Smeets is a

Limburgian Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neigh ...

surname (or more broadly,

Dutch surname Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific. Dutch given names A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not u ...

) meaning

smith Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ...

(metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium.

People bearing the Smeets surname

Axel Smeets Axel Smeets (born 12 July 1974 in Brussels, Belgium) is a former Association football and football manager, who played as a defender and could also play as a midfielder. Career During his career he played for several Belgian clubs and also pla ...

(b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager *

Bryan Smeets Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club RWDM. Club career He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He is best kno ...

(b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder *

Felix Smeets Felix Smeets (29 April 1904 – 14 March 1961) was a Dutch association football, footballer who earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national football team, Dutch national side between 1927 and 1927, scoring 7 goals. He was also part of the Netherla ...

(1904–1961), Dutch football striker * (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian *

Ionica Smeets Ionica Smeets (born 8 October 1979) is a Dutch mathematician, science journalist, columnist, television presenter and professor in science communication at Leiden University. Biography Ionica Smeets was born in Delft, where she completed her pr ...

(b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter *

Jan Smeets Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion. Playing record 2004 was the year that his participation in senior tournaments began to yield encouraging results. He finished in second place i ...

(b. 1985), Dutch chess player *

Jorg Smeets Jorg Smeets (born 5 November 1970, in Bussum) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attac ...

(b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder *

Jorrit Smeets Jorrit Smeets (born 25 March 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Club career Smeets made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ...

(b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder *

Joseph Smeets Joseph Smeets (born 11 August 1959) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

(b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist *

Lucian Smeets Dr. Lucian Smeets was a Belgian stamp forger operating around the early 1900s. Smeets used a sophisticated method of taking an original stamp with the correct perforations, paper and watermark for the one he wished to forge, fading out the printin ...

(fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger *

Mart Smeets Jan Marten “Mart” Smeets (born 11 January 1947, in Arnhem) is a Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist. Television Mart Smeets is a long-time sports presenter and commentator with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. He is ...

(b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist *

Martine Smeets Martine Smeets (born 5 May 1990) is a Dutch handballer who plays as a left wing for Liga Națională club CSM București and previously the Dutch national team. International honours *EHF Cup: **''Finalist'': 2017 *World Championship: **''Gol ...

(b. 1990), Dutch handball player * Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk *

Pauline Smeets Pauline Elisabeth Smeets (born 10 February 1959, in Heerlen) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of small and medium ...

(b. 1959), Dutch Labour Party politician *

Robert Smeets Robert Smeets (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian retired professional tennis player. Though born in the Netherlands, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency. Personal life Smeets has two sisters, called Karin and Cheyenne. H ...

(b. 1985), Australian tennis player * (b. 1964), Dutch jeweler *

Tjerk Smeets Tjerk Smeets (born 3 June 1980) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He is the son of Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist Mart Smeets. Smeets played his college baseb ...

(b. 1980), Dutch baseball player, son of Mart Smeets, husband of Minke * Michele Rocco Smeets (b. 1984), Belgian actor and game developer, AKA Mike "The Spike" Smith.

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People bearing the Smeets surname

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