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Witteveen
Witteveen is a Dutch toponymic surname and may refer to the following people: * Arthur Witteveen (b. 19??), Dutch judge and legal writer * Axel Fernando Witteveen (born 1977), Argentine musician known by her stage name ''Axel'' * Dave Witteveen (b. 19??), New Zealand association footballer * David Witteveen (born 1985), Austrian football forward * Gepke Witteveen (born 1951), Dutch actor and director * Ivonne Witteveen (born 1944), Dutch Antillean fencer * Johan Witteveen (1921–2019), Dutch Minister of Finance 1963–71, economist, and author * (1871–1927), Dutch racing cyclist * Lucien Witteveen (born 1969), Dutch rapper known as MC Miker G * Merel Witteveen (born 1985), Dutch yacht racer * Solange Witteveen (born 1976), Argentine high jumper * Willem Witteveen Willem Johannes Witteveen (; 5 May 195217 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author. He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Witteveen
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as the fifth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973 to 1978. Witteveen attended the Gymnasium Erasmianum in Rotterdam from June 1933 until June 1939 and applied at the Rotterdam School of Economics in June 1939 majoring in Economics. On 10 May 1940 Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands and the government fled to London to escape the German occupation. During the German occupation Witteveen continued his study obtaining an Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1941 but in April 1943 the German occupation authority closed the Rotterdam School of Economics. Following the end of World War II Witteveen returned to the Rotterdam School of Economics and worked as a student researcher before graduating with a Master of Economics degree in December 1945 and worked as an associate professor of Financial economics at the Rotterdam School of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Witteveen
Willem Johannes Witteveen (; 5 May 195217 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author. He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party (1999–2007; 2013–2014). He was also the author of several books about law and politics. Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over eastern Ukraine by Russian rebels. Early life and education Willem Johannes Witteveen was born on 5 May 1952 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.Prof.Dr. W.J. (Willem) Witteveen , ''Parlement & Politiek'', 2014. Retrieved on 18 July 2014. He was the son of liberal politician |
David Witteveen
David Witteveen (born 5 May 1985 in Varese, Italy) is an Austrian footballer. He plays as a striker and is currently playing for SV Lackenbach. Career Witteveen had spells at Austrian sides Red Bull Salzburg and WAC St. Andrä. He played for Salzburg's second string in the Austrian Erste Liga and for St. Andrä in the Regionalliga Mitte. Witteveen signed for Scottish Premier League side Hearts in July 2009. During the week leading up to his signing, the player had participated in friendly matches during their pre-season tour of Germany. He scored his only goal for Hearts in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers, their first home game of the 2009–10 season. Witteveen did not make any first team appearances for Hearts after Jim Jefferies returned as manager in January 2010. He was loaned to First Division side Greenock Morton in March 2010. On 3 April 2010, he scored a hat trick for Morton in a 3–3 draw against Queen of the South. He continued with goals against Dundee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merel Witteveen
Merel Witteveen (born 12 May 1985, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Witteveen represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao. With fellow crew member Annemieke Bes and Mandy Mulder as helmsman, Witteveen took Silver medal in the Yngling. Sailing career Witteveen started sailing in 1995 and competes in international level since 1999 where she started in the Optimist. After the European Championship in Athens she switched to the Europe. Witteveen won a silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championship. At the Open Week World Championships in Spain she finished 9th and her next goal was to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics, but these came to early for Witteveen. After the 2004 Olympics the Europe was replaced by the Laser Radial Witteveen decided to make that change. She became second in the Olympic Sailing Week in Split and at the 2005 European Championship also in Croatia she finished in 14th position. Due to a knee injury at the end of 2005 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gepke Witteveen
Gepke Marijke Witteveen (born 11 September 1951, in Tandjungkarang, Indonesia), also known as Gepke Haakma, is a Dutch actress and director. Education Witteveen was educated at the Academie voor Podiumvorming in The Hague. Career As actor After completing school, Witteveen performed with several theatre groups and had various guest roles in ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'', ''Bureau Kruislaan'' and ''Diamant''. In 1996, she played Desirée van Cloppenburg in the daily soap opera ''Goudkust ''Goudkust'' () is a Dutch television series, which was broadcast by SBS 6. When SBS 6 was not happy about the results of the series, it sold the series to Veronica TV (SBS), FOX 8. When Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX in 2001 sold Veronica TV ( ...''. She was the only actor with the show for its entire run, ending in 2001. She appeared in the film '' Ver van familie'' (2008) with Katja Schuurman and Camilla Siegertsz. In late 2008, she played Noortje Warmerdam in ''Pauwen en Reigers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solange Witteveen
