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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, ...

. Among variant forms are ''de Keijser'', ''de Keijzer'', ''De Keyzer'', ''Dekeijser'', ''DeKeyser'', ''Dekeyser'' and ''Dekeyzer''. It translates to "the emperor".Keijzer, de (y)
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands People with this name include: * Alexei de Keyser (1967–2004), British television producer *

David de Keyser David de Keyser (22 August 1927 – 20 February 2021) was an English actor and narrator. Life and career Born in London in August 1927, in the mid-sixties de Keyser worked twice with the writer, actor and director Jane Arden (director), Jane A ...

(1927–2021), British actor * (1823–1897), Belgian architect *

Eugénie De Keyser Eugénie De Keyser (17 May 1918, Brussels - 4 April 2012) was a Belgian writer and art critic. She was Professor Emeritus at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) and at Saint-Louis University, Brussels (Brussels), specializing i ...

(1918–2012), Belgian art historian * Ethel de Keyser (1926–2004), South African anti-apartheid activist * Harry de Keijser (1900–1995), Dutch pole vaulter and decathlete *

Hendrick de Keyser Hendrick de Keyser (15 May 1565 – 15 May 1621) was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroque. Most of his works appeared in Amst ...

(1565–1621), Dutch sculptor and architect * Jean-Pierre de Keyser, (born 1965) German footballer * Marie De Keyser (1815–1879), Belgian genre and history painter *

Merten de Keyser Merten de Keyser (born Martin Lempereur; died 1536) was a 16th-century French printer and publisher working mainly in Antwerp, who printed the first complete French and the first complete English Bible translations as well as a number of works by E ...

(died 1536) French painter and publisher working in Antwerp *

Nicaise de Keyser Nicaise de Keyser (alternative first names: Nicaas, Nikaas of Nicasius; 26 August 1813, Zandvliet – 17 July 1887, Antwerp) was a Belgian painter of mainly history paintings and portraits who was one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic- ...

(1813–1873), Belgian painter * Paul De Keyser (born 1957), Belgian racing cyclist *

Pieter de Keyser Pieter de Keyser (c.1595 – 15 September 1676 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age architect (''bouwmeester'') and sculptor. He followed in the footsteps of his father Hendrick de Keyser and completed a number of Hendrick de Keyser's buildings a ...

(1595–1676), Dutch architect and sculptor, son of Hendrick * Polydore de Keyser (1832–1918), British lawyer *

Raoul De Keyser Raoul De Keyser (29 August 1930 – 6 October 2012) was a Belgian painter who lived and worked in Deinze, Belgium. Early life and education De Keyser was born in Deinze on 29 August 1930, and lived there all his life. His father was a carp ...

(1930–2012), Belgian painter *

Thomas de Keyser Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596–1667) was a Dutch portrait painter, a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity. Rembrand ...

(1596–1667), Dutch painter and architect, son of Hendrick *

Véronique De Keyser Véronique Marie Alice Henriette De Keyser (born 23 March 1945 in Brussels) is a Politics of Belgium, Belgian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2001 until 2014. She is a member of the Parti Socialiste (Belgium), ...

(born 1945), Belgian politician *

Willem de Keyser (architect) Willem Hendrickszoon de Keyser (1603 – after 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age architect and sculptor primarily active in Amsterdam and London. He designed the Oudezijds Huiszittenhuis in Amsterdam and the Crackstate in Heerenveen, among othe ...

(1603-after 1674), Dutch architect and painter, son of Hendrick * Willem de Keyser (painter) (1647–1692), Flemish painter ;De Keyzer *

Bruno de Keyzer Bruno de Keyzer (11 August 1949 – 25 June 2019) was a French cinematographer. Biography He began his film career as a camera assistant with Sven Nykvist for Black Moon, directed by Louis Malle (1974). He became director of photography in 198 ...

(1949–2019), French cinematographer *

Carl De Keyzer Carl De Keyzer (27 December 1958) is a Belgian photographer. Major subjects in his work have included the collapse of Soviet Union and India. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1994. De Keyzer has exhibited his work in many European gal ...

(born 1958), Belgian photographer * (born 1958), Belgian sculptor * Gerd de Keijzer (born 1992), Dutch racing cyclist *

Jack de Keyzer Jack de Keyzer is a British-born Canadian blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He has twice won the Juno Award, Canada's highest musical honour, and seven times received Maple Blues Awards, including for Blues Album of the Year in 2 ...

(born 1955), British-born Canadian blues musician * Peter De Keyzer (born 1975), Belgian economist Concatenated: * André Dekeijser (1924–2013), Belgian contemporary sculptor * Carole Dekeijser (1959–2008), Belgian illustrator, painter and philosopher *

Danny DeKeyser Daniel Christopher DeKeyser (born March 7, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League (AHL). He formerly play ...

(born 1990), American ice hockey player *

Dawn DeKeyser Dawn DeKeyser is an American television writer and producer. She is credited on a number of prime time TV series including ''Ugly Betty'', ''NewsRadio'', ''The Geena Davis Show'', ''Conrad Bloom'', ''Ink'', ''Becker'' and ''Samantha Who?''. She h ...

, American television writer and producer * Giovanni Dekeyser (born 1976), Belgian field hockey player *

Jérôme Dekeyser Jérôme Dekeyser (born 15 December 1983) is a Belgian international field hockey player for Braxgata in Antwerp who is usually plays as an attacker. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament; ...

(born 1983), Belgian field hockey player * (1914-1984), French zoologist **

Dekeyser's nectar bat Dekeyser's nectar bat (''Lonchophylla dekeyseri'') is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia.Griffiths, T.A. and Gardner, A.L. 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845. In: A.L. Gardner (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1, pp. 224 ...

, South American bat named after him * Robert Dekeyser (born 1964), Belgian-German entrepreneur *

Roger Dekeyzer Roger Dekeyzer (18 June 1906 – 16 December 1992) was a Belgian trade union leader. Born in Ostend, Dekeyzer became an English teacher, and the unpaid secretary of the Socialist Union of Education Workers of West Flanders. In 1925, he joined ...

(1906–1992), Belgian syndicalist and politician *

Rudy Dekeyser Rudy Dekeyser was until May 2012 the Managing Director of VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology). He was until May 2012 head of the technology transfer team of the institute. He obtained a PhD in molecular biology at the University of Ghe ...

(born 1976), Belgian molecular biologist and businessman * Tracey DeKeyser (born 1990), American ice hockey player and coach

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