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Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans male

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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: * Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and theological writer *

Christiaan Andriessen Christiaan Andriessen, who was born at Amsterdam in 1775, was the son and student of Jurriaan, and became a good painter of history, genre subjects, landscapes, views of towns, and occasionally portraits A portrait is a painting, photograp ...

(1775–1846), Dutch painter *

Christiaan Bailey Christiaan "Otter" Bailey (born March 31, 1981, Santa Cruz, California), is an American professional surfer, known for his experience as a surf safari guide and skill as a big wave surfer and skateboarder. Early life and education Bailey grew ...

(born 1981), American surfer *

Christiaan Bakkes Christiaan Mathys Bakkes (born 3 August 1965, in Vredenburg, South Africa) is a South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of Marius, Matilde and Casparus. He is married to Marcia Ann Fargnoli, an environme ...

(born 1965), South African writer *

Christiaan Bangeman Huygens Jonkheer, Jhr. Christaan Diederik Emerens Johan Bangeman Huygens (31 October 1772 in Sint-Oedenrode – 24 March 1857 in Maastricht) was a Dutch people, Dutch diplomat and civil servant, from 1825 to 1832 Envoy (title), Minister Plenipotentia ...

(1772–1857), Dutch diplomat and civil servant * Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon known for his heart transplants * Christiaan Basson (born 1982), South African golfer *

Christiaan Berger Christiaan David "Chris" Berger (27 April 1911 – 12 September 1965) was a Dutch athlete, competing in the sprints. Career Berger was a football player and changed to running after winning a 100 national title among footballers. In 1930 he ran ...

(1911–1965), Dutch sprinter * Christiaan Beyers (1869–1914), South African Boer general during the Second Boer War * Christiaan Bezuidenhout (born 1994), South African golfer *

Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a". People with the name include: * Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and ...

(1915–2004), South African cleric, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist * Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen (1558–1600), Dutch genre and portrait painter *

Christiaan Boers Christianus Franciscus Johannes Boers (24 October 1889 – 3 May 1942) was a captain in the Royal Netherlands Army during World War II who scored one of the few Allied victories during the German invasion of the Netherlands, by rallying his ...

(1889–1942), Dutch Royal Netherlands Army captain during World War II *

Christiaan Both Christiaan Both (2 October 1895 – 11 October 1977) was a Dutch sports shooter. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lo ...

(1895–1977), Dutch sport shooter *

Christiaan Both (ecologist) Christiaan Both (born 12 December 1969) is a Dutch Associate professor of ecology at the University of Groningen. Early life Christiaan Both was born in the Netherlands in 1969. From 1988 to 1993 he studied in various universities including Gron ...

(born 1969), Dutch ecologist *

Christiaan Brosch Christiaan Adolf Willem Brosch (7 March 1878 – 29 June 1969) was a Dutch sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shoot ...

(1878–1969), Dutch sport shooter *

Christiaan Bruil Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil (born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathan ...

(born 1970), Dutch badminton player *

Christiaan Brunings Christiaan Brunings (Mannheim-Neckarau, 3 November 1736 – The Hague, 16 May 1805) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. Early life Brunings was the son of a preacher in Mannheim-Neckarau in Germany. After high school he attended the University o ...

(1736–1805), Dutch hydraulic engineer *

Christiaan Cicek Christiaan Cicek (born 3 December 1988 in Hengelo) is a Dutch footballer of Assyrian descent who plays as a striker for FC Suryoye-Mediterraneo. Club career Christiaan Cicek's professional debut was on 12 September 2011 for FC Zwolle against H ...

(born 1988), Dutch football striker *

Christiaan Coevershoff Christiaan Coevershoff or Cornelis Coeuershoff (1595-1659) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Groningen. Coevershoff was born in Groningen but moved to Amsterdam where he trained as a painter. He was rediscovered by Isa van Eeghen who resea ...

(1595–1659), Dutch painter * Christiaan Cornelissen (1864–1942), Dutch syndicalist writer, economist, and trade unionist *

Christiaen van Couwenbergh Christiaen van Couwenbergh, (8 July 1604 – 4 July 1667)Couwenbergh, Christiaen Gillisz. van< ...

(1604–1667), Dutch historical/allegorical painter * Christiaan de Bruin (born 1990), South African rugby player * Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), South African Boer general, rebel leader and politician * Christiaan De Wilde (born 1960s), Belgian businessman *

Christiaan du Toit Lieutenant General Christiaan Ludolph de Wet du Toit, (23 September 190114 August 1982) was a South African military commander. Military career Du Toit joined the South African Army as an artilleryman in 1924. He completed the British Army S ...

