Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of

Cornelis Cornelis is a Dutch language, Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius (name), Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees (given name), Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) an ...

. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common. Notable people named Cees include: * Cees Andriesse (born 1939), Dutch physicist and historian of science *

Cees Bal Cornelius Bal (born 21 November 1951) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He won the Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium ...

(born 1951), Dutch cyclist *

Cees Berkhouwer Cees () is a Dutch language, Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees (given name), Kees is more common. Notable people n ...

(1919–1992), Dutch VVD politician *

Cees van Bladel Cornelis Wilhelmus Nicolaas "Cees" van Bladel (born 2 May 1962 in Eindhoven) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. With his older brother Willy van Bladel as crew, Van Bladel took ...

(born 1962), Dutch sports sailor * Cees Bol (born 1995), Dutch cyclist * Cees van Bruchem (born 1950), Dutch politician * Cees Dekker (born 1959), Dutch biophysicist * Cees Doorakkers (born 1963), Dutch motorcycle road racer *

Cees van Dongen Cees van Dongen (1932 – 23 December 2011) was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer from the Netherlands. Van Dongen was born in Rotterdam. His best season was in 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing ...

(1932–2011), Dutch motorcycle road racer *

Cees van Espen Cees van Espen (born 28 May 1938) is a retired Dutch road bicycle racer. He rode the Tour de France in 1964 and 1965, and won the fifth stage in 1965. Major results ;1962 :Ronde van Twente ;1963 :Tour de Canada ;1964 :Ossendrecht ;1965 :Olden ...

(born 1938), Dutch road cyclist * Cees Geel (born 1965), Dutch television, radio and film actor *

Cees Gravesteijn Cornelis "Cees" Gravesteijn (born 21 April 1928) was a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event. He was born in Wormer Wormer is a town in the Dutch pr ...

(born 1928), Dutch canoer *

Cees Groot Cees Groot (29 June 1932 – 13 March 1988) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker for Heerenveen, Stormvogels, Ajax, Zaanstreek and the Pittsburgh Phantoms during his career. Club career Heerenveen Groot began his career in the you ...

(1932–1988), Dutch footballer *

Cees Haast Cees Haast (19 November 1938 – 18 January 2019) was a Dutch cyclist. His sporting career began with Fortuna Zundert. Major results 1962 :2nd of Ronde van Limburg :2nd of Delta Profronde 1964 :2nd of the Dutch National Road Race Championships ...

(born 1938), Dutch cyclist *

Cees Hamelink Cees Jan Hamelink (born 14 September 1940) is a Dutch academic known for his work on communication, culture, and technology. He is emeritus professor of international communications and emeritus professor of media at the University of Amsterda ...

(born 1940), Dutch communication scientist *

Cees Heerschop Cees Heerschop (14 February 1935 – 24 July 2014) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for PSV as a right back, making 191 appearances for the club in all competitions, between 1956 and 1964. He later spent a year with NEC is a ...

(1935–2014), Dutch footballer * Cees Helder (born 1948), Dutch chef * Cees Jan Diepeveen (born 1956), Dutch biophysicist * Cees Juffermans (born 1982), Dutch short track speed skater *

Cees Keizer Cees Keizer (born 8 January 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as a youth coach with FC Volendam. Career Born in Volendam, Keizer played youth football with hometown club FC Volendam ...

(born 1986), Dutch footballer * Cees van der Knaap (born 1951), Dutch CDA politician *

Cees Koch Cees Koch may refer to: * Cees Koch (canoeist) (1925 - 2024), Dutch sprint canoer * Cees Koch (discus thrower) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter {{hndis, Koch, Cees ...

(born 1925), Dutch canoer *

Cees Koch Cees Koch may refer to: * Cees Koch (canoeist) (1925 - 2024), Dutch sprint canoer * Cees Koch (discus thrower) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter {{hndis, Koch, Cees ...

(born 1936), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter * Cees van Kooten (1948–2015), Dutch footballer *

Cees Krijnen Cornelis Hendrik "Cees" Krijnen (born 29 May 1969 in Velsen) is a Dutch artist. Krijnen studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the post-academic education DasArts, both in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1999 he won the Dutch art prize Prix de Rom ...

