Jeroen () is a Dutch male

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originating from the Greek

Hieronymus Hieronymus, in English pronounced or , is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name". It corresponds to the English given name Jerome. Variants * Albanian: Jeronimi * Arabic: جيروم (Jerome) * Basqu ...

, and is equivalent to the English name

Jerome Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, th ...

. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of that name. Jeroen may refer to:

Belgian people

Jeroen Van Herzeele Jeroen Van Herzeele (born September 13, 1965) is a Belgian jazz saxophonist. He was born in Zottegem. He plays in various bands such as Greetings From Mercury, Maak's Spirit, Octurn, Tomas and Co, Ivan Paduart etc... He won the Belgian Gol ...

(born 1965), jazz saxophonist

Dutch people

* Jeroen Bleekemolen (born 1981), professional racing driver * Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971), cyclist * Jeroen de Lange (born 1968), politician * Jeroen Delmee (born 1973), field hockey player * Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966), politician * Jeroen Dubbeldam (born 1973), equestrian *

Jeroen Duyster Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster (born 27 August 1966 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former coxswain from the Netherlands, who won a gold medal with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eights) as a cox at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, ...

(born 1966), rower *

Jeroen Groenendijk Jeroen Antonius Gerardus Groenendijk (; born 20 July 1949, Amsterdam), is a Dutch logician, linguist and philosopher, working on philosophy of language, formal semantics, pragmatics. Groenendijk wrote a joint Ph.D. dissertation with Martin Sto ...

(born 1949), philosopher * Jeroen Hoencamp (born 1966), businessman *

Jeroen Krabbé Jeroen Aart Krabbé (; born 5 December 1944) is a Dutch actor and film director with a successful career in both Dutch and English-language films. He is best known to international audiences for his leading roles in the Paul Verhoeven films ''So ...

(born 1944), actor *

Jeroen Lenaers Jeroen Lenaers (born 29 April 1984) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, part of the European People's Party. Lenaers previously worked as a po ...

(born 1984), politician *

Jeroen Oerlemans Jeroen Oerlemans (15 May 1970 – 2 October 2016) was a Dutch photographer and war correspondent who reported mainly from the Near East and Afghanistan. His photographs were published in ''Newsweek,'' ''Time,'' ''The Guardian,'' '' Internation ...

(1970–2016), photojournalist * Jeroen Recourt (born 1970), politician *

Jeroen Smits Jeroen Smits (born 21 June 1972) is a former Dutch cricketer and a former captain. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper. For many years, since his debut in cricket's ICC Trophy on 20 February 1994, Smit ...

(born 1972), cricketer *

Jeroen Paul Thesseling Jeroen Paul Thesseling (born 13 April 1971) is a Dutch fretless bass player, most famous for his work in the German progressive death metal band Obscura and the Dutch progressive death metal band Pestilence. Biography ;Early life Jeroen started ...

(born 1971), bassist and composer *

Jeroen Tel Jeroen Godfried Tel (born 19 May 1972), also known as WAVE, is a Dutch composer. He is best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64. His most popular compositions appear in the following C ...

(born 1972), composer *

Jeroen van Aken Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oak ...

(also called Hieronymus Bosch) (1450–1516), painter *

Jeroen van den Hoven Jeroen van den Hoven (born 1957 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch ethicist and a philosophy professor at Delft University of Technology. He specializes in ethics of information technology. Work Van den Hoven has written and worked with a range of schola ...

(born 1957), philosopher *

Jeroen van der Boom Jeroen van der Boom (born 22 June 1972 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his No. 1 hit single ''Jij bent zo''. Biography During his time as a student, Jeroen van der Boom was already an artist. He played ...

(born 1972), singer * Jeroen van der Veer (born 1947), businessman *

Jeroen van Koningsbrugge Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (born 3 September 1973) is a Dutch actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1999. He was a member of the television programme '' De Lama's'' and together with his fr ...

(born 1973), comedian/actor *

Jeroen van Veen (bassist) Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have been classified by critics as gothic metal and symphonic metal, although each album contains other i ...

(born 1974), bassist *

Jeroen van Veen (pianist) Jeroen van Veen (born May 1969 in Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland) is a Dutch classical pianist and composer. As well as undertaking work as a soloist, he collaborates with other pianists. For example, he has formed duos with his brother Maarten, a ...

(born 1969), classical pianist and composer *

Jeroen van Wijngaarden Jeroen van Wijngaarden (born 29 March 1978) is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2019, previously holding a seat from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ...

(born 1978), politician *

Jeroen Wiedenhof Jeroen Maarten Wiedenhof (born 1959 in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert on Chinese linguistics, particularly Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of ...

(born 1959), linguist *

Jeroen Willems Jeroen Willems (; 15 November 1962 – 3 December 2012) was a Dutch Golden Calf and Louis d'Or winning film, TV, and stage actor and singer. Early life Willems was born on 15 November 1962 in Maastricht, the third child of a drama teacher and ...

(1962–2012), actor {{given name, cat=Dutch masculine given names nl:Jeroen