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Klaas Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning ''victory of the people''. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950.

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Arno Klaassen Arno Klaassen (born 16 November 1979, in Tilburg) is a Dutch bobsledder. Klaassen started with international bobsleigh competitions in 2005 and therefore was not yet part of Arend Glas's team that participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt La ...

(born 1979), Dutch bobsledder *

Davy Klaassen Davy Klaassen (born 21 February 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team. Club career Early career Klaassen began his football career in the youth ranks of l ...

(born 1993), Dutch footballer *

Jozef Klaassen Jozef Klaassen (born 5 March 1983 in Thames, New Zealand) is a rower from the Netherlands.

(born 1983), Dutch rower * (1920–1992), Dutch economist *

Mihkel Klaassen Mihkel Klaassen (24 February 1880 – 7 March 1952) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia since 1924. Klaassen was a member of the that decided the Soviet-era appointment of Johannes Vares as Prime Minister by Konstantin Päts had been i ...

(1880–1952), Estonian Supreme Court judge *

Nel Klaassen Petronella "Nel" Helene Klaassen (1906-1989) was a Dutch sculptor. Biography Klaassen was born on 21 October 1906 in Arnhem. She studied at the ''Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten'' (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam. She was taught by ...

(1906–1989), Dutch sculptor *

René Klaassen René Nico Hubertus Klaassen (born March 4, 1961 in Velp) is a former field hockey defender from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics: in Los Angeles (1984) and in Seoul (1988). He ended up in sixth place in California wit ...

(born 1961), Dutch field hockey player * Ryan Klaassen, lead plaintiff in the 2021 vaccine law case ''

Klaassen v. Indiana University ''Klaassen v. Indiana University'' (No. 1:21-CV-238 DRL, N.D. Ind.), was a 2021 United States federal court case in which students attending Indiana University challenged the institution's COVID-19 vaccine mandate set to go into effect in Septem ...

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Jan Klaassens Jan Klaassens (4 September 1931 – 12 February 1983) was a Dutch football player who played for VVV-Venlo and Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which ...

(1931–1983), Dutch footballer

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