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Koos (name)
Koos is a Dutch language, Dutch and Afrikaans short form (hypocorism) of the given name Jacobus at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. and a surname. People with this name include: Given name *Koos Andriessen (born 1928), Dutch government minister *Koos Bekker (born 1952), South African chief executive and billionaire *Koos Bisschoff (fl.1973–1992), South African military officer *Jacobus Boomsma (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist *Koos de la Rey (1847–1914), South African general during the Second Boer War *Koos du Plessis (1945–1984), South African singer-songwriter and poet *Koos van Ellinckhuijzen (1942–2016), Namibian visual artist *Koos Formsma (born 1957), Dutch businessman and football chairman *Koos Hertogs (1949–2015), Dutch serial killer *Koos Issard (born 1971), Dutch water polo ...[...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] |
Koos Köhler
Johannes Jacobus "Koos" Köhler (25 November 1905 in Amsterdam – 6 February 1965 in Sloten) was a Dutch water polo player. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where the Dutch team shared fifth place. Köhler played all three matches, together with his cousin Sjaak Sjaak is a given name and a nickname. Notable people with the name include: * Jacobus Nicolaas Sjaak Brinkkemper (born 1958), Dutch computer scientist, and professor * Jakob Frederik Sjaak Köhler (1902–1970), Dutch water polo player and swimmer ..., and scored seven goals. References 1905 births 1965 deaths Dutch male water polo players Water polo players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Water polo players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Koós
Gábor Koós (born 9 February 1986 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian football (forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...) player. References HLSZNemzeti Sport 1986 births Living people Footballers from Budapest Hungarian footballers Association football forwards Budapest Honvéd FC players BFC Siófok players Rákospalotai EAC footballers Budaörsi SC footballers Szolnoki MÁV FC footballers Egri FC players Ceglédi VSE footballers Soroksári TE footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Waslander
Koos Waslander (born 3 February 1957) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He was most recently head coach of Dutch Tweede Klasse club RBC. Career Born in Rotterdam, Waslander played in the Netherlands and the United States for Excelsior, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, NAC Breda, PEC Zwolle and DS'79. Waslander holds the record for the quickest goal in the Eredivisie, scoring after eight seconds. With the Fort Lauderdale Strikers he was a Soccer Bowl '80 runner up. In the final, won 3-0 by New York Cosmos in September 1980, he entered the match as a substitute five minutes before half-time for the injured German striker Gerd Müller. Coaching career Waslander coached numerous teams in the Netherlands after his retirement, most notably VV Spijkenisse, Leonidas, and RBC. He also worked as an assistant and youth coach at NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Vorrink
Jacobus Jan Vorrink, better known as Koos Vorrink (7 June 1891 – 19 July 1955), was a socialist leader in the Netherlands. Early life Koos Vorrink was born on 7 June 1891 in Vlaardingen, in the Dutch province of South Holland. He started his career as a schoolteacher. On 1 November 1920 he became secretary of the Arbeiders Jeugd Organisatie (AJC), the Dutch socialist youth movement. On 11 May 1924 he became chairman of the socialist youth movement. On 13 July 1916 he married Irene Hendrika Bergmeijer. Together they had two daughters. Only one daughter survived, Irene Vorrink (7 January 1918 - 21 August 1996), who would become minister of Health in the cabinet Den Uyl (1973–1977). Vorrinks career progressed as he became chairman of the SDAP, the Dutch socialist party before World War II, on 1 April 1934. He would remain chairman of the SDAP until January 1946. Life during World War II As Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands in 1940 Vorrink tried in vain to escape t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Verhoeff
Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (20 February 1927 – 19 March 2018) was a Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist. He is known for his work on error detection and correction, and on information retrieval. He has also held exhibitions of his mathematically inspired sculptures. He is best known for his check-digit Verhoeff algorithm, which is based on the dihedral group of order 10. His son, Tom Verhoeff Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ..., is a mathematician and computer scientist. Selected publications * * * * * * References 1927 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Dutch mathematicians Dutch computer scientists Erasmus University Rotterdam faculty University of Amsterdam alumni Scientists from The Hague {{mathematician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Verdam
