De Klerk, Klerk, De Klerck or Klerck is surname of Dutch and Frisian origin.
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AJ de Klerk
Abel Jacobus 'Tjoppie' de Klerk (born 9 December 1991) is a Namibian rugby union player. He was named in Namibia's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world ...
(born 1991), Namibian rugby player
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Bob de Klerk
Bob de Klerk (born 1961) is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Playing career
De Klerk was born in Amsterdam. Having started his career with SC Telstar he played for K.S.V. Waregem in Belgium and De Graafschap in the Dutch Eredivis ...
(born 1961), Dutch football player and manager
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Evette de Klerk
Evette de Klerk (born 21 August 1965) is a South African former track and field sprint (running), sprinter. She was the dominant female sprint athlete in South Africa in the 1980s, winning 100 metres/200 metres doubles at the national championshi ...
(born 1965), South African sprinter
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Faf de Klerk
Francois "Faf" de Klerk (born 19 October 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Yokohama Canon Eagles and the South Africa national team. He was a member of the South Afri ...
(born 1991), South African rugby player
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Michel de Klerk
Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Dutch Jews, Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture)
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(1884–1923), Dutch architect
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F. W. de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...
(1936–2021), President of South Africa
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Jade de Klerk
Jade de Klerk (born 24 February 1999) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Eastern Province in the 2017 Africa T20 Cup on 2 September 2017.
In December 2017, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cri ...
(born 1999), South African cricketer
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Jan de Klerk
Johannes "Jan" de Klerk, (22 July 1903 – 24 January 1979) was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk, the last apartheid State President of South Africa.
As a member of the National Party, de Klerk served as inter ...
(1903–1979), South African politician, father of F.W.
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Jan de Klerk (rugby union) (born 1991), South African rugby player
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Marike de Klerk
Marike de Klerk ( Willemse; 29 March 1937 – 3 December 2001) was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, from 1989–1994. She was also a politician of the former governing National Party in h ...
(1937–2001), South African politician, former wife of F.W. de Klerk
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Michel de Klerk
Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Dutch Jews, Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture)
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(1884–1923), Dutch architect
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Nadine de Klerk (born 2000), South African cricketer
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Peter de Klerk
Peter de Klerk (16 March 1935 – 11 July 2015) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 28 December 1963. He scored no championship points.
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(1935–2015), South African racing driver
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Rossouw de Klerk
Pieter Rossouw de Klerk (born 21 August 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Pro14. His regular playing position is tighthead prop.
De Klerk began his senior career in Pretoria and made his domestic debut for the in 2009 a ...
(born 1989), South African rugby player
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Thom de Klerk (1912-1966), Dutch bassoonist
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Veronica de Klerk (born 1947), Namibian women's rights activist
Fictional characters
*Doctor Paulos de Klerk, a character in
James Rollins
James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961), better known by his pen name of James Rollins, is an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/ thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramen ...
and Grant Blackwood's novel ''The Kill Switch'' (2014)
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Barbara Klerk
Barbara Klerk (born 20 July 1989) is a Belgian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Belgian national champion.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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(born 1989), Belgian figure skater
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Sander Jan Klerk (born 1982), Dutch actor, singer
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Carl-Gustaf Klerck (1885–1976), Swedish Olympic fencer
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Hendrick de Klerck (c.1560–1630), Flemish painter
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Reynier de Klerck
Reynier de Klerck (or Reinier de Klerck) (1710–1780) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1778 until 1780.
De Klerk's date of birth is not known but he was baptised on 19 November 1710 in Middelburg. He worked as midshipman aboar ...
(1710–1780), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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