Groot (Legrand in French) is a Dutch surname. Groot () means "big" in Dutch and was originally the name for a tall person. The name is most common in the province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

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at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands It may refer to: *

Ana María Groot Ana María Groot de Mahecha ( Bogotá, 29 August 1952) is a Colombian historian, archaeologist, anthropologist and associate professor at the Department of Anthropology of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Ana Mariá Groot speaks Spanish, Eng ...

(born 1952), Colombian historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist * Anna Maria Groot (born 1952), Dutch model, Miss Europe of 1973 *

Cees Groot Cees Groot (29 June 1932 – 13 March 1988) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker for Heerenveen, Stormvogels, Ajax, Zaanstreek and the Pittsburgh Phantoms during his career. Club career Heerenveen Groot began his career in the you ...

(1932–1988), Dutch footballer, brother of Henk * Chantal Groot (born 1982), Dutch swimmer *

Cor Groot Cornelis "Cor" Groot (21 January 1909, Akersloot – 23 September 1978, Haarlem) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco. Groot, as helmsman on the Dutch Dragon, took 10th place with ...

(1899–1978), Dutch Olympic sailor *

Cornelia Groot Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player. She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015, and a bronze in Germany 2017) and two editions of the Olympic Ga ...

(born 1988), Dutch team handball player * (born 1990), Dutch pole vaulter * Ed Groot (born 1957), Dutch journalist and politician *

Gerard Groot Gerard Groote (October 1340 – 20 August 1384), otherwise ''Gerrit'' or ''Gerhard Groet'', in Latin ''Gerardus Magnus'', was a Dutch Catholic deacon, who was a popular preacher and the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. He was a key figu ...

(1340–1384), Dutch Roman Catholic deacon, founder of the Brethren of the Common Life *

Henk Groot Hendrik Groot (22 April 1938
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(1938–2022), Dutch footballer, brother of Cees *

Jacob Groot Yakov Karlovich Grot (russian: link=no, Я́ков Ка́рлович Грот) ( – ) was a nineteenth-century Russian philologist of German extraction who worked at the University of Helsinki. Grot was a graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Ly ...

(1812–1893), Russian philologist *

Marike Groot The Gathering is a Dutch rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in Oss, North Brabant. The Gathering earliest releases were categorized as atmospheric doom metal with influences from extreme metal ...

(born 1968), Dutch singer *

Nycke Groot Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player. She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015, and a bronze in Germany 2017) and two editions of the Olympic Ga ...

(born 1988), Dutch handball player * Roger Groot (1942–2005), American law professor * Tjade Groot (born 1973), Dutch cricketer

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