Solange Marilú Witteveen (born 6 February 1976) is a retired Argentine high jumper. She won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. She also represented Argentina at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Career Witteveen was born in Buenos Aires. Her personal best jump is 1.96 metres, achieved in September 1997 in Oristano. This is the current South American record. Among her achievements, Witteveen won the 1997 South American Championships, the 1998 South American Games and the 1999 Pan American Games, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade. In both of her appearances at the Olympic Games, she cleared 1.89 m, finishing 20th overall in 2000 and 23rd in 2004. In 2001, at the South American Championships, she jumped 1.97 metres which would be the new South American record. She, however, failed a doping test for a banned substance and was disqualified from competition for two years. Competition record Personal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Witteveen
David Witteveen is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... at international level. Witteveen made his full New Zealand debut in a 4–2 win over Fiji on 17 September 1986 and ended his international playing career with five A-international caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 1–4 loss to Australia on 12 March 1989. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Association footballers from Auckland Men's association football midfielders {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Witteveen
Arthur Th. Witteveen (born 19??) is a Dutch judge and legal writer. He is the First Secretary of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. In April 1996 he published a book on ''The International Court of Justice 1946-1996'' with Arthur Eyffinger. Witteveen practiced Chinese calligraphy throughout his life, obtaining a 9th dan, and after his retirement as secretary he studied Sinology at Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o .... In 2002 he wrote ''De dans van het penseel. Een korte inleiding tot de Chinese Calligrafie'' ("The Dance of the Brush: A Short Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy"). References 20th-century Dutch judges 21st-century Dutch judges 20th-century calligraphers 21st-century calligraphers Dutch calligraphers Dutch lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivonne Witteveen
Ivonne Witteveen Kistemaker (born 22 January 1944) is a Dutch Antillean fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1944 births Living people Dutch Antillean female foil fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Antilles Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Curaçao female foil fencers {{Curaçao-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Witteveen
MC Miker G & DJ Sven were a hip hop duo from the Netherlands. The duo consisted of Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen (DJ Sven). The 1980s saw the two launch "Holiday Rap" to international success. The song is a remixed version of Madonna's hit "Holiday" with additional rapping and an interpolation of the chorus of Cliff Richard's " Summer Holiday", produced and mixed by Ben Liebrand. Biography Early years Witteveen and van Veen became acquainted in 1986 in a disco in Hilversum. The disco, Club Baccara, and the resident DJ Martin van der Schagt had a home studio where he recorded the demo version of the Holiday Rap using the original tape loops of Madonna's Holiday. This version was not usable for commercial release. Witteveen was discovered by Hotsound Records' Erik van Vliet, but Frits van Swoll, A & R manager of Dureco, took the song away from Erik, as Frits heard the demo on a local radio station, and approached Ben Liebrand to produce it from scratch. Their single "Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Fernando Witteveen
Axel Fernando Witteveen Pardo (born 1 January 1977), commonly known as Axel, is an Argentine singer and songwriter. Career Axel was born on 1 January 1977 in Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires province. He began piano lessons with his two brothers, encouraged by his parents, both of whom were great lovers of music. At the age of 8, Axel entered the Conservatory Julian Aguirre of Argentina and remained there until high school when he decided to focus on his studies and temporarily left musical. Once he finished secondary school, at age 17, he resumed his piano studies, determined to make music his livelihood. Despite the initial opposition of his father, but supported by his mother, Axel started to explore the artistic world of Buenos Aires. His first job was important in a soap opera TV Canal 9, in which he played a small acting role as a waiter in a piano bar. On the other hand, he began to desire showing his talent for music, and another was initiated in the world that both had dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
