Gerrit is a
Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of
Gerard
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...
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Behind the Name: Gerrit-> People with this name include:
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Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet
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Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Badenhorst
Gerrit Badenhorst (born 10 October 1962) is a former WPC world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa.
Powerlifting
Badenhorst was born on 10 October 1962 in De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa.David Webs ...
(born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
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Gerrit Battem
Gerrit Battem or Gerard van Battum (ca. 1636 - October 24, 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch landscape painter.
Biography
Houbraken mentions drawings by Battem in the house of his patron Jonas van Witsen of Amsterdam, who bought them for 1300 guilders ...
(c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter
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Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator
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Gerrit Berckheyde
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes.
Biography
Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Christe ...
(1638–1698), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector
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Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian
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Gerrit Berveling
Gerrit Berveling (born 1 April 1944, Vlaardingen) is a Dutch Esperanto author.
Biography
He studied Classical Languages (Latin and Greek) at Leiden University, and Theology at Utrecht and Leiden Universities.
After 14 years of teaching general ...
(born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author
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Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), Dutch computer engineer
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Gerrit de Blanken
Gerrit de Blanken (Leiderdorp, 12 October 1894 – Zoeterwoude, 6 May 1961) was a Dutch potter trained for running serial work, but he gradually focussed on art pottery.Mieke G. Spruit-Ledeboer. ''Nederlands keramiek 1900-1975.'' Assen, Van Gorcu ...
(1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist
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Gerrit van Bloclant
Gerrit van Bloclant (ca. 1578 – ca. 1650) was a Dutch The Renaissance, Renaissance painter.
Not much is known about Gerrit van Bloclant's life except through his works. His name suggest he may have come from the village of Blokland, South Holl ...
(1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter
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Gerrit Bol
Gerrit Bol (May 29, 1906 in Amsterdam – February 21, 1989 in Freiburg) was a Dutch mathematician who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points.
Life
Bol earned his PhD ...
(1906–1989), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Braamcamp
Gerrit Braamcamp (18 November 1699, in Amsterdam – 17 June 1771, in Amsterdam) was a successful Roman Catholic distiller, timber merchant, and art collector from the Netherlands. One of the most important merchants in Amsterdam, he built a ti ...
(1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collector
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Gerrit den Braber
Gerrit den Braber (23 March 1929 – 3 May 1997) was born in Rotterdam and was a Dutch songwriter and lyricist.
Braber took music lessons in Rotterdam and Hilversum. He then went into Hospital Radio and joined the Dutch radio and television compa ...
(1929–1997), Dutch songwriter and lyricist
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Gerrit Broekstra (born 1941), Dutch scientist and professor
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Gerrit Cole (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
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Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp
Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp (or
Cuijp; c.1565–1644) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and stained glass cartoon draughtsman.
Biography
According to the RKD he was born in Venlo and moved to Dordrecht before 19 January 1585, when he married and beca ...
(c. 1565–1644), Dutch painter and stained glass artist
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Gerrit J. Diekema
Gerrit John Diekema (March 27, 1859 – December 20, 1930) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Diekema was born in Holland, Michigan, where he attended the common schools and graduated from Hope College in 1881. In 1883, ...
(1859–1930), American politician
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Gerrit van Dijk (1938–2012), Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter
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Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), Dutch painter
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Gerrit L. Dox (1784–1847), American politician
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Gerrit Faulhaber (1912–1951), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
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Gerrit Fauser (born 1989), German ice hockey player
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Gerrit Ferreira (born 1948), South African businessman
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Gerrit Fischer (1916–1984), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Fokkema (born 1954), Australian photographer
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Gerrit Forbes (1836–1906), American judge
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Gerrit De Geest (born 1960), Belgian legal scholar
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Gerrit van Gelderen
Gerrit van Gelderen (1926-1994) was a Dutch-born naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist, who lived and worked in Ireland for a large part of his life. He is famous for his television work on Amuigh Faoin Spéir w ...
