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Willemse
Willemse is a Dutch language, Dutch patronymic surname (Willem's son), equivalent to English Williams (surname), Williams and Williamson (surname), Williamson. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. It may refer to: *Ashwin Willemse (born 1981), South African rugby player * (born 1983), Dutch ice hockey player *Cornelius Willemse (1871-1942), Dutch-born New York policeman *Damian Willemse (born 1992), South African rugby player *Hein Willemse (born 1957), South African literary critic and poet *Herman Willemse (1934–2021), Dutch marathon swimmer *Laurance Willemse (born 1962), South African cricket umpire *Laurien Willemse (born 1962) Dutch field hockey player *Mike Willemse (born 1993), South African rugby player *Nathaniel Willemse (born 1985), South African-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Willemse
Nate Gilbertson (born 14 July 1985), often known simply as Nathaniel, is a South African-born Australian singer and songwriter most notable for finishing sixth on the fourth season of ''The X Factor Australia''. In 2013, he signed a recording contract with DNA Songs' label through Sony Music Australia, and released the single "You", which peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart. Early life Nathaniel Willemse was born in South Africa and moved to Frankston, Melbourne, Australia when he was six years old. He attended Karingal Park Secondary College, now known as McClelland College. In 2006, he auditioned for ''Australian Idol'' series four and made it to the top 24 round before being eliminated. On 22 January 2008, Willemse released his debut single "Vertigo" exclusively on iTunes, through Mummy's Boy Records. The single's release also included two B-side tracks, "Shall Be Told" and "Home", each co-written by Willemse. On 29 October 2011, Willemse independently release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willemse
Paul Willemse (born 13 November 1992) is a South African born rugby union player for French Top 14 side Montpellier. His regular playing position is lock. Although he was born in South Africa, and was part of the Springbok U20 side that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, he has qualified to play senior international rugby for France on residency grounds, and made his debut against Wales in the Six Nations on 1 February 2019. Club career Youth Despite being born in Pretoria, Willemse moved to Tsumeb in Namibia, where he played rugby for Tsumeb Gymnasium and earned a call-up to the Namibian Under-18 Craven Week squad in 2009. Willemse was then offered a junior contract by the Golden Lions and moved to Krugersdorp in 2010 to complete this schooling at Monument High School. He once again played at the Craven Week tournament, this time in the colours of the Golden Lions. In 2011, Willemse represented the Golden Lions U19 side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Willemse
Damian Willemse (born 7 May 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in the United Rugby Championship and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fullback, but he can also play as a fly-half, winger, or inside centre. Rugby career 2014–2016: Schoolboy rugby Willemse was born in Strand. He attended and played rugby for Paul Roos Gymnasium in nearby Stellenbosch. In 2014, he was selected to represent at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Pretoria. He started all three of their matches, helping them to three victories, scoring a try in the final match of the tournament, a 26–11 win over hosts the . In 2015, Willemse was selected in the Western Province squad for South Africa's premier high school rugby tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week. He started all three of their matches in the tournament held in Stellenbosch, scoring tries in a 65–5 victory over the and in the unofficial final, helping his team to a 95–0 vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwin Willemse
Ashwin Willemse (born 8 September 1981 in Caledon, Cape Province) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played at wing for the national team, the Springboks. After winning an IRB Under-21 World Cup gold medal for South Africa in 2002, the winger set about gaining Super 12 experience with the Cats. Willemse's pace, speed and power contributed to him being selected for his test debut against Scotland. He was included in the South Africa 2003 Rugby World Cup squad and scored a solo try against Samoa. Willemse's achievements of 2003 were topped by scooping up three awards at the annual SA Rugby function - Player of the Year, Most Promising Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year. Willemse was injured for most of the 2004–2006 seasons. However, he was selected for the Springbok squad during the 2007 international season and Tri nations, and was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He then signed a two-year contract with Biarritz Olympique, joini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hein Willemse
Heinrich Stephen Samuel Willemse (born 18 September 1957, Ladismith, Cape Province) is a South African academic, literary critic, activist and author. He currently serves as professor in the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He was the former editor-in-chief of the African literary journal ''Tydskrif vir Letterkunde'' (Journal for Literature). As a young academic, Willemse played an active role in the opposition of apartheid, and along with other Afrikaans authors - including André Brink, Breyten Breytenbach and Etienne van Heerden - attended the historical Victoria Falls Writers’ Conference in 1989, where various Afrikaans intellectuals met with banned South African authors and members of the African National Congress. Biography Willemse grew up in the Cape Province in South Africa where he completed his school education at Esselen Park High in 1975. He thereafter completed his bachelor’s degree in law at the University of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Willemse