(1901–1982), South African military commander *

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 *

Christiaan Justus Enschedé Christiaan Justus Enschedé (9 December 1788 in Haarlem – 26 June 1829 in Haarlem) was a Haarlem newspaper editor and printer. Biography He was a son of Johannes Enschedé Jr. and Johanna Elisabeth Swaving. For some time he was a partner ...

(1788–1829), Dutch newspaper editor and printer *

Christiaan Freeling Christian Freeling (born 1 February 1947, in Enschede, Netherlands) is a Dutch game designer and inventor of abstract strategy games, notably Dameo, Grand Chess, Havannah, and Hexdame. Freeling's designs cover a range of game types. Several o ...

(born 1947), Dutch game designer and inventor of abstract strategy games *

Christiaan Willem Fokma Christiaan Willem "Chris" Fokma (Oranjewoud, 27 March 1927 - Carhaix-Plouguer, 12 December 2012) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist. Life and work Fokma attended the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS), and studied architecture for one year at the Delft U ...

(1927–2012), Dutch sculptor and ceramist * Christiaan van der Goes (1530s–1600), Dutch nobleman, schout of Delft *

Christiaan Groepe Field Commandant Christian Jacobus Groepe (1789–1886) was a military leader of the Khoi people of Kat River, Cape Colony, in the nineteenth century. Early life Christian Groepe was the mixed-race son of Maria and Heinrich Grupe. His mother wa ...

(1789–1886), Khoi military leader in the Cape Colony *

Christiaan Harmse Christiaan Harmse (born 31 May 1973) is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games. He has been a dominant presence in ...

(born 1973), South African hammer thrower *

Christiaan Heij Christiaan Heij (born 1950s) is a Dutch mathematician, Assistant Professor in statistics and econometrics at the Econometric Institute at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, known for his work in the field of mathematical systems theory, and econom ...

(born 1950s), Dutch mathematician * Christiaan Hendrik Muller (1865–1945), South African Boer War general *

Christiaan Huijgens Christiaan Huijgens (25 January 1897 – 11 January 1963) was a Dutch long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomers ...

(1897–1963), Dutch long-distance runner *

Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , , ; also spelled Huyghens; la, Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of ...

(1629–1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor * Christiaan Jonker (born 1986), South African cricketer * Christiaan Josi (1768–1828), Dutch engraver and art dealer *

Christiaan Kok Christiaan Boyce Kok (born 2 October 1971 in Gatooma (now Kadoma), Mashonaland Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. Currently, Mashonaland is divided into four provinces, * Mashonaland West * Mashonaland Central * Mashonaland Ea ...

(born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer *

Christiaan Kriens Christiaan Pieter Wilhelm Kriens ( Dresden, April 29, 1881 – West Hartford, December 17, 1934) was an American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor of Dutch parentage. He was born in Germany while his father, clarinetist Christiaan Pie ...

(1881–1934), Belgian-born American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor * Christiaan Emil Marie Küpper (1883–1931), Dutch artist, founder of ''De Stijl'', better known as "Theo van Doesburg" *

Christiaan Kuyvenhoven Christiaan Kuyvenhoven (born 1985) is a Dutch pianist. In April 2005 Kuyvenhoven won Third Prize at the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, which took place in Utrecht for the seventh time. By winning the prize, Kuyvenhoven b ...

(born 1985), Dutch pianist * Christiaan Lans (1789–1843), Dutch colonial head of the Dutch Gold Coast 1834-36 *

Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt ( ; 28 December 1880 – 12 April 1947), usually referred to as C. Louis Leipoldt, was a South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert. Together with Jan F. E. Celliers and J. D. du ...

(1880–1947), South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert *

Christiaan van Lennep Christiaan van Lennep (; 3 January 1887 – 5 December 1955) was a Dutch tennis player and multiple Dutch champion. He won the singles title at the Dutch National Tennis Championships in 1905, 1907, 1919, 1921, 1925 and 1926. He was also ...

(1887–1955), Dutch tennis player *

Christiaan Lindemans Christiaan Antonius Lindemans (24 October 1912 – 18 July 1946) was a Dutch double agent during the World War II, Second World War, working under Soviet control. Otherwise known as Freddi Desmet, a Belgian army officer and Special Operations Ex ...

(1912–1946), Dutch double agent during the Second World War *

Christiaan Luyckx Carstian Luyckx, also known as the Monogrammist KL (1623 – c. 1675), was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who specialized in still lifes in various subgenres including flower still lifes, fruit still lifes, fish still lifes, pronkstillevens (s ...

(1623–c.1675), Flemish still life painter * Christiaan Meyer (born 1994), South African rugby player *

Christiaan Moltzer Christiaan Moltzer (12 August 1875 – 20 September 1945) was a Dutch Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed in Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics, two events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. References External links

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(1875–1945), Dutch sport shooter *

Christiaan Monden Christiaan Willem Simon Monden (born 26 March 1975 in Noordwijkerhout) is a Dutch sociologist and a professorial fellow in sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Monden has research interests in family sociology; social demography; ...