(1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
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Gerrit Van Gestel
Gerrit Van Gestel (born 20 January 1958) is a Belgian former cyclist
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling ...
(born 1958), Belgian former cyclist
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Gerrit Glas
Gerrit is a Dutch language, Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard.Beh ...
(born 1954), Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
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Gerrit Glomser
Gerrit Glomser (born 1 April 1975 in Salzburg) is an Austrian former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . He turned professional in 1998, and won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 20 ...
(born 1975), Austrian racing cyclist
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Gerrit David Gratama
Gerrit David Gratama (22 March 1874 – 20 August 1965), was a Dutch artist, writer, and director of the Frans Hals Museum.
Biography
He was born in Groningen and was the brother of the architect Jan Gratama and painter Lina Gratama (1875- ...
(1874–1965), Dutch artist, writer and museum director
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Gerrit Govaars
The Leger des Heils is the name of the Dutch arm of The Salvation Army.
The Leger des Heils was largely established by a Dutch teacher, Gerrit Govaars, who together with the English officers Captain and Mrs Joseph K. Tyler, commenced Army work i ...
(1866–1954), Dutch teacher and Salvation Army officer
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Gerrit Graham (born 1949), American actor and songwriter
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Gerrit Holdijk
Gerrit Holdijk (17 November 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP).
Holdijk was born in Uddel, a village in the Veluwe region. He studied notary at a post-secondary level, and also law ...
(1944–2015), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Holtmann
Gerrit Stephan Barba Holtmann (born 25 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor, on loan from Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. Born in Germany, he plays for the Philippines national team.
Clu ...
(born 1995), German footballer
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Gerrit van Houten
Gerrit van Houten (also known as Gerry Wood; 29 August 1866, in Groningen – 18 January 1934, in Santpoort) was a Dutch painter and artist.
The Van Houten family lived just outside the gates of the city of Groningen on the Damsterdiep canal. ...
(1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
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Gerrit van Iterson (1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
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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 cartoonist
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Gerrit de Jong Jr. Gerrit de Jong Jr. (28 March 1892, Amsterdam – 26 September 1978, Provo, Utah) was an American academic and the first dean of the College of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University (BYU).
de Jong was skilled in music and wrote the words and music ...
(1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
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Gerrit Kastein
Dr. Gerrit Willem Kastein (25 June 1910 - 21 February 1943) was a Dutch communist, neurologist and resistance fighter and leader during World War II.
Early life
Kastein was born in Zutphen, the eldest son of Albertus Gerhardus Kastein and Gerdina ...
(1910–1943), Dutch communist, neurologist and WWII resistance fighter
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Gerrit Hendrik Kersten
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (6 August 1882, Deventer – 6 September 1948, Waarde) was a Dutch Calvinist minister and politician. After briefly working as a primary school teacher Kersten was inducted into his first pastorate in Meliskerke in 1905 with ...
(1882–1948), Dutch Christian minister and politician
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Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943), Dutch gymnastics coach
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Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012), Dutch poet
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Gerrit Korteweg (born 1937), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit Kouwenaar
Gerrit Kouwenaar (9 August 1923 – 4 September 2014) was a Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
Biography
Kouwenaar was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In the early 1940s, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he w ...
(1923–2014), Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer
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Gerrit Krol (1934−2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
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Gerrit Kruize
Gerrit Kruize (May 2, 1923 – May 11, 2009) was an American field hockey player who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Netherlands but immigrated to the United States and became a US citizen on June 23, 1955, in White Plain ...
(1923–2009), American field hockey player
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Ger Lagendijk
Gerrit Lagendijk (13 November 1941 – 11 August 2010) was a Dutch professional football player and agent.
Early and personal life
Lagendijk was born in Rotterdam and grew up in Ridderkerk.
Playing career
Lagendijk began his career with the yout ...
(1941–2010), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850), Dutch painter and museum curator
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Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), American politician
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Gerrit Lekkerkerker
Cornelis Gerrit Lekkerkerker (Harmelen, 7 February 1922 – 24 July 1999) was a Dutch mathematician.
