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De Groote is a
Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
surname meaning ''"the big one"''. It is most common in
Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...
and sometimes is concatenated as DeGroote or Degroote. People with this name include: * Jan de Groote (1911–1989), Dutch farmer and politician *
Koenraad Degroote Koenraad Degroote (born 30 September 1959 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010. He's mayor of Dentergem Dentergem () is a municipality, ...
(born 1959), Belgian politician *
Melvin De Groote Melvin De Groote (February 27, 1895 – February 3, 1963) was an American chemist and prolific inventor. He was listed on 925 U.S utility patents, making him the all-time seventeenth most prolific inventor and tenth among US inventors as of ...
(1895–1963), American chemist and inventor with 925 patents * Michel De Groote (born 1955), Belgian football defender *
Michael DeGroote Michael George DeGroote (August 13, 1933 – September 12, 2022) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist from Hamilton, Ontario, who resided in Bermuda. Aside from his business career, he was best known as a major private donor to local ...
(born 1933), Canadian businessman and philanthropist * Patrick De Groote (born 1958), Belgian politician * :fr:Paul De Groote (1905–1997), Belgian government minister *
Steven De Groote Steven De Groote (12 January 1953 – 22 May 1989) was a South African classical pianist. Steven De Groote was born in Johannesburg, South Africa into a Belgian family in which, for three generations, almost every member had been a professio ...
(1953–1989), South African classical pianist * Thierry De Groote (born 1975), Belgian road bicycle racer * Wouter Degroote (born 1978), Belgian footballer


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De Groote Peel National Park De Groote Peel National Park is a national park in the De Peel, a region in the southeast of the Netherlands on the border between the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. It has a size of 13.4 km² and preserves a peat bog that has remain ...
, National Park in the Peel, a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands *
DeGroote School of Business The DeGroote School of Business is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The School of Business was founded in 1952 but was renamed in 1992 in honour of successful Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Mic ...
, faculty at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *
Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, known as the McMaster University School of Medicine prior to 2004, is the medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. It ...
, medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada {{surname, De Groote Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Belgian origin