Taco is a

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Taco Dibbits Taco Dibbits (; born 7 September 1968) is an art historian from Amsterdam, Netherlands and director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Life and work Dibbits studied art history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Cambridge. He ...

(born 1968), Dutch art historian *

Taco Kuiper Taco Esgo Kuiper (11 November 1941 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 24 September 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was an investigative journalist and wealthy publisher in South Africa. He was best known in the late 20th century as owner a ...

(born 1941), South African investigative journalist * Taco Ludigman, legendary, possibly fictitious, second ''potestaat'' (magistrate governor) of Friesland, elected about 819 * Taco Mesdag (born 1829), Dutch painter * Taco Ockerse (born 1955), Indonesian-born Dutch singer * Taco Remkes (born 1984), Dutch golfer * Taco Scheltema (1766–1837), Dutch portrait painter *

Taco van den Honert Taco Hajo van den Honert (born 14 February 1966 in Leiden) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). At his last appearance ...

(born 1966), Dutch former field hockey player *

Taco van der Hoorn Taco van der Hoorn (born 4 December 1993) is a Dutch cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . For the 2021 season, van der Hoorn initially announced a contract with the , but the following month, he signed a deal with the team. He won st ...

(born 1993), Dutch cyclist

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* Taco Charlton (born 1994), American National Football League player *

Kenneth Cockrell Kenneth Dale "Taco" Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is a retired American astronaut, engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. Pre-NASA career Cockrell was born in Austin, ...

(born 1950), American retired astronaut and engineer * Antonio Larreta (1922–2015), Uruguayan writer, critic and actor * Taco Wallace (born 1981), American former National Football League player

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