Education and career
Lekkerkerker studied mathematics at Utrecht University during the periods 1940-1943 and 1945-1949 under Jurjen Koksma and ...
(1922–1999), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Lundens (1622–1683), Dutch painter
* Gerrit Maus (born 1981), German vision scientist
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Gerrit van der Meer
Gerrit "Gert" van der Meer (born 1950) is a Dutch film and television producer. Also known as a production manager, Van der Meer has worked on several Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Californ ...
(born 1950), Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
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Gerrit Nauber
Gerrit Nauber (born 13 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Go Ahead Eagles.
Career
Nauber moved to MSV Duisburg for the 2017–18 season. He left Duisburg after the 2018–19 season.
On 10 July 2 ...
(born 1992), German footballer
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Gerrit Niekoop
Arnod Gerrit Niekoop is a former Surinamese football player, referee and board member of the Surinamese Football Association, as well as board member and former chairman of the Surinamese Refereeing Commission.
During his playing career he played ...
(born 1934), Surinamese football player
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Gerrit Noordzij (born 1931), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
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Gerrit Olivier Professor Gerrit Olivier is a South African academic and diplomat. In 1991, he became the first diplomatic representative of South Africa to the Soviet Union and in 1992 he was appointed as the first South African Ambassador to the Russian Federatio ...
(born 19??), South African academic and diplomat
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Gerrit Oosting
Gerrit Oosting (12 April 1941 in Zwartemeer – 15 November 2012 in Oldenzaal) was a Dutch politician.
Oosting started his career as a teacher in Oldenzaal. From 1978 to 1987 he was an alderman for the Labour Party (PvdA) in Oldenzaal. S ...
(1941–2012), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Opperman
Major General Gerrit Nicolaas Opperman (Gert) was a General Officer in the South African Army.
Early life
General Gert Opperman was born on 27 July 1945 in Johannesburg.
Career
He served as spokesman for the Malan family on the death of Magnus ...
(born 1945), South African Army General
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Gerrit Paape
Gerrit Paape ( Delft, 4 February 1752 – The Hague, 7 December 1803) was a Dutch ''plateelschilder'' (painter of earthenware and stoneware), poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and (at the end of his career) ministerial civil servant.
L ...
(1752–1803), Dutch earthenware and stoneware painter, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and civil servant
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(1947–2005), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
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Gerrit Pels
Gerrit Pels (1893, Woerden – 1966, Leiden?) was a Dutch astronomer, a lifelong member of the scientific staff of the Leiden Observatory.
After following secondary school in Utrecht (city), Utrecht, he was appointed "computer" at the Leiden obser ...
(1893–1966), Dutch astronomer
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Gerrit Plomp
Gerrit Plomp (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
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* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the ...
(born 1963), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
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Gerrit Pressel
Gerrit Alexander Pressel (born 19 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for SC Victoria Hamburg.
Career
Pressel made his senior debut for Willem II in the 2010–11 season, on loan from Hamburger SV. He had pre ...
(born 1990), German footballer
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Gerrit Radstaak
Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
Political career
Radstaak first ran for ...
(1914–1996), Canadian politician
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Gerrit Reynst
Gerrit Reynst (1599 – 29 June 1658) (also known as Gerard Reynst) was, like his younger brother Jan (1601–1646), a Dutch merchant and art collector from Amsterdam, with his brother owner of the Reynst Collection. He was an alderman and me ...
(1599–1658), Dutch merchant and art collector
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Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Roos (1898–1969), Dutch weightlifter
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Gerrit Rudolph (born 1988), South African-born Namibian cricketer
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Gerrit van Santen
Gerrit van Santen or Gerard Cornelisz van Santen (1591/92–1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and writer. He was born in Delft probably in 1591 or 1592, and was buried in the city on 26 April 1656.
Career Author
Van Santen's farce ''Lichte ...
(1591/92–1656), Dutch painter and writer
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck (25 February 1794 – 4 October 1863) was a Dutch businessman and politician, whose views ranged from liberal to conservative. He was the son of Grand Pensionary Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and a member of the Dutc ...
