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Adrian Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the mai ...

. Before the 19th century the spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably. Adriaan may refer to:

People

Artists

* Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), Dutch portrait painter * Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker (1618–1709), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Adriaen de Bie Adriaen de Bie (3 October 1593 – 20 October 1668) was a Flemish painter, who is known for portraits, biblical scenes for churches and Italianate landscapes. In his youth he travelled to Paris and resided for a long period in Italy. He traine ...

(1593–1668), Flemish painter *

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Adriaen van Bloemen Adriaen van Bloemen or Adriaen Bloem (baptized on 27 February 1639 – c. 1697) was a Flemish painter, print designer, draughtsman and engraver. He was mainly a portrait artist who created individual and group portraits. He left his native Antw ...

(1639 – c. 1679), Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman and engraver * Adriaan Bonsel (1918–2011), Dutch composer *

Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Brouwer (, in Oudenaarde – January 1638, in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.

(1605–1638), Flemish genre painter *

Adriaen Frans Boudewijns Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (Brussels, 3 October 1644 – Brussels, 3 December 1719) was a Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was known mainly for his landscapes with trees, Italianate landscapes with architecture, rivers and ...

(1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter *

Adriaan van der Burg Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Van der Burg was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Jan van Gool he was the pupil of Arnold Houbraken and accompanied him to Amst ...

(1693–1733), Dutch painter * Adriaen van der Cabel (1631–1705), Dutch painter of the Dutch school *

(1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher *

Adriaen Collaert Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560 – 29 June 1618) was a Flemish designer and engraver. Biography The estimated year of his birth at Antwerp is between 1555 and 1565.

(c. 1560 – 1618), Flemish designer and engraver * Adriaen Coorte (c. 1665 – 1707+), Dutch still life painter *

Adriaen Pietersz Crabeth Adriaen Pietersz Crabeth ( 1510 —1553) was a Dutch Renaissance glass painter. Life Crabeth was born in Gouda. According to Karel van Mander he had been the pupil of the glass painter Jan Swart van Groningen.Adriaen van Cronenburg (c. 1525 – 1604+), Dutch portrait painter * Adriaen van Diest (1655–1704), Dutch painter * Adriaan Dortsman (1635–1682), Dutch architect * Adriaen van Eemont (1626–1662), Dutch still life and landscape painter *

Adriaen Foly Adriaen Foly (1664, in Copenhagen – 1701, in Copenhagen), was a Danish painter. According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Zinnebeeld".Adriaen van Gaesbeeck Adriaen van Gaesbeeck (22 August 1621 – 11 February 1650) was a Dutch painter of genre subjects and portraits. His works, which are rare, are in the manner of Gerard Dou and Pieter van Slingeland. The Berlin Gallery possesses ''The Seamstress ...

(1621–1650), Dutch genre painter *

Adriaan Geuze West 8 is an urban planning and landscape architecture firm founded by Adriaan Geuze and Paul van Beek in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1987. It is known for its contemporary designs and innovative solutions to urban planning problems using lighting, ...

(born 1960), Dutch landscape architect *

Adriaen de Grijef Adriaen de Grijef (1657 – 1722), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in Leiden, the son of Jacques de Claeuw. He became a member of the Ghent Guild of St. Luke in 1687, and became a member of ...

(1657–1722), Dutch painter *

Adriaen Hanneman Adriaen is a Dutch form of Adrian. Notable people with the name include: *Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral *Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch private trader and navigator *Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish genre painter *Adriaen ...

(1603–1671), Dutch portrait painter *

Adriaan Jozef Heymans Adriaan Jozef Heymans (or Adrien-Joseph Heymans; 11 June 1839 in Antwerp – December 1921 in Brussels) was a Belgian impressionist landscape painter. Biography His father was a trader in window-glass, who died when Heymans was only seven. Af ...

(1839–1921), Belgian impressionist landscape painter *

Adriaen Honich Adriaen Honich (1643, Dordrecht – c.1684), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to Houbraken, who mentioned him three times with different spellings of his name, he was known as "Lossenbruy" in a poem about the Be ...

(1643 – c. 1684), Dutch landscape painter *

Adriaen Isenbrandt Adriaen Isenbrandt or Adriaen Ysenbrandt (between 1480 and 1490 – July 1551) was a painter in Bruges, in the final years of Early Netherlandish painting, and the first of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting of the Northern Renaissance. ...

