Daan is a Dutch masculine given name, short for Daniël. In the Netherlands, it has increased significantly in popularity as a birth name since 1970.Daan
at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the netherlands. People with the name include: *

Daan Bekker Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he ca ...

(1932–2009), South African boxer *

Daan den Bleijker Izaak Daniël "Daan" den Bleijker (30 June 1928 - 30 June 2003) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward. Club career Den Bleijker made his debut for Feijenoord on 8 April 1951 against Willem II and scored 30 goals in 111 official ma ...

(1928–2003), Dutch footballer *

Daan Blij Daan Blij (born 25 September 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

(born 1993), Dutch footballer * Daan Boerlage (born 1997), Dutch footballer *

Daan Bovenberg Daan Bovenberg (born 25 October 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back. Career Bovenberg started his career with Excelsior. After playing a year and a half for FC Utrecht for which he played only 17 matches, Bo ...

(born 1988), Dutch footballer *

Daan Brandenburg Daan Brandenburg (born November 14, 1987) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career Born in 1987, Brandenburg became an International Master in 2007 and earned the Grandmaster title in 2011. He is the No. 28 ranked Dutch player as of June 2018 ...

(born 1987), Dutch chess grandmaster *

Daan Breeuwsma Daan Breeuwsma (born 29 December 1987) is a Dutch male Short track speed skating, short-track speed-skater. His partner is short track speed skater Rianne de Vries, who was also part of the national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics. References ...

(born 1987), Dutch short-track speed skater * Daan Buijze (born 1928), Dutch swimmer *

Daan van Bunge Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge (born 19 October 1982), commonly as Daan van Bunge, is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler. He is the currently Director of Cricket at Haileybury in the UK. He also w ...

(born 1982), Dutch cricketer * Daan de Clercq (1854–1931), Dutch socialist and activist *

Daan De Cooman Daan De Cooman (born 17 April 1974) is a Belgian judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔 ...

(born 1974), Belgian judoka *

Daan De Pever Daan De Pever (born 17 January 1989) is a Belgian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Cana ...

(born 1989), Belgian footballer *

Daan van Dijk Daniel "Daan" van Dijk (10 May 1907 – 22 November 1986) was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the tandem event together with Bernhard Leene. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists ...

(1907–1986), Dutch track cyclist * Daan van Dinter (born 1989), Dutch footballer *

Daan Disveld Daan Disveld (born 20 January 1994) is a Dutch footballer playing as a right back for DOVO in the Dutch Derde Divisie. Club career He joined the youth academy of NEC when he was 5 years old. He was given a 2-year professional contract in April 2 ...

(born 1994), Dutch footballer *

Daan Frenkel Daan Frenkel One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 1948, Amsterdam) is a Dutch computational physicist in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Education ...

(born 1948), Dutch computational physicist * Daan van Gijseghem (born 1988), Belgian footballer *

Daan van Golden Daniël (Daan) van Golden (4 February 1936 – 10 January 2017) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist.

(1936–2017), Dutch artist * Daan Goulooze (1901–1965), Dutch communist and World War II resistance fighter * Daan de Groot (1933–1982), Dutch cyclist *

Daan van Haarlem Daan van Haarlem (born 15 March 1989) is a Dutch male volleyball player. He is part of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for VK ČEZ Karlovarsko and Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic). References External links ...

(born 1989), Dutch volleyball player *

Daan Heymans Daan Heymans (born 15 June 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Charleroi. Club career On 27 January 2022, he joined Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality o ...

(born 1999), Belgian footballer *

Daan Huiskamp Daan Huiskamp (; born 10 November 1985) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for DVS '33. Career He first played in several youth clubs, first Eerbekse Boys, second Vitesse and lastly FC Utrecht. He entered the professional level ...

(born 1985), Dutch footballer *

Daan Huizing Daan Huizing (born 22 October 1990) is a Dutch professional golfer. Huizing entered the European Tour qualifying school at the end of 2012. Because of his high ranking as an amateur, he was exempt from the first stage of qualifying. He made i ...

