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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

feminine given name, a short form of either

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...

Johanna Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...

. People with the name include: * Ans van den Berg (1873–1942), Dutch painter * Ans Bouwmeester (fl. 1980s), Dutch Paralympic athlete * Ans Dekker (born 1955), Dutch artistic gymnast *

Ans van Dijk Anna "Ans" van Dijk (24 December 1905 – 14 January 1948) was a Dutch Collaboration with the Axis powers#Netherlands, collaborator who betrayed Jews to Nazi Germany during World War II. She was the only Dutch woman to be executed for her warti ...

(1905–1948), Dutch-Jewish collaborator with Nazi Germany * Ans Dresden-Polak (1906–1943), Dutch-Jewish gymnast and holocaust victim *

Ans van Gerwen Anna Maria "Ans" van Gerwen (born 17 January 1951) is a former artistic gymnast from the Netherlands who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events. Her best achievements were 9th and 19th place in the team an ...

(born 1951), Dutch artistic gymnast * Ans Gravesteijn (born 1951), Dutch rower *

Ans van Kemenade Ans van Kemenade (born 1954 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch professor of English linguistics at the Radboud University Nijmegen specializing in the history of the English language. Biography Van Kemenade studied English and linguistics at Utrecht Univers ...

(born 1954), Dutch professor of English linguistics * Ans Koning (1922–2006), Dutch javelin thrower * Ans Luttge-Deetman (1867-1952), Dutch painter * Ans Markus (born 1947), Dutch painter * Ans Panhorst-Niesink (1918–2010), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter *

Ans Schut Johanna ("Ans") Schut (born 26 November 1944) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands. Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m ...

(born 1944), Dutch speed skater * Ans Timmermans (1919–1958), Dutch swimmer *

Ans Westra Anna Jacoba Westra (born 28 April 1936), generally known as Ans Westra, is a self-taught New Zealand photographer, with an interest in Māori people, Māori. Her prominence as an artist and author was most amplified by her 1964 piece ''Washday a ...

(born 1936), Dutch-born New Zealand photographer * Ans Wortel (1929–1996), Dutch painter, poet and writer * Ans Woud, a pseudonym of Setske de Haan (1889–1948), Dutch children's writer

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