(c.1485–1551), Flemish Northern Renaissance painter *

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Adriaen Jansz Kraen Adriaen Jansz Kraen (1619, Haarlem – 1679, Haarlem), was a Dutch still life painter.Adriaen Jansz Kraen

(1619–1679), Dutch still life painter *
Adriaan de Lelie Adriaan de Lelie (19 May 1755 – 30 November 1820)Lelie, Adriaan de
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(1755–1820), Dutch painter * Adriaen Cornelisz van Linschoten (1590–1677), Dutch Golden Age painter * Adriaan Luteijn (born 1964), Dutch choreographer *
Adriaen Matham Adriaen Matham (1590 – 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and art dealer. He was part of an embassy to the Saadi dynasty of Morocco and also made some engravings while there. He married three times, once in Amsterdam and later lived ...
(1590–1660), Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and art dealer * Adriaen van Nieulandt (1587–1658), Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver *
Adriaen van Oolen Adriaen, or Jan van Alen (1651–1698) was a painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was born as the son of the animal painter Jacob van Oolen in Amsterdam, with whom his works are sometimes confused. He became an imitator of Melchior Hondeko ...
(c. 1650 – 1709), Dutch bird, landscape and still life painter *
Adriaen van Ostade Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women. Life According to Arnold Houbraken, he and his bro ...
(1610–1685), Dutch genre painter *
Adriaen Oudendijck Adriaen Oudendijck (1677, Haarlem – 1704, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to Houbraken he copied the cattle in his landscapes after leading landscape artists such as the painter Adriaen van de Veld ...
(1677–1704), Dutch landscape painter * Adriaen van Salm (c. 1660 – 1720), Dutch marine draftsman and painter *
Adriaen van der Spelt Adriaen van der Spelt (c. 1630 in Leiden – 1673 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Biography According to Houbraken, whose comments were based on the Gouda stories by Ignatius Walvis, he was an excellent flower painter born in ...
(c. 1630 – 1673), Dutch Golden Age flower painter *
Adriaan van Stalbemt Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt (12 June 1580 – 21 September 1662) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes.Hans Devisscher. "Stalbemt, Adr ...
(1580–1662), Flemish Baroque painter *
Adriaen van Utrecht Adriaen van Utrecht (Antwerp, 12 January 1599 – 1652) was a Flemish painter known mainly for his sumptuous banquet still lifes, game and fruit still lifes, fruit garlands, market and kitchen scenes and depictions of live poultry in farmyards. ...
(1599–1652), Flemish Baroque still life painter *
Adriaen Valerius Adrianus (Adriaen) Valerius, also known as Adriaen Valerius, (c. 1575 – 1625) was a Dutch poet and composer, known mostly for his poems dealing with peasant and burgher life and those dealing with the Dutch War of Independence, assembled ...
(c. 1575 – 1625), Dutch poet and composer *
Adriaen van de Velde Adriaen van de Velde (bapt. 30 November 1636, in Amsterdam – bur. 21 January 1672, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print artist. His favorite subjects were landscapes with animals and genre scenes.Adriaen van de Venne Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589 – 12 November 1662), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects, and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book illustrator, designer of political satires, and versifier. Bio ...
(1589–1662), Dutch painter, miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires * Adriaen Hendriksz Verboom (1627–1673), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter * Adriaan Verbuch (fl. 1600), Dutch Golden Age painter * Adriaen Verdoel (c. 1620 – 1675), Dutch Golden Age painter *
Adriaen de Vries Adriaen de Vries (c.1556–1626) was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands but working in Central Europe, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and ...
(c. 1556 – 1626), Dutch Northern Mannerist sculptor * Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije (c. 1570 – 1643), Dutch glass painter * Adriaen de Weever (c. 1510 – c. 1590), Flemish Renaissance painter *
Adriaen van der Werff Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant. Life At the ag ...
(1659–1722), accomplished Dutch painter * Adriaan Willaert (c. 1490 – 1562), Flemish composer

