Willem () is a
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
and
West Frisian[Rienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158.] masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
. The name is
Germanic, and can be seen as the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
equivalent of the name
William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Guillaume Guillaume may refer to:
People
* Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William
* Guillaume (surname)
Other uses
* Guillaume (crater)
See also
* '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem
* Guillaume affair, a Cold War espi ...
in
French,
Guilherme
Guilherme is a Portuguese given name, equivalent to William in English. The feminine form of this name is Guilhermina. Diminutive forms include Guilhermino. Vilma (Portuguese form of Wilma) is another female variant of the name.
Brazilian foot ...
in
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
,
Guillermo
Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People
*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
*Guillermo ArΓ ...
in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
and
Wilhelm
Wilhelm may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm"
* Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
Other uses
* Mount ...
in
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are
Jelle
Jelle is a Dutch male given name, rarely also given to women.
The origin of the name lies in Friesland, although the name is quite commonly used throughout the Netherlands and Flanders. The name comes from the Dutch word "geld", more probable the ...
,
Pim, Willie,
Willy
Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to:
People Given name or nickname
* Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...
and
Wim
Wim is a masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and other names and may refer to:
* Wim Anderiesen (1903β1944), Dutch footballer
* Wim Aantjes (1923β2015), Dutch politician
* Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist
* Wim Blockma ...
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Given name
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Willem Cody
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Gui ...
(2007-Present), Active Serbian terrorist, Leader of the Serbian World Republic, Intolerably based
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Willem I (1772β1843), King of the Netherlands
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Willem II (1792β1849), King of the Netherlands
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Willem III (1817β1890), King of the Netherlands
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Willem of the Netherlands (1840β1879), Dutch prince
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Willem-Alexander
Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born ) is King of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013.
Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht as the oldest child of Princess Beat ...
(b. 1967), King of the Netherlands
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Willem Aantjes
Willem "Wim" Aantjes (; 16 January 1923 β 22 October 2015) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Aantjes a jurist by occupation, was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 26 May 1959 after the gene ...
(b. 1923), Dutch politician
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Willem Adelaar
Willem F. H. Adelaar (born 1948 at The Hague) is a Dutch linguist specializing in Native American languages, specially those of the Andes. He is Professor of indigenous American Linguistics and Cultures at Leiden University.
He has written broad ...
(b. 1948), Dutch linguist
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Willem Andriessen
Willem Andriessen (Haarlem, October 25, 1887 β Amsterdam, March 29, 1964) was a Dutch pianist and composer. His compositional output was small due to the demands of performance and teaching, but he was nonetheless awarded a number of composition ...
(1887β1964), Dutch pianist and composer
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Willem Arondeus
Willem Arondeus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Naz ...
(1894β1943), Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member
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Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz (; β 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch Republic, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northern Sea Route, N ...
(ca. 1550β1597), Dutch navigator and explorer
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Willem Victor Bartholomeus (1825β1892), Dutch organist and conductor
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Willem Bilderdijk
Willem Bilderdijk () (7 September 1756 β 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
Life
Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.Joris van Eijnatten,Bilderdijk, W., ''Bio- en ...
(1756β1831), Dutch poet
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Willem Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (; 157121 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher. Along with his son Johannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of the Netherlandis ...
(1571β1638), Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher
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Willem Boy
Willem Boy (french: Guillaume Boyen) (1520 – 1592) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect active in Sweden from around 1558 until his death.
Few of Boy's works have survived, and he is mostly remembered for the sarcophagus of King G ...
(1520β1592), Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect
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Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker (4 November 1944 β 23 July 2010) was a Dutch bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
Career
During the mid 1960s, he played with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, co-founding the I ...
(b. 1944), Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, and musician
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Willem Brouwer (b. 1963), Dutch football (soccer) player
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Willem Buiter
Willem Hendrik Buiter CBE (born 26 September 1949) is an American-British economist. He spent most of his career as an academic, teaching at various universities. More recently, he was Chief Economist at Citigroup.
Early life and education
Buit ...
(b. 1949), economist of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
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Willem Claeszoon Heda
Willem Claesz. Heda (December 14, 1593/1594c. 1680/1682) was a Dutch Golden Age artist from the city of Haarlem devoted exclusively to the painting of still life. He is known for his innovation of the late breakfast genre of still life painti ...
(1594βca. 1680), Dutch Golden Age still-life artist
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Willem Cornelisz Schouten (ca. 1567β1625), a Dutch navigator of the Dutch East India Company
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Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning (; ; April 24, 1904 β March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter El ...