(born 1990), Dutch golfer * Daan Human (born 1976), South African rugby player *

Daan Ibrahim Daan Ibrahim (born 8 December 1995) is a Dutch football player of Syrian descent who plays for RKAV Volendam. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Almere City FC on 30 October 2015 in a game against Achilles '29. ...

(born 1995), Dutch footballer *

Daan Janzing Daan Janzing (born 17 November 1981) is a Dutch guitarist and producer. He is one of the guitar players for the Dark rock band My Favorite Scar. Biography Janzing was born in the Netherlands and started playing the guitar at the age of nine. He w ...

(born 1981), Dutch rock guitarist *

Daan Jippes Daniel Jan "Daan" Jippes (born 14 October 1945) is a Dutch cartoonist who's known for his work on Disney comics. In the 1980s and 1990s he drew many covers for Gladstone Publishing's Disney magazines. In the 1990s he redrew for Egmont (media grou ...

(born 1945), Dutch comics artists * Daan Kagchelland (1914–1998), Dutch Olympic sailor * Daan Klinkenberg (born 1996), Dutch footballer * Daan Klomp (born 1998), Dutch footballer * (born 1966), Dutch cyclist *

Daan Manneke Daan Manneke (born 7 November 1939) is a Dutch composer and organist. Manneke was born in Kruiningen. He studied organ and composition from 1963 to 1967 at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg, under H. Houët and Louis Toebosch (organ) and Jan va ...

(born 1939), Dutch composer and organist *

Daan Mogot Major Daniel Elias Mogot (28 December 1928 – 25 January 1946) was a military officer involved in the Indonesian National Revolution. He was part of a group that established the Tangerang Military Academy and became its first director. He wa ...

(1928–1946), Indonesian freedom fighter during World War II * Daan Myngheer (1993–2016), Belgian cyclist *

Daan Nieber Daan nieber (born in Amsterdam on November 6, 1980) is a Dutch journalist who worked for the PowNed public broadcasting association. He reported for the daily PowNews news programme. He was a presenter of the short-lived Dutch version of CQC o ...

(born 1980), Dutch journalist * Daan Noppen (born 1977), Dutch draftsman and photographer * Daan Olivier (born 1992), Dutch cyclist * Daan Paau (born 1985), Dutch footballer * Daan Remmerts de Vries (born 1962), Dutch writer * Daan Rienstra (born 1992), Dutch footballer * Daan Romers (born 1985), Dutch DJ known as Dannic * Daan Roosegaarde (born 1979), Dutch installation artist *

Daan Samson Daan Samson (born 1973) is a Dutch artist. His work deals with taboos, embarrassments and achievements of the welfare state. Samson lives and works in Rotterdam. Together with Dutch artists Tinkebell and Jonas Staal he is regarded as an exponen ...

(born 1973), Dutch installation and performance artist *

Daan Schuurmans Daniël Adrianus Augustinus "Daan" Schuurmans (born 24 January 1972) is a Dutch actor. He is married to Dutch actress Bracha van Doesburgh and they have a daughter named Sophia and twins sons named Kees and Boris. Career Schuurmans began his car ...

(born 1972), Dutch movie actor *

Daan Soete Daan Soete (born 19 December 1994) is a Belgian cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Group Hens–Maes Containers. He competed in the men's under-23 event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in H ...

(born 1994), Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist *

Daan Stuyven Daan may refer to: People *Daan (given name), Dutch short form for Daniel *Saumya Daan (born 1982), Indian voice actor *Serge Daan (1940–2018), Dutch zoologist * DAAN, a Belgian band led by Daan Stuyven * Da'an, a character in the television seri ...

(born 1969), Flemish singer and guitarist *

Daan Vaesen Daan Vaesen (born 11 July 1981) is a retired Belgian footballer. Career In July 2008 he moved from K.S.V. Roeselare to K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by ...

(born 1981), Belgian footballer * Daan Viljoen (1892–1972), South African Governor of South West Africa from 1953 to 1963 **

Daan Viljoen Game Reserve Daan Viljoen Game Reserve is a game reserve near Windhoek, Namibia. It is situated in the hill area of Khomas Hochland. The park has many walking paths and allows tourists to travel around by themselves. The park is a good example of the wildlife ...

, named after him * Daan Zwierink (born 1998), Dutch pop singer

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