Scholars and scientists
* Adriaan Adriaanszoon (1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer * Adriaan Anthonisz (1541–1620), Durtch mathematician and engineer, mayor of Alkmaar, father of above * Adriaan van Baarland (1486–1538), Dutch historian * Adriaan Bax (born 1956), Dutch molecular biophysicist *
Adriaan Blaauw Adriaan Blaauw (12 April 1914 – 1 December 2010) was a Dutch astronomer. Blaauw was born in Amsterdam to Cornelis Blaauw and Gesina Clasina Zwart, and studied at Leiden University and the University of Groningen, obtaining his doctorate at the ...
(1814–2000), Dutch astronomer *
Adriaan Gilles Camper Adriaan Gilles Camper (March 31, 1759 – February 5, 1820) was a 19th-century Dutch mathematics and physics professor at the University of Franeker who took to politics and became a statesman in his later years. He was the son of Petrus Camper i ...
(1759–1820), Dutch mathematics and physicist *
Adriaan Fokker Adriaan Daniël Fokker (; 17 August 1887 – 24 September 1972) was a Dutch physicist. He worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. He was the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ. ...
(1887–1972), Dutch physicist and musician *
Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot ( Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 h ...
(1914–2006), Dutch chess master and psychologist *
Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot ( Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 h ...
(born 1973), Dutch computer programmer * Adriaan Heereboord (1613–1661), Dutch philosopher and logician * Adriaen de Jonghe (1511–1575), Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, etc. * Adriaan Kluit (1735–1807), Dutch linguist *
Adriaan Koerbagh Adriaan Koerbagh (1633 – 1669) was a Dutch scholar and writer who was a critic of religion and conventional morality. Life Adriaan Koerbagh studied at the universities of respectively Utrecht, Franeker and Leiden, becoming a doctor in medicine ...
(1633–1669), Dutch scholar and writer *
Adriaan Kortlandt Prof. Dr. Adriaan Kortlandt (25 January 1918, Rotterdam - 18 October 2009, Amsterdam) was a Dutch ethologist. He was famous for his work on displacement activities (Dutch: ''overspronggedrag)'' and the hierarchy of instincts. Already in the thi ...
(1918–2009), Dutch ethologist *
Adriaan van Maanen Adriaan van Maanen (March 31, 1884 – January 26, 1946) was a Dutch–American astronomer. Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht (earning his Ph.D. in 1911) and worked briefl ...
(1884–1946), Dutch–American astronomer *
Adriaan Metius Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (9 December 1571 – 6 September 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes from the Dutch word ''meten'' ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" o ...
(1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer *
Adriaan Isebree Moens Adriaan Isebree Moens (15 November 1846 – 24 June 1891) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. He is known for his work on arterial stiffness and the propagation of waves in elastic tubes. Life and family Adriaan Isebree Moens was the son of ...
(1846–1891), Dutch physician and physiologist * Adriaan Nicolaas Petrus Pelzer (1915–1981), South African Afrikaans academic, historian and author * Adriaan Hendrik Johan Prins (1921–2000), Dutch Africanist and maritime anthropologist *
Adriaan Reland Adriaan Reland (also known as ''Adriaen Reeland/Reelant'', ''Hadrianus Relandus'') (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland5 February 1718, UtrechtJohn Gorton, ''A General Biographical Dictionary'', 1838, Whittaker & Co.) was a noted Dutch Oriental ...
(1676–1718), Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist *
Adriaan van Roomen Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 – 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astronomer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europ ...
(1561–1615), Flemish mathematician *
Adriaan Joseph van Rossem Adriaan Joseph van Rossem (December 17, 1892 in Chicago – September 4, 1949) was an American ornithologist of Dutch ancestry. He came from an affluent family where his father died very early in his life. Van Rossem went on to attend both pub ...
(1892–1949), American ornithologist * Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779), Dutch botanist *
Adriaan van den Spiegel Adriaan van den Spiegel (or Spieghel), name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius (1578 – 7 April 1625), was a Flemish anatomist born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physici ...
(1578–1625), Flemish anatomist * Adriaen Verwer (c. 1655 – 1717), Dutch Mennonite merchant, scholar, philosopher and linguist *
Adriaan Vlacq Adriaan Vlacq (1600–1667) was a Dutch book publisher and author of mathematical tables. Born in Gouda, Vlacq published a table of logarithms from 1 to 100,000 to 10 decimal places in 1628 in his '' Arithmetica logarithmica''. This table ...
(1600–1667), Dutch book publisher and author of mathematical tables * Adriaan Wesselink (1909–1995), Dutch astronomer *
Adriaan van Wijngaarden Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 – 7 February 1987) was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as an engineer, Van Wijngaarden would emphasize and promote the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical an ...
(1916–1987), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist * Adriaan van der Willigen Pz. (1810–1876), Dutch doctor and historian *
Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen Adriaan Cornelis "Aad" Zaanen (14 June 1913 in Rotterdam – 1 April 2003 in Wassenaar) was a Dutch mathematician working in analysis. He is known for his books on Riesz spaces (together with Wim Luxemburg). Biography Zaanen was born in Rotterd ...
(1913–2003), Dutch mathematician

