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Vogels is a Dutch metonymic surname meaning "birds". It may refer to: *
Frida Vogels Frida Vogels (born 9 January 1930, in Soest) is a Dutch writer, known especially for her partly autobiographical trilogy ''De harde kern'' ("The hard core"), the second part of which was awarded the inaugural Libris Prize in 1994. Vogels is noted ...
(born 1930), Dutch writer *
Guillaume Vogels Guillaume Vogels (9 June 1836, in Brussels – 9 January 1896, in Ixelles) was a Belgian Impressionist painter. Life He was the son of a laborer. After his primary education, he was apprenticed to the Bellis Brothers, a house painting an ...
(1836–1896), Belgian painter *
Guus Vogels Augustinus ("Guus") Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels (born March 26, 1975 in Naaldwijk, South Holland) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olymp ...
(born 1975), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper and Olympic gold medallist *
Henk Vogels Hendricus "Henk" Vogels (born 31 July 1973, in Perth) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2008 season, riding with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team. He won the Australian na ...
(born 1973), Australian professional road bicycle racer *
John Vogels John Adrian Vogels (born 14 June 1946, in the Netherlands) has been the Chairman of Wannon Water, a regional Water Authority in Victoria Australia, since 2011. He was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Parliamen ...
(born 1946), Dutch-born Australian politician * Luke Vogels (born 1983), Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League * Mieke Vogels (born 1954), Flemish politician in the environmentalist party Groen * Werner Vogels (born 1958), Dutch computer scientist, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon


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De vogels van Holland The Netherlands held a national final to select the two entrants that Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), the Dutch broadcaster, would send to the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano, Switzerland. The final was held on 24 April 1956. ...
("The birds of Holland"), the first Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Dutch-language surnames {{Bird-surname