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. ''Vis'' means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.Vis
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms are ''De Vis'' ("the fish"), ''De Visch'', and ''Visch''. People with this surname include: *

Caroline Vis Caroline Vis (born 4 March 1970 in Vlaardingen) is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the mixed doubles fi ...

(born 1970), Dutch tennis player *

Fiderd Vis Fiderd Vis (born March 29, 1981) is a judoka from Aruba. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of p ...

(born 1981), Aruban judoka * (born 1940), Dutch novelist *

Jan Vis Jacob Jan Vis (30 October 1933, in Wormerveer Wormerveer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam. Wormerveer developed in the 15th centur ...

(1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician *

Judith Vis Judith Vis (; born 21 June 1980) is a Dutch former hurdler, long jumper and bobsledder.FIBT Pro ...

(born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete * (born 1947), Dutch conductor and composer *

Marja Vis Maria Margaretha Antje "Marja" Vis (born 15 January 1977) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1996 and 2010. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic ...

(born 1977), Dutch speed skater *

Rudi Vis Rudolf Jan Vis (4 April 1941 – 30 May 2010) was a Dutch-born British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green from 1997 to 2010. Early life Vis was born in 1941 in the town of Alkmaar, in th ...

(1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and MP *

Russell Vis Russell Vis (June 22, 1900 – April 1, 1990) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. Before the Olympics, Vis was an AAU national champion. Vis competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a gold medal ...

(1900–1990), American wrestler *

Willem Cornelis Vis The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot or Vis Moot is an international moot competition. Since 1994, it has been held annually in Vienna, Austria, attracting more than 300 law schools from all around the world and spurring the ...

(1924–1993), Dutch jurist and expert in international commercial transactions De Vis *

Charles Walter De Vis Charles Walter de Vis (Birmingham, England, 9 May 1829 – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1915),

(1829–1915), English zoologist and botanist active in Australia (De) Visch *

Charles de Visch Carolus or Karel de Visch (1596–1666) was a Cistercian bibliographer, and prior of Ten Duinen Abbey. Life De Visch was born in the village of Bulskamp, near Veurne (County of Flanders) on 15 August 1596, to Joris de Visch and Maria van den He ...

(1596–1666), Flemish abbot and bibliographer * (born 1950), Dutch sculptor * Matthias de Visch (1701–1765), Flemish historical and portrait painter *

Soraya de Visch Eijbergen Soraya de Visch Eijbergen (born 6 January 1993) is a Dutch badminton player. She won the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Junior Badminton Championships in the mixe ...

(born 1993), Dutch badminton player

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