Sportspeople
* Adriaan Botha (born 1977), South African sprinter *
Adriaan Carelse Adriaan John Carelse (born 8 February 1995) is a South African rugby union player for the Dallas Jackals of Major League Rugby (MLR). His regular position is fly-half of fullback. He previously played for Rugby ATL in the MLR. He previous ...
(born 1995), South African rugby player *
Adriaan Engelbrecht Adriaan Erasmus 'Meel' Engelbrecht (born 14 September 1990) is a former South African rugby union player, that spent his entire career at the . His regular position was fly-half or centre. He retired from rugby union prior to the 2016 season. ...
(born 1990), South African rugby player *
Adriaan Fondse Adriaan Fondse (born 9 June 1983) is a South African rugby union footballer formerly playing for Newcastle Falcons. Education Fondse attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school lo ...
(born 1983), South African rugby player *
Adriaan Katte Adriaan Johan Louis Katte (24 June 1900 – 4 June 1991) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as goal ...
(1900–1991), Dutch field hockey player * Adriaan Koonings (1895–1963), Dutch footballer *
Adriaan Paulen Adriaan "Adje" Paulen (12 October 1902, Haarlem – 9 May 1985, Eindhoven) was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch resistance in the Netherlands. Following World War II, Paulen b ...
(1902–1985), Dutch athlete and president of the IAAF * Adriaan Richter (born 1966), South African rugby player *
Adriaan Strauss Jan Adriaan Strauss (born 18 November 1985) is a South African former professional rugby union player who played first class rugby between 2005 and 2018. He played in 66 international test matches for (captaining them in 2016) and also featured ...
(born 1985), South African rugby player

Statesmen, religious leaders and military leaders
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Adriaen Banckert Adriaen van Trappen Banckert (c.1615 – 22 April 1684) was a Dutch admiral. In English literature he is sometimes known as ''Banckers''. His first name is often rendered in the modern spelling ''Adriaan''. ''Van Trappen'' was the original family ...
(1615–1684), Dutch admiral *
Adriaen Maertensz Block Adriaen Maertensz Block (c.1582, Gouda – 7 March 1661, Lisse) was successively captain, commander, and governor of Ambon between 1614 and 1617, administrator of the '' Raad van Indië'' for the Kamer of the Dutch East India Company in Amsterd ...
(1582–1661), successively captain, commander, and governor of the Ambon Island * Adriaan Boeyens (1459–1523), Dutch pope (Adrian VI) * Adriaan Dijxhoorn (1889–1953), Dutch Minister of Defence during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 *
Adriaan Engelvaart Adriaan Engelvaart (30 June 1812, Looperskapelle – 3 February 1893, The Hague) was a Dutch military commander and politician. See also *List of Dutch politicians A list of most notable Dutch politicians, party affiliation given. A ...
(1812–1893), Dutch military commander and politician * Adriaan van Flodroff (died 1690), Dutch Major General of cavalry * Adriaan Florensz (1459–1523), Dutch pope (Adrian VI) * Adriaan van der Meyden (fl. 1653–63), Dutch Governor of Ceylon * Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653), Grand Pensionary of Holland * Adriaan van der Stel (died 1646), Dutch governor of Mauritius *
Adriaan Valckenier Adriaan Valckenier (6 June 1695 – 20 June 1751) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741. Mainly remembered for his involvement in the 1740 Batavia massacre, Valckenier later died in a prison in Batavia (present-day Ja ...
(1695–1751), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741 *
Adriaan Vlok Adriaan Johannes Vlok (born 11 December 1937) is a South African former politician. He was Minister of Law and Order in South Africa from 1986 to 1991 in the final years of the apartheid era. Facing increasingly intense opposition and political u ...
(born 1937), South African politician

