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Dongen Dongen () is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river ca ...

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North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

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Cees van Dongen Cees van Dongen (1932 – 23 December 2011) was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer from the Netherlands. Van Dongen was born in Rotterdam. His best season was in 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing ...

(1932–2011), Dutch motorcycle racer *

Danny van Dongen Danny van Dongen (born 1983) is a Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur currently competing in the MW-V6 Pickup Series. Racing career Van Dongen started his racing career in the Dutch Citroën Saxo Cup. He scored a third-place finish in the cham ...

(born 1983), Dutch racing driver * Dionys van Dongen (1748–1819), Dutch marine and genre painter * Eef van Dongen (born 1993), Dutch

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

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Frits van Dongen Frits van Dongen (born 12 March 1946, in 's-Hertogenbosch) is an architect from the Netherlands. He designed a canal-side municipal theatre for the city of Leeuwarden with his firm De Architecten Cie. The building he designed that is known as The ...

(born 1946), Dutch architect * Frits van Dongen (actor), pseudonym of Hein van der Niet (1901–1975), Dutch actor known in Hollywood as Philip Dorn * Guus van Dongen née Preitinger (1878–1946), Dutch modern painter, wife of Kees van Dongen * H. R. Van Dongen (1920–2010), American book cover artist * Helen van Dongen (1909–2006), Dutch film editor *

Henk van Dongen Henricus Joannes (Henk) van Dongen (May 9, 1936 in Delden – March 7, 2011 Vierhouten) was a Dutch organizational theorist, policy advisor, and University Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management and one of its founders. He is noted for int ...

(1936–2011), Dutch organizational theorist * (born 1975), Dutch visual artist *

John van Dongen John van Dongen (born December 13, 1949) is a Canadian politician who formerly served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Abbotsford South. At one time, van Dongen was one of the longest servi ...

(born 1949), Canadian (British Columbia) politician *

Jolanda van Dongen Jolanda van Dongen (born 30 August 1966 in Roosendaal) is a Dutch road racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle raci ...

(born 1966), Dutch racing cyclist *

Kees van Dongen Cornelis Theodorus Maria "Kees" van Dongen (26 January 1877 – 28 May 1968) was a Dutch-French painter who was one of the leading Fauvism, Fauves. Van Dongen's early work was influenced by the Hague School and symbolism and it evolved gradually ...

(1877–1968), Dutch Fauvist painter working in France * Leo van Dongen (1942–2011), Dutch racing cyclist *

Merel van Dongen Merel Didi van Dongen (, born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Netherlands women's national team. Club career She played for Ter Leede a ...

(born 1993), Dutch football midfielder * Renée van Dongen (born 1977), Dutch singer-songwriter known as ''Charlie Dée'' *

Peter van Dongen Peter van Dongen (born 21 October 1966 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2018 Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by t ...

(born 1966), Dutch cartoonist and illustrator * Wies van Dongen (1931–2022), Dutch racing cyclist

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