de Jager is an

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of Dutch origin, meaning "the hunter". It may refer to: de Jager: *

Bartholomeus de Jager Bartholomeus de Jager was a Dutch corsair active in the Caribbean in the 1650s. Campaign against the Portuguese (1655) In 1655, de Jager boarded and looted the Portuguese ship the ''Consciencia'', taking its cargo of sugar. In October, de Jager ...

(fl. 1650s), Dutch privateer *

Benjamin de Jager Benjamin "Ben" de Jager (born 12 January 1980) is a South African born former Italian rugby union player. References External links * 1980 births Living people South African rugby union players Italian rugby union players South Af ...

(born 1980), South African rugby player in Italy * Benjamin (Bennie) de Jager (born 1985), South African guitarist for Straatligkinders and Moses Metro Man * Cor de Jager (1925–2001), Dutch army general and NATO Military Committee chairman * (1936–2003), South African sculptor * Dirk De Jager (born c. 1972), Air Transat pilot * Fanie de Jager (born 1949), South African singer *

Geoffrey de Jager Geoffrey De Jager (born 2 October 1950 Oudtshoorn, South Africa) is a retired entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is currently the owner of Anglo Suisse Investments Limited alongside various charitable positions at The Rhodes University UK Trust ...

(born 1950), South African entrepreneur and philanthropist *

Gerrit de Jager Gerrit de Jager (born 1954, Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, creator of series such as ', ', ' and '. His career started in the early 1980s with Wim Stevenhagen under the pseudonym ''Prutspruts'' ("fiddle-fiddle"), which later changed to ''P ...

(born 1954), Dutch comic-artist * (1634–1694), Dutch orientalist *

Jacob de Jager Jacob de Jager (16 January 1923 – 25 February 2004) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the first Dutch person to serve as a general authority. De Jager was born in the Netherlands and ...

(1923–2004), Dutch Mormon leader *

Jan Kees de Jager Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born 10 February 1969) is a former Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He was State Secretary for Finance between 2007 and 2010 and later Minister for Finance betwe ...

(born 1969), Dutch IT entrepreneur and politician * Jip de Jager (1912–2000), South African Politician and advocate for German education * Johanna Dejager (born 1969), Canadian bodybuilder *

John-Laffnie de Jager John-Laffnie de Jager (born 17 March 1973) is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partn ...

(born 1973), South African tennis player * Jost de Jager (born 1965), German politician *

Kees de Jager Cornelis "Kees" de Jager (; 29 April 1921 – 27 May 2021) was a Dutch astronomer who specialized in predicting solar variation to assess the Sun's impact on future climate. He was the General Secretary of the IAU from 1967 to 1973 and former d ...

(1921–2021), Dutch astronomer *

Lood de Jager Lodewyk de Jager (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and in the English Premiership. He usually plays as a lock. Career De Jager played at youth level for the and als ...

(born 1992), South African rugby player *

Louis de Jager Louis de Jager (born 30 March 1987) is a professional golfer from South Africa playing on the Sunshine Tour. De Jager was born in Duiwelskloof, Northern Transvaal. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2007 in both the stroke play an ...

(born 1987), South African golfer * Nick de Jager (born 1990), South African rugby player *

Nikkie de Jager Nikkie de Jager-Drossaers (; born 2 March 1994), better known by her YouTube channel name NikkieTutorials, is a Dutch makeup artist and beauty vlogger. She gained online popularity in 2015 after her YouTube video "The Power of Makeup" became p ...

(born 1994), birth name of Dutch make-up artist and beauty vlogger NikkieTutorials *

Penney de Jager Wilhelmina Maria (Penney) de Jager (born Utrecht, 2 January 1948) is a Dutch dancer and choreographer. De Jager received her training with Rotterdam's Scapino Ballet, and was then hired by the Dutch National Ballet. She achieved national fame ...

(born 1948), Dutch dancer and choreographer *

Peter de Jager Peter de Jager is a South African-born Canadian computer engineer, best known for his Y2K early 1990s outcry warning, and was the namesake of the ''de Jager Year 2000 index'' that began trading on the American Stock Exchange in 1997. De Jager co-a ...

(born 1955), South African born Canadian, best known as "the Paul Revere for the year-2000 computer crisis." (NYTimes) *

Shaun de Jager Shaun de Jager (born 28 June 1991 in Pretoria) is a South African sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Ol ...

(born 1991), South African sprinter * Stephanus Johannes de Jager ( fl. 1984), South African arms smuggler de Jaeger: * Charles de Jaeger (1911–2000), Austrian-born cameraman for the BBC * Maria De Jaeger (1901–2011), Belgian supercentenarian

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