(1794–1863), Dutch businessman and statesman
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Gerrit Schipper
Gerrit Schipper (baptized 13 September 1775, Amsterdam – c. 1832 London) was a Dutch painter specializing in pastel portraiture and miniature portrait paintings. After studying in Paris in the 1790s, he spent time in Brussels and Russia. He ...
(c. 1775 – c. 1832), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Schotte (born 1974), Curaçao optician
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Gerrit Schouten
Gerrit Schouten (16 January 1779 – 28 January 1839) was a Surinamese artist, who has become famous for his painted papier-maché dioramas of Surinamese life.
Schouten was born in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, then a Dutch colony. The so ...
(1779–1839), Surinamese artist
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Gerrit Schulte
Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well ...
(1916–1992), Dutch track bicycle racer
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Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith (March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874), also spelled Gerritt Smith, was a leading American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Married to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidat ...
(1797–1874), American abolitionist
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Gerrit van Spaan Gerrit van Spaan (1654–1711) was an 18th-century writer from the Northern Netherlands.
Van Spaan was born and died in Rotterdam. In 1670 he volunteered for a sea voyage to punish Algeria
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(1654–1711), Dutch writer
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Gerrit Stoeten
Jan Gerrit Stoeten Pérez (born 10 April 1986), known as Gerrit, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Juventud de Torremolinos CF as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Torremolinos, Province of Málaga to a Dutch father and a Spani ...
(born 1986), Spanish footballer
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Gerrit T. Thorn
Gerrit Tunis Thorn (July 20, 1832February 3, 1900) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Jefferson County in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1867 & 1868, and later represented the city of in the Wisconsin State Assemb ...
(1835–1900), American politician
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Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies (1898-1978), research biochemist
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Gerrit van Uylenburgh
Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), or Gerrit Uylenburgh, was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art-dealer. He was the eldest son of Hendrick van Uylenburgh and took over the family art-dealing business after Hendrick's death and burial i ...
(c. 1625 – 1679), Dutch painter and art-dealer
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Gerrit van der Veen
Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pe ...
(1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
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Gerrit de Veer
Gerrit de Veer (–) was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast passage.
De Veer kept a diary of the voyages and in 1597, was the first person to observe and reco ...
(c. 1570 – after 1598), Dutch military officer and explorer
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Gerrit Verschuur (born 1937), South African-born American scientist
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Gerrit Viljoen (1926–2009), South African politician
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Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman
Gerrit Cornelisz. Vlasman (before 1600 – after 1624), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer and member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Biography
He was the son of Cornelis Gerritsz. Vlasman, a landowner with privileges near Sassenheim who owned the Haarl ...
(before 1600–after 1624), Dutch brewer
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Gerrit van Voorst (1910–1986), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit de Vries (politician)
Gerrit Abrahamszoon de Vries (22 February 1818 – 4 March 1900) was a Dutch jurist and politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 June 1872 to 27 August 1874. He took office after his predecessor died (Thorbecke).
Refere ...
(1818–1900), Dutch jurist and politician, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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Gerrit de Vries (cyclist)
Gerrit de Vries (born 13 May 1967) is a retired road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who was a professional from 1989 to 1997. As an amateur he won the world title in the 100 km team time trial, alongside Rob Harmeling, Tom Cordes an ...
(born 1967), road racing cyclist
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Gerrit van Wees (1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
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(1616–1674), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Zalm
Gerrit Zalm (born 6 May 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
Zalm studied Economics at the Free University Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked as a ci ...
(born 1952), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Zegelaar
Gerrit Zegelaar (born Loenen aan de Vecht 16 July 1719 – Wageningen 24 July 1794) was a Dutch painter.
Zegelaar was born as son of the carpenter and alderman Hendrik Zegelaar and Johanna ter Bruggen. Gerrit was a deaf mute. He settled in Amste ...
(1719–1794), Dutch painter
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