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, referring to one who catches chaffinches (and other small birds) in a '' vinkenbaan'', for food or

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. Variants of the name are '' De Vink'' and '' Vinck''. The forms ''Vinke'' and ''Vinken'' could be of

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origin, as ''Vink''/''Finke'' was a masculine given name.Vink
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. People with this name include: *

Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink Elisabet "Elsbeth" van Rooy-Vink (born 25 January 1973 in Wijk en Aalburg) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in competitive mountain biking. Van Rooy-Vink represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in both the road race an ...

(born 1973), Dutch mountain biker *

Gery Vink Gery Vink (Born 30 August 1965) is a Dutch association football coach. Career Gery Vink is the current head coach of the Ajax A2 selection of Dutch football club AFC Ajax. He was previously head coach of the reserves team Jong Ajax, having be ...

(born 1965), Dutch football coach * (1915–2009), Dutch physicist ** Named after him: the

Kröger–Vink notation Kröger–Vink notation is a set of conventions that are used to describe electric charges and lattice positions of point defect species in crystals. It is primarily used for ionic crystals and is particularly useful for describing various defect re ...

for electric charge and lattice * (born 1948), Belgian photographer *

Kevin Vink Kevin Vink (born 30 July 1984 in Maassluis) is a Dutch retired footballer. Until summer 2018 played as a striker for Dutch Topklasse side Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands, founded in 1918. ...

(born 1984), Dutch football striker *

Marciano Vink Marciano Carlos Alberto Vink (born 17 October 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right central defender. He most notably played for Ajax and PSV in ...

(born 1970), Dutch football midfielder *

Michael Vink Michael Vink (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was signed by on the strength of his results in the virtual cycling platform ‘MyWhoosh’. Vink has won the Tour of ...

(born 1991), New Zealand racing cyclist *

Pieter Vink Pieter Vink (, born 13 March 1967

(born 1967), Dutch football referee * Rachelle Vink (born 1991), Canadian curler *

Ronald Vink Ronald Vink (born April 21, 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles. Grand Slam performances Vink has reached grand slam wheelchair doubles finals, capturing his f ...

(born 1976), Dutch wheelchair tennis player *

Willem Vink Willem Vink (born 1931 in Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch people, Dutch Botany, botanist. References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vink, Willem 1931 births Living people 20th-century Dutch botanists 21st-century Dutch botanists Leiden Un ...

(born 1931), Dutch botanist *

Wimilio Vink Wimilio Vink (born 13 September 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spakenburg. Career Vink finished his formation at Vitesse Arnhem, after a spell with N.E.C. Nijmegen. On 26 August 2011, Vink made his profes ...

(born 1993), Dutch football midfielder

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