Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans male
given name
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. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a".
People with the name include:
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Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and theological writer
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Christiaan Andriessen
Christiaan Andriessen, who was born at Amsterdam in 1775, was the son and student of Jurriaan Andriessen (artist), Jurriaan, and became a good painter of History painting, history, Genre works, genre subjects, Landscape art, landscapes, views of ...
(1775–1846), Dutch painter
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Christiaan Bailey (born 1981), American surfer
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Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965), South African writer
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Christiaan Bangeman Huygens (1772–1857), Dutch diplomat and civil servant
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Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8November 19222September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim ...
(1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon known for his heart transplants
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Christiaan Basson (born 1982), South African golfer
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Christiaan Berger (1911–1965), Dutch sprinter
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Christiaan Beyers (1869–1914), South African Boer general during the Second Boer War
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Christiaan Bezuidenhout (born 1994), South African golfer
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Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (1915–2004), South African cleric, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist
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Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen (1558–1600), Dutch genre and portrait painter
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Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Dutch Royal Netherlands Army captain during World War II
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Christiaan Both (1895–1977), Dutch sport shooter
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Christiaan Both (ecologist) (born 1969), Dutch ecologist
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Christiaan Brosch (1878–1969), Dutch sport shooter
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Christiaan Bruil (born 1970), Dutch badminton player
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Christiaan Brunings (1736–1805), Dutch hydraulic engineer
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Christiaan Cicek (born 1988), Dutch football striker
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Christiaan Coevershoff (1595–1659), Dutch painter
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Christiaan Cornelissen (1864–1942), Dutch syndicalist writer, economist, and trade unionist
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Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604–1667), Dutch historical/allegorical painter
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Christiaan de Bruin (born 1990), South African rugby player
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Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician.
Life
Born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State, he later resided at ...
(1854–1922), South African Boer general, rebel leader and politician
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Christiaan De Wilde (born 1960s), Belgian businessman
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Christiaan du Toit (1901–1982), South African military commander
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Christiaan Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman ( , , ; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with S ...
(1858–1930), Dutch physician, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate
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Christiaan Justus Enschedé (1788–1829), Dutch newspaper editor and printer
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Christiaan Freeling (born 1947), Dutch game designer and inventor of abstract strategy games
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Christiaan Willem Fokma (1927–2012), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
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Christiaan van der Goes (1530s–1600), Dutch nobleman, schout of Delft
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Christiaan Groepe (1789–1886), Khoi military leader in the Cape Colony
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Christiaan Harmse (born 1973), South African hammer thrower
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Christiaan Heij (born 1950s), Dutch mathematician
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Christiaan Hendrik Muller (1865–1945), South African Boer War general
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Christiaan Huijgens (1897–1963), Dutch long-distance runner
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens, Halen, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , ; ; also spelled Huyghens; ; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution ...
(1629–1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor
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Christiaan Jonker (born 1986), South African cricketer
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Christiaan Josi (1768–1828), Dutch engraver and art dealer
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Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer
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Christiaan Kriens (1881–1934), Belgian-born American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor
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Christiaan Emil Marie Küpper (1883–1931), Dutch artist, founder of ''De Stijl'', better known as "Theo van Doesburg"
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Christiaan Kuyvenhoven (born 1985), Dutch pianist
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Christiaan Lans (1789–1843), Dutch colonial head of the Dutch Gold Coast 1834-36
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Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert
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Christiaan van Lennep (1887–1955), Dutch tennis player
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Christiaan Lindemans
Christiaan Antonius Lindemans (24 October 1912 – 18 July 1946) was a Dutch double agent during the Second World War, working under Soviet control. Otherwise known as Freddi Desmet, a Belgian army officer and SOE agent with security clearance ...
(1912–1946), Dutch double agent during the Second World War
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Christiaan Luyckx (1623–c.1675), Flemish still life painter
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Christiaan Moltzer (1875–1945), Dutch sport shooter
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Christiaan Monden (born 1975), Dutch sociologist
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Christiaan Müller (1690–1763), German-born Dutch organ builder
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Christiaan Nagel (born 1982), South African-born British street artist
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Christiaan Neumeier (1921–1991), Dutch rower
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Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis (1863–1922), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies
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Christiaan Offringa (), Dutch curler
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Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycology, mycological Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy.
Early life
Persoon was born in Cape Colony at ...
(1761–1836), Dutch mycologist
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Christiaan Pförtner (born 1966), German football midfielder
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Christiaan van Pol (1752–1813), Dutch flower painter
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Christiaan Roets
Christiaan Roets (born 5 September 1980) is a former semi-professional rugby league footballer who represented the Welsh national team, most notably at the 2011 Four Nations, 2013 World Cup, and 2017 World Cup. He primarily played as a for ...
(born 1980), South African-born Welsh rugby player
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Christiaan Scholtz (born 1970), South African rugby player
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Christiaan Sepp (1775), German-born Dutch entomologist and artist
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Christiaan Slieker (1861–1945), Dutch early film exhibitor
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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936), Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages
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Christiaan Snyman (born 1996), Namibian cricketer
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Christiaan Steyn (1897–?), South African sprinter
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Christiaen Striep (1634–1673), Dutch still-life painter
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Christiaan Timmermans (born 1941), Dutch law professor and judge
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Christiaan Tonnet
Christiaan Tonnet (23 February 1902 – 14 November 1946) was a Dutch equestrian and modern pentathlete. He competed in the pentathlon at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and in the equestrian events at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 19 ...
(1902–1946), Dutch equestrian and modern pentathlete
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Christiaan Tonnis (born 1956), German symbolist/realist painter, draftsman, and video artist
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Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (1902–1957), Afrikaans novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer
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Christiaan Van Vuuren
Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), known as The Fully Sick Rapper in his first video series, is an actor, writer, director and video blogging, video blogger from Sydney, Australia. He often collaborates with his brother, Connor Van Vuuren, and t ...
(born 1982), Australian actor and video blogger
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Christiaan Varenhorst (born 1990), Dutch beach volleyball player
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Christiaan van Velzen (born 1932), Dutch sport shooter
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Christiaen van Vianen (1598–1671), Dutch silversmith and draughtsman
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Christiaan Viljoen (born 1961), South African tennis player
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