Westerhof is a
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toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. , meaning "western homestead/farm". The surname originates from a number of farms.
Westerhof
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ailke Westerhof
Ailke Westerhof (Leens, 27 April 1876 - Leens, 4 September 1946) was a Dutch nurse who served in the Red Cross during the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Biography
Westerhof was born in Leens, Groningen, the daughter of the blacksmiths Ebel West ...
(1876–1946), Dutch Red Cross nurse during World War I
* Angelique Westerhof
Angelique Westerhof (born 1969, Vorden, the Netherlands) is the director of the Dutch Fashion Foundation and co-founder of the fashion master course at the Fashion Institute Arnhem.
Career
In 1998 Westerhof was asked by the Arnhem Academy of ...
(born 1969), Dutch fashionista
* Boy Westerhof
Boy Westerhof (born 25 October 1985) is a Dutch professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles.
Westerhof reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 201 on 27 August 2012, ...
(born 1985), Dutch tennis player
* Clemens Westerhof
Clemens Westerhof (born 3 May 1940) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team. Under Westerhof, the Super ...
(born 1940), Dutch football manager
* Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof (born 24 November 1948) is a Dutch football coach and currently supervisory board member at SC Heerenveen. Besides the Netherlands, he has coached in the United States and Mexico.
As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and B ...
(born 1948), Dutch football manager
* Lisa Westerhof
Lisa Laetitia Westerhof (born 2 November 1981, in De Bilt) is a sailor from the Netherlands.
Westerhof represented her country at the Optimist World Championship in 1995 and 1996, becoming only the second girl to win the championship outright.
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(born 1981), Dutch sailor
* Marieke Westerhof
Marieke Aleida Westerhof (born 14 August 1974 in Denekamp, Overijssel) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Four years earlier, at t ...
(born 1974), Dutch rower
See also
* Westerhoff Westerhoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Gay-Yee Westerhoff (born 1973), Chinese-English cellist
* Hans Westerhoff (born 1953), Dutch biologist and biochemist
* Jan Westerhoff, American philosopher and Orientalist
See a ...
, surname
* Westerhof syndrome
Westerhof syndrome is a cutaneous condition inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, characterized by congenital hypopigmented macules.
See also
* Watson syndrome
* List of cutaneous conditions
Many skin conditions affect the human integ ...
, cutaneous condition named after Dutch dermatologist Wiete Westerhof (born 1944)
* Westerhof–Beemer–Cormane syndrome
Familial progressive hyperpigmentation is characterized by patches of hyperpigmentation, present at birth, which increase in size and number with age. This is a genetic disease, however the gene that accounts for this spotty darkening of the skin h ...
, another such condition
References
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Dutch-language surnames
Dutch toponymic surnames