Barend or (somewhat dated spelling) Barent is a Dutch male given name and occasional middle name. As of 2014, there are over 4,000 men in the
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with this as their first name, and nearly 3,000 with it as their middle name. It was likely derived from Bernard. Notable people with the name include:
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Barent Avercamp
Barent Avercamp (1612 – October 1679) was a Dutch painter.
Avercamp was born in Kampen and was taught by his uncle Hendrick Avercamp, who was also a painter. Barent primarily painted scenes depicting Netherlands in winter. He was a member ...
, Dutch painter
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Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Willem Biesheuvel (; 5 April 1920 – 29 April 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 6 J ...
, Dutch politician
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Barend Bonneveld
Barend Bonneveld (27 November 1887 – 9 February 1978) was a Dutch heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (Briti ...
, Dutch wrestler
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Barent Fabritius
Barent or Bernard Pietersz Fabritius (or Fabricius) (16 November 1624 (bapt.) – 20 October 1673 (buried)), was a Dutch painter.
Fabritius was born at Middenbeemster, North Holland, the son of Pieter Carelsz. Fabritius. He studied with his brot ...
, Dutch painter
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Barent Gael
Barent Gael ( – 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography
Gael was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman, who painted many battle pieces and ''staging areas'' (Dutch: ''pleisterplaatsen' ...
, Dutch painter
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Barent Gardenier
Barent Gardenier (July 28, 1776 – January 10, 1822) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States representative from 1807 to 1811.
Biography
Barent Gardenier was born in Kinderhook, New York on July 28, 1776. He ...
, American lawyer and politician
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Barend Graat
Barend Graat (21 September 1628, Amsterdam – 4 November 1709, Amsterdam),Barend Graat in the
Barend Mons
Barend Mons (born 1957, The Hague) is a molecular biologist by training and a leading FAIR data specialist. The first decade of his scientific career he spent on fundamental research on malaria parasites and later on translational research for ...
, Dutch biologist
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Barent Momma
Barent Momma (15 February 1897 – 31 January 1936) was a Dutch modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (fren ...
, Dutch modern pentathlete
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Barend Pieterse
Barend Pieterse (born 23 January 1979) is a South African former rugby union footballer and currently the lineout coach of the and Southern Kings.
Career
He started playing his rugby for the in 2001. He played for them until 2004, when he mov ...
, South African rugby player
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Barent Staats Barent Philip Staats (born September 25, 1796) was the mayor of Albany, New York. Staats ran as a Democrat and defeated John Townsend ( Whig) by 336 votes in 1842. The next year he doesn't run for reelection, and Friend Humphrey (Whig) defeated Pet ...
, American politician
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Barend van der Meer
Barend van der Meer (1659–1700) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
Van der Meer was born and died in Haarlem. According to the RKD he was taught by his father Jan van der Meer I and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke ...
, Dutch painter
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Barent van Kalraet
Barent van Kalraet, or Barent Pietersz Calraat (16 August 1649 – 9 February 1737) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the younger brother of Abraham Calraet.
Biography
Van Kalraet was born and died in Dordrecht. He learned to paint from his bro ...
, Dutch painter
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Barend van Someren
Barend van Someren (1572–1632) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who after training and working in Antwerp, worked a few years in Rome and finally took up residence in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. He is reported to have painted hist ...