Stefan Willemse (born 12 April 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is flanker or lock. Career Youth and Varsity rugby Willemse played for the side during the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, which saw the side progress to the final, where they lost to the . He moved to Durban in 2012 to join the . He made just three substitute appearances for the side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition, with an ankle injury curtailing his progress. Willemse then made the move to Port Elizabeth, where he joined Varsity Cup side . He was a key player for the team during the 2013 and 2014, helping them reach the semi-finals of the competition on both occasions. He also made a single appearance for the side in their promotion/relegation play-off match against the side, but could not help the team win promotion to Division A. Eastern Province Kings At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Willemse
Herman "Flying Dutchman" Willemse (22 May 1934 – 7 July 2021) was a Dutch long-distance and marathon swimmer. In 2008, he was inducted to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Willemse started his career as a freestyle swimmer, winning 13 national titles and setting 19 national records in the 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m events between 1952 and 1958. In 1959, he switched to marathon swimming and became the second Dutchman to cross the English Channel, with a time of 12h49. Later in the 1960s he dominated the world marathon swimming. For three years after 1964, when the point system was introduced, he was ranked world number two, after Abo Heif. His clean sweep of the Around-the-Island Marathon Swim in 1960–1964 brought the organizers to a problem that spectators lost interest in the race. The race was discontinued in 1965. A school teacher by profession, Willemse was known for his academic approach to swimming. He would often travel around the place bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Willemse
Stanley Bernard Willemse (23 August 1924 – 5 August 2011) was an English footballer who played as a left-back in the Football League for Brighton and Hove Albion, Chelsea and Leyton Orient. Born in Brighton, Willemse served in the Royal Marines during the Second World War, and began his football career with Brighton & Hove Albion before signing for Londoners Chelsea in 1949 for £6,000, a sum which helped fund rebuilding work at Brighton's Goldstone Ground. He earned a reputation as a hard-tackling defender whilst with the club, and formed the backbone of the team which won the League Championship in 1954–55, alongside the likes of Roy Bentley, Ken Armstrong, Eric Parsons and Derek Saunders, playing 39 games that season. Willemse also featured in the representative London XI side which reached the final of the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He only remained at Chelsea for one more season after that, and signed for Leyton Orient in 1956. When Chelsea won the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemsen
Willemsen may refer to: *August Willemsen (1936–2007), Dutch translator of Portuguese and Brazilian literature * Daniël Willemsen (born 1975), Dutch sidecarcross rider and nine times World Champion *Elfje Willemsen (born 1985), Belgian bobsledder who has competed since 2007 *Madeline Willemsen (1915–1982), Puerto Rican actress and comedian *Marcel Willemsen (born 1977), Dutch sidecarcross passenger and 1999 World Champion * Mike Willemsen (born 1996), Dutch DJ, record producer, musician * Roger Willemsen (1955-2016), German author, essayist and TV presenter See also *Willems *Willemse *Wilhelmsen *Willemsens *Williamson (other) Williamson may refer to: Places *Williamson, Arizona *Williamson, Georgia *Williamson, Illinois *Williamson, Iowa *Williamson, New York, a town in Wayne County, New York. *Williamson (CDP), New York, a hamlet and census-designated place in Wayne C ... {{surname Dutch-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Willemse
Cornelis Wilhelmus Joannes Maria "Cornelius" Willemse (30 September 1871, Rotterdam - 11 July 1942, Manhattan) was a New York City policeman and detective from 1900 to 1925. He was the author of two memoirs, '' Behind the Green Lights'' (1931) and '' A Cop Remembers'' (1933). His books are among the few reliable first-hand accounts of the criminal gangs and police methods of that time. Early life Willemse emigrated from the Netherlands in 1888. After working as a bouncer at a Bowery saloon he joined the police department in February 1900 as a patrolman. He witnessed, and described in his books, the evolution of the New York City Police Department from a corruption-ridden, antiquated institution into a considerably more modern police department. Police career and memoirs "Behind the Green Lights," published in 1931, describes Willemse's rise from patrolman in the mainly Irish-American NYPD, to acting Captain in the homicide squad. It describes his service in some of the roug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Willemse
Michael Evan Willemse (born 14 February 1993) is a South African rugby union player for in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is hooker. Career Youth and Varsity Rugby Willemse was included in the squad at the 2010 Under-18 Academy Week and also played for the team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship competition in the same year. In 2011, he also represented them at the Craven Week competition. In 2013, he played Varsity Cup rugby with the , scoring three tries in six starts. Western Province / Stormers He was called up to the Vodacom Cup squad at the conclusion of the Varsity Cup competition and made his first class debut on 13 April 2013 against Argentina side and made four appearances in the competition. He made his Currie Cup debut a few months later when he came off the substitutes' bench for their match against following Tiaan Liebenberg's late withdrawal through injury. In 2014, he was called up into the squad for their 2014 Super Rugby match against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurance Willemse
Laurance Willemse (born 24 March 1962) is a South African cricket umpire. He has stood in matches in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup and the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge The 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a List A cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 9 October 2016 to 2 April 2017. The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia. The ... tournaments. He also stood in a tour match between the South African Invitational XI and England XI in December 2009. References External links * 1962 births Living people South African cricket umpires People from Beaufort West {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