Pieter Jacobus "Koos" Verdam (15 January 1915 – 11 March 1998) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). The reformed Verdam was a professor for Roman law and international civil law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and from 1959 to 1960 its Rector Magnificus. From 1966 to 1967 he was the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Zijlstra. In 1970 he became the Queen's Commissioner in Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro .... Decorations References External links ;Official *Mr.Dr. P.J. (Koos) VerdamParlement & Politiek *Mr.Dr. P.J. Verdam (ARP)Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal 1915 births 1998 deaths Anti-Revolutionary Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Van Der Merwe
Jacobus Hercules "Koos" van der Merwe (born 4 August 1937) is a South African former politician. He was a member of the South African Parliament, representing the National Party, Conservative Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). He was a member of the House of Assembly and later the South African National Assembly between 1977 and 2014, being the longest serving member of Parliament at the time of his retirement. Personal life Van der Merwe was born on 4 August 1937 in the Orange Free State. He studied at the University of Pretoria before working as an insurer. He then earned a diploma in law from the University of South Africa and later qualified as a lawyer. In the early 1990s, he lived in Johannesburg. Political career Van der Merwe first got involved in politics as a child by helping put up posters for the National Party at the 1948 South African general election. He was elected as a member of Parliament for Jeppe representing the National Party in 1977. He gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Van Den Akker
Koos Van Den Akker (March 16, 1939 – February 3, 2015) was a Dutch-born fashion designer who lived and worked in New York City. During his 50+ year long career, Van Den Akker was recognized for his ''Koos'' fashion label (1969-2015) which featured flamboyant idiosyncratic garments adorned with Koos' unique collage work and cuts. Early life and education Born Koos van den Akker in The Hague, the Netherlands, Koos taught himself to sew using a simple sewing machine and his first creation was a dress made from a white bed sheet for his sister. With a prolific disposition and a comprehensive portfolio at just age 15, Van den Akker bypassed the 18-year-old requirement age to attend the Royal Academy of Art where he studied fashion and made window displays for a department store until he was 18. Koos then had to spend two years in the Dutch army where his skills were recognized and a workroom in a basement was set up for him where he made clothes for the officers wives and daughters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, known as Koos Strauss, Kosie Strauss or J. G. N. Strauss (17 December 19007 March 1990), was a South African politician who was the leader of the South African United Party from 1950 to 1956. He had earlier been minister of agriculture in the cabinet of Jan Smuts from 1943 until the defeat of the Smuts government in 1948. In the 1953 election the United Party under Strauss lost seven seats, while their opponents the National Party gained twenty-five more seats and a majority in Parliament. Following this election, the United Party suffered two splits, creating the Liberal Party and the Union Federal Party. In 1954, a further split resulted in the National Conservative Party. In 1956, while plagued by ill health and convalescing in England, he asked his party to decide whether they wished to keep him on as leader. They declined to do so: the first time the leader of a South African political party had been forcibly removed. Strauss was succeeded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Rietkerk
Jacobus Gijsbert "Koos" Rietkerk (14 December 1927 – 20 February 1986) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist. Rietkerk attended the Christian Gymnasium in Haarlem from April 1940 until May 1946 and applied at the Leiden University in June 1946 majoring in Law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1948 and worked as a student researcher before graduating with a Master of Laws degree in July 1952. Rietkerk worked as a lawyer in Haarlem from January 1953 until October 1956 and also worked as a civil servant for the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) of the Ministry of Justice from January 1953 until October 1956. Rietkerk worked as legal advisor for the Municipalities association (VNG) from October 1956 until January 1959. Rietkerk worked as a trade association executive for the Christian Employers' association (NCW) and served as General-Secretary of the Executive Board from January 1959 until February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Ras
Koos Ras (Jacobus Adriaan Gerhardus) was born on 4 August 1928, on a farm named Paardekop in Northern Natal Province in South Africa. As a young boy he often visited his father's neighbour (name unknown), who taught him how to play a " Konsertina". Ras was famously known as a comedian, singer, composer, writer and businessman. He recorded 14 LP records including ''Spoke'' ("Ghosts"), ''Lekker ou braaivleis aand'' ("Pleasant barbecue evening"). Although most of his music was in Afrikaans, he also recorded a few songs in English. During the 1960s he recorded a classic waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ..., "Tiny Bubbles," as a duet with (name unknown), which hit #1 on the Springbok Hit Parade. In 1971, he opened his business "Kempton Orrel en Klavier Sentrum" (K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