Writers, actors, film directors
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Adriaan van Dis Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow up to his debut novella, wa ...
(born 1946), Dutch author *
Adriaan Ditvoorst Adriaan Ditvoorst (23 January 1940 – 18 October 1987) was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1984. His 1967 film ''Paranoia'' was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. Selec ...
(1940–1987), Dutch film director and screenwriter * Adriaan Kyvon (born 1947), Dutch comedian, television producer and screenwriter *
Adriaan Loosjes Adriaan Loosjes (1761, in Texel – 1818, in Haarlem), was a 19th-century botanist, poet, novelist and publisher born in Den Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands. Biography He came from a family of Mennonite ministers and was an active member of th ...
(1761–1818), Dutch botanist, poet, novelist and publisher *
Adriaan van Hees Adriaan Nicolaas Johan van Hees (3 May 1910 – 2 December 1976) was a Dutch actor and member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB). Van Hees was trained in Amsterdam and Germany, and spent a few years in theater and film. He ...
(1910–1976), Dutch actor and member of the NSB *
Adriaan van Meerbeeck Adrianus or Adriaan van Meerbeeck (1563–1627) was a writer and translator from Antwerp. Life Meerbeeck was born in Antwerp in 1563. By 1600 he was headmaster of the Aalst grammar school, and he was still living in Aalst in 1625. A. J. van der Aa ...
(1563–1627), Flemish writer and translator *
Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak Adriaan Theodoor Basilius (Ad) Peperzak (born 3 July 1929) is a Dutch educator, editor and author. Biography Peperzak was born on the island of Java (Indonesia) as a Dutch citizen. He studied philosophy at the Franciscan monastery schools in ...
(born 1929), Dutch educator, editor and author *
Adriaan Poirters Adriaan Poirters (baptised 2 November 1605, in the Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk in Oisterwijk – died 4 July 1674, Mechelen) was a Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer who was active in the Counter Reformation The Counter-Reformation (), also cal ...
(1605–1674), Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer *
Adriaan Roland Holst Adriaan Roland Holst (Amsterdam, 23 May 1888 – Bergen, North Holland, 5 August 1976) was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for t ...
(1888–1976), Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets" * Adriaan van Toor (born 1942), Dutch comedian

Other
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Adriaen van Bergen A Dutch skipper from Leur, Adriaen van Bergen devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War. In February 1590, he approached Prince Maurice with a Trojan horse type plan. In February 1590, dur ...
(fl. 1590), devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War *
Adriaen Block Adriaen (Arjan) Block (c. 1567 – buried April 27, 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four v ...
(1567–1627), Dutch private trader and navigator *
Adriaen van der Donck Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (16181655) was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland after whose honorific ''Jonkheer'' the city of Yonkers, New York, is named. Although he was not, as sometimes claimed, the first lawyer in the Dutch colo ...
(1618–1655), Dutch lawyer, landowner and ethnographer in New Netherland after whom Yonkers, New York is named *
Adriaan Justus Enschedé Adriaan Justus Enschedé (20 June 1829 in Haarlem – 19 March 1896 in Haarlem)P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 3(Dutch) Adriaan Justus Enschedé was a Haarlem Archivist, collector, owner of th ...
(1829–1896), Dutch archivist, collector, printer and philanthropist * Adriaan van der Hoop (1778–1854), Dutch banker * Adriaan Pelt (1892–1981), Dutch journalist, international civil servant and diplomat * Adriaan van Ravesteijn (1938–2015), Dutch gallerist and art collector * Adriaan Stoop (1856–1935), Dutch oil explorer * Adriaen Jorissen Tienpoint (fl. 1624–26), Dutch explorer of the American East coast * Adriaan Schade van Westrum (1865–1917), Dutch-American newspaper editor * Adriaan A. van der Willigen (1910–1986), Dutch philatelist

Windmill
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De Adriaan, Haarlem De Adriaan () is a windmill in the Netherlands that burnt down in 1932"De Ondergang van den „Adriaan".". "Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië". Batavia, 1932/05/28 00:00:00, p. 17. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 25-02-2020, http://resolv ...
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