(born 1975), Dutch sociologist *

Christiaan Müller Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a". People with the name include: * Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and ...

(1690–1763), German-born Dutch organ builder *

Christiaan Nagel Christiaan Nagel is a British street artist known for his oversized mushroom sculptures made from polyurethane which he places high up on buildings. They stretch as far as London, New York, Barcelona, Berlin, Cape Town, Los Angeles Early life a ...

(born 1982), South African-born British street artist *

Christiaan Neumeier Christiaan Tom Neumeier (2 February 1921 – 26 December 1991) was a Dutch rower who won the European title in the double scull event in 1947, together with Henk van der Meer. They also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer ...

(1921–1991), Dutch rower *

Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis, known as C.B. Nieuwenhuis, (4 July 1863 in Amsterdam – 20 April 1922 in Padang) was a photographer in the Dutch East Indies. He was born in Amsterdam in 1863 and his original surname was Niewenhuis. He volunt ...

(1863–1922), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies *

Christiaan Offringa Christiaan Offringa is a Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He played lead for the Dutch Junior team at the 2001 and 2003 "B" World Junior Championships, finishing 7th both times on a team skipped by Mark Neeleman. Offringa made his Eur ...

(fl.2001–2005), Dutch curler *

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immig ...

(1761–1836), Dutch mycologist *

Christiaan Pförtner Christiaan Pförtner (born 3 March 1966 in West Berlin) is a retired German footballer who played for SpVgg Bayreuth, SC Fortuna Köln, 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC 08 Homburg and Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to ...

(born 1966), German football midfielder *

Christiaan van Pol Christiaan van Pol (14 March 1752 – 21 May 1813) was a flower painter from the Northern Netherlands. Pol was born in Berkenrode, a small town of about ten Catholic families that is now part of Heemstede. He probably learned to draw in the ta ...

(1752–1813), Dutch flower painter *

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 th ...

(born 1980), South African-born Welsh rugby player * Christiaan Scholtz (born 1970), South African rugby player *

Christiaan Sepp Four generations of the Sepp family, publishers and artists were naturalists or entomologists. The Sepp company became famous for the numerous large natural history collections of plates that appeared between 1768 and 1860. They published trans ...

(c.1710–1775), German-born Dutch entomologist and artist * Christiaan Slieker (1861–1945), Dutch early film exhibitor * Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936), Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages *

Christiaan Snyman Christiaan Snyman (born 4 May 1996) is a Namibian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails bal ...

(born 1996), Namibian cricketer *

Christiaan Steyn Christiaan Steyn (born 2 September 1897, date of death unknown) was a South African sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1897 births Year of death missing ...

(1897–?), South African sprinter *

Christiaen Striep Christiaen Striep (1634 in Den Bosch – 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he was the teacher of the painter Abraham de Heusch.Christiaan Timmermans Christiaan Willem Anton Timmermans (born 6 December 1941) is a Dutch law professor and judge. He was a judge at the European Court of Justice between 2000 and 2010. Early life Timmermans was born in 1941 in Rotterdam. From 1953 to 1959 he attend ...

(born 1941), Dutch law professor and judge. * Christiaan Tonnet (1902–1946), Dutch equestrian and modern pentathlete *

Christiaan Tonnis Christiaan Dirk Tonnis (born June 5, 1956, Saarbrücken, Germany) is a German symbolist/ realist painter, draftsman, video artist and published author. He studied at the HfG Offenbach with Dieter Lincke and , and lives in Frankfurt, Germany. ...

(born 1956), German symbolist/realist painter, draftsman, and video artist *

Christiaan Maurits van den Heever Christiaan Maurits van den Heever, almost universally known C.M. van den Heever (27 February 1902 in the concentration camp near Norvalspont in Cape Province, now Northern Cape Province, South Africa – 8 July 1957), was an Afrikaans-language n ...

(1902–1957), Afrikaans novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer * Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), Australian actor and video blogger *

Christiaan Varenhorst Christiaan Varenhorst (born 6 May 1990) is a Dutch beach volleyball player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's beach volleyball tournament with partner Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 Se ...

(born 1990), Dutch beach volleyball player *

Christiaan van Velzen Christianus Norbertus Theodorus "Christiaan" van Velzen (born 16 January 1932) is a Dutch retired shooter. He competed in the mixed small-bore rifle, prone Prone position () is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest do ...

(born 1932), Dutch sport shooter * Christiaen van Vianen (1598–1671), Dutch silversmith and draughtsman *

Christiaan Viljoen Christian "Tian" Viljoen (born 10 April 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he finished runner-up in doubles at three events. He achieved ...

(born 1961), South African tennis player {{given name Dutch masculine given names