kok, a two-time team captain at UVa, earned All-American honours twice (2006, 2007). She was also named to the All-South Region and All-ACC teams. She went on to complete her master's degree in 2010 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario in the MiNDS Graduate Neuroscience Program. Kok went on to complete her PhD in neuroscience at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. International career Kok is a five-time member of the Canadian National Rowing team. She has won two World Rowing Championships medals: a gold in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kok
Mary Kok (born in 1940 in Hilversum) is a renowned Dutch swimmer. Between 1954 and 1957 she set ten world records from the young age of 15 to 17 years: *440 yd freestyle *880 yd freestyle *800 m freestyle *1760 yd freestyle *100 yd butterfly *100 m butterfly *400 yd individual medley *400 m individual medley *1 relay Kok was to swim in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne for the Dutch Olympic Team until the night before she was to depart when the Netherlands boycotted the competition over Russia's invasion of Hungary In 2016 Kok, along with other athletes whose athletic careers were affected by the boycott were honoured by the Hungarian government. Kok said in her speech, she had always felt that her gold medal was at the bottom of the swimming pool in Melbourne, but that the Hungarian people gave her the feeling that the honorary medal was given to her wholeheartedly. In 1960, Kok became first Dutch woman to swim the English Channel In 1955, she became Dutch Sportsman of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Kok
Marja Kok (born 29 June 1944) is a Dutch actress and film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p .... In 1981 she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award. She has appeared in more than 25 films and television shows since 1967. Selected filmography * '' In for Treatment'' (1979) * '' Mates'' (1999) References External links *Biographyat the werkteater.nl website (in Dutch) 1944 births Living people Dutch film directors Actors from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch actresses 21st-century Dutch actresses Dutch women film directors Golden Calf winners {{Netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinus Kok
Marinus Kok (8 February 1916 - 31 July 1999) was a Dutch priest who served as the twentieth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1970 to 1982. After studying at the Old Catholic Seminary i Amersfoort, Netherlands, he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1941. Kok served as a parish priest in Arnhem, Amersfoort and The Hague, while he served on the faculty of the Old Catholic Seminary in Amersfoort. He became a member of the Chapter of Utrecht in 1967, and rector of the seminary in Amersfoort in 1968. Kok was chosen in 1969 as coadjutor to Andreas Rinkel, the Archbishop of Utrecht. After Rinkel retired on November 8, 1970, he consecrated Kok on November 9, 1970. Kok retired as Archbishop of Utrecht on December 31, 1981. Kok was married to Topy Smits (1914-2009). On July 31, 1999, he died at a hospital in Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Kok
Kees Kok (born 1 December 1949) is a Dutch politician, he has been a member of the Senate for the Party for Freedom from 2 October 2012 to 11 June 2019 and the Provincial-Council of Flevoland since 24 March 2011. Kok studied civil law at Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ... between 1970 and 1976, the next year he continued his studies at the same university and studied notary law. He was a candidate-notary in Andel between 1977 and 1982. The next six years he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Finance, followed by six years as a policy advisor at Pension fund ABP. Since 1996 he has been working for the pension executive part of ABP as an advisor. References External links *Parliament.com biography 1949 births Living people People from Gou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocie Kok
Jocie Guo (born 21 March 1982), also known as Guo Mei Mei, is a Singaporean female singer who made her first appearance on the entertainment scene in the middle of 2005. She is signed under Singapore record company Play Music which practises packaging and marketing their new artistes as cartoon caricatures on album covers and music videos. Guo was depicted as a sweet innocent cartoon girl and became famous within weeks of her debut single release. Singing career The former Singapore Polytechnic student has been an instant success, with her two singles selling a combined 55,000 copies. Guo is viewed as Warner Music Taiwan's priority artiste with an extensive multimillion-dollar marketing campaign planned for her regional debut and poised to follow in the footsteps of Warner's top Singaporean artiste, Stefanie Sun Yanzi. Her two music videos alone cost a staggering $250,000 to shoot, with top director Lai Wei-kang at the helm. Guo was the first artiste to be granted legal copy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jito Kok
Jito Kok (born 23 March 1994) is a Dutch professional basketball player who plays for Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League. Standing at 206 cm (6 ft 9 in), Kok plays as center. He also plays for the Netherlands national team. Professional career On 14 June 2016, Kok signed a one-year deal with Lavrio B.C. of the Greek Basket League. In February 2017, Kok signed with AVIS Rapla of the Estonian KML. On 11 July 2018, Kok returned to his native country by signing with Dutch Windmills of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). On 10 April 2019, Windmills withdrew from the DBL due to its financial problems. On 25 April, Kok signed with Kangoeroes Mechelen. Mechelen was eliminated in the playoff quarterfinals as the eight seed. On 14 May 2020, Kok signed a temporary contract with BG Göttingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga. On 20 June 2021 he signed with Spirou of the BNXT League. He averaged 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1 block per game in 31 games in the 2021–22 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kok (pharmacist)
Jan Kok (13 June 1899, Amsterdam - 7 September 1982, Egmond aan Zee) was a Dutch pharmacist. In 1945, he was appointed as professor at the University of Amsterdam, and between 1960 and 1964 he was rector magnificus of this university. External links Biography (in Dutch)Prof. dr. J. Kok, 1899 - 1982at the University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ... ''Album Academicum'' website 1899 births 1982 deaths Dutch pharmacists Scientists from Amsterdam University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam 20th-century pharmacists {{Netherlands-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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