(born 1969), Dutch contemporary artist * Cees Kurpershoek (born 1943), Dutch sports sailor * Cees Lagrand (born 1936), Dutch canoer * Cees van der Leeuw (1890–1973), Dutch artist *

Cees Lok Cees Lok (born 18 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. He currently works as a technical manager. Playing career Cees began his career at FC Wageningen before he entered service at NEC. There, he became a stable and ...

(born 1966), Dutch footballer *

Cees Maas Cees Maas (born May 1, 1947, Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg) is a former chief financial officer and vice chairman of the executive board for ING Group. He has been with the company since 1992 and became CFO in 1996. He graduated from Erasmus Univ ...

(born 1947), Dutch chief financial officer *

Cees Nooteboom Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an ...

(born 1933), Dutch novelist, poet, and journalist *

Cees Paauwe Cees Paauwe (; born 3 November 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Dronten, Netherlands, Paauwe played for Lyra, SV 't Harde and FC Zwolle as a youth. From 1995 to 2000 he played for FC T ...

(born 1977), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Cees Priem Cees Priem (born 27 October 1950) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. After his cycling career, Priem became team manager of TVM. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ...

(born 1950), Dutch cyclist * Cees van Riel (born 1951), Dutch organizational theorist *

Cees Schapendonk Cees Schapendonk (born 24 December 1955 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) is a former football striker from the Netherlands. In his sole appearance for the Netherlands national football team on 22 February 1981, he scored in a three-nil victory over C ...

(born 1955), Dutch footballer *

Cees See Cees See (January 5, 1934, Amsterdam - December 9, 1985, The Hague) was a Dutch jazz drummer. See worked in the 1950s with Freddy Logan and Jack Sels, and in the early 1960s with Rolf Kühn, Pim Jacobs, and Herman Schoonderwalt. He also played ...

(1934–1985), Dutch jazz drummer *

Cees Stam Cees Stam (born 2 November 1945 in Koog aan de Zaan) is a former Dutch track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer. Cees Stam was almost exclusively active as a stayer and at six-day races. In 1968 he became Dutch champion amateur stay ...

(born 1945), Dutch track cyclist *

Cees Timmer Cornelis (Cees or Kees) Timmer (20 June 1903 – 24 January 1978) was a Dutch artist, who worked as sculptor, graphic artist, monumental artist, wall painter, painter, draftsman, jeweler, and mosaicist.

(1903–1978), Dutch artist *

Cees Toet Cees Toet (born 26 September 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre back for IJsselmeervogels in the Dutch Topklasse. Born in The Hague, he formerly played in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam, and the Eerste Divisie for RBC Roosenda ...

(born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Cees Veerman Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Veerman (born 8 March 1949) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. Veerman applied at the Rotterdam School of Economics in May 1967 majoring in Economics obtaining a ...

(1943–2014), Dutch singer, composer and guitarist *

(born 1949), Dutch CDA politician *

Cees Vervoorn Cornelis "Cees" Vervoorn (born 11 April 1960) is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics in seven events; in 1980, he finished fourth, sixth and seventh in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 4 ...

(born 1960), Dutch swimmer *

Cees de Vreugd Cees de Vreugd, also known as "Kees de Vreugd" (9 March 1952 – 7 October 1998) was a butcher, strongman (strength athlete), strongman and powerlifting, powerlifter from Katwijk, Netherlands. He finished third at the World's Strongest Man game ...

(1952–1998), Dutch strongman and powerlifter *

Cees Jan Winkel Cees Jan Winkel (born 10 June 1962) is a retired freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1 ...

(born 1962), Dutch swimmer *

Cees de Wolf Cees de Wolf (17 December 1945 – 21 July 2011) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger. Career De Wolf was born in Purmerend. He played in the Netherlands for Ajax, Haarlem and Blauw-Wit, and in Belgium for KV Mec ...

(1945–2011), Dutch footballer

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