(1904β1997), Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter
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Willem de Rooij (b. 1969), Dutch artist
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Willem de Sitter (1872β1934), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer
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Willem de Vlamingh
Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (November 1640 β ) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland ( Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. The mission proved fruit ...
(1640βca. 1698), Dutch sea captain and explorer of Australia
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Willem Dafoe
Willem James Dafoe (; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Willem Dafoe, various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for ...
(b. 1955), American actor
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Willem Drees
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, G ...
(1886β1988), Dutch politician
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Willem Drost
Willem Drost (baptized 19 April 1633 β buried 25 February 1659) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker of history paintings and portraits.
Biography
He is a mysterious figure, closely associated with Rembrandt, with very few pain ...
(1633β1659), Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker
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Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 β 29 September 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the di ...
(1860β1927), Dutch doctor, physiologist, and inventor of the electrocardiogram
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Willem Elsschot
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 β 31 May 1960), was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (). One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, ''Cheese'' (1933) is the most translated ...
(1882β1960), Flemish writer and poet (pseudonym of Alfons-Jozef De Ridder)
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Willem Endstra (1953β2004), Dutch real estate trader
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Willem Frederik Hermans
Willem Frederik Hermans (1 September 1921 β 27 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are ''The House of Refuge'' (novella, ...
(1921β1995), Dutch author
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Willem Holleeder
Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch criminal. He is nicknamed ''De Neus'' (''The Nose'') because of the size of his nose.
In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnapping o ...
(b. 1958), Dutch criminal involved in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken
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Willem Hondius
Willem Hondius or Willem Hondt (c. 1598 in The Hague β 1652 or 1658 in Danzig (GdaΕsk)) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter who spent most of his life in Poland.
Life
Willem Hondius was one of seven children of Hendrik Hondius the ...
or Willem Hondt (1598βca. 1652), a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter
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Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881β1936), a Dutch Olympic fencer
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Willem Jacob Luyten
Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer.
"Willem Jacob Luyten", ''Marquis Who's Who'', 2006.
Life
Jacob Luyten was born in Semarang, Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies. His ...
(1899β1994), Dutch-American astronomer
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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (1688β1742), Dutch philosopher and mathematician
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Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1880)
Willem Gerhard Janssen (11 June 1880 β 8 September 1976) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal' ...
, Dutch footballer
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Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986), Dutch footballer
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Willem Janszoon
Willem Janszoon (; ), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 16031611 and 16121616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of S ...
(ca. 1570β1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor
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Willem Jewett (1963-2022), American lawyer and politician
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Willem Johan Kolff
Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff (February 14, 1911 – February 11, 2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician fam ...
(1911β2009), Dutch-American inventor of the artificial kidney
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Willem Kes
Willem Kes (Dordrecht, 16 February 1856 β MΓΌnchen, 22 February 1934, was a Dutch conducting, conductor, composer, viola, violist, and violin, violinist. He was the first principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, holding t ...
(1856β1934), Dutch conductor and violinist
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Willem Kalf
Willem Kalf (1619 β 31 July 1693) was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in his Groot Schilderboek, who speaks very ...
(1619β1693), Dutch Golden Age painter, art dealer, and appraiser
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Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam was the capital) from 1638 to 1647.
Life and career
Willem Kieft was appointed to the rank of director ...
(1597β1647), Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland
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Willem Kloos
Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos (; 6 May 1859 β 31 March 1938) was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic. He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of ''De Nieuwe Gids'' after the edi ...
(1859β1938), Dutch poet and literary critic
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Willem Konjore (b. 1945), Namibian politician
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Willem Maris
Willem Maris (18 February 1844 β 10 October 1910) was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School.
Biography
He was born in The Hague. Willem was the third in a family of five children. His two brothers Jacob and Matthijs Maris preceded him ...
(1844β1910), Dutch landscape painter
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Willem Meijer
Willem Meijer (1923 β 22 October 2003) was a Dutch botanist and plant collector.
Background and education
Meijer was born in 1923 in The Hague, Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1951. Meijer travelled to J ...
(1923β2003), Dutch botanist and plant collector
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Willem Mengelberg
Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 β 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest s ...
(1871β1951), Dutch conductor
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Willem Mons
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Gui ...
(1688β1724), brother of Peter the Great's mistress Anna Mons and secretary to Catherine
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Willem Oltmans
Willem Leonard Oltmans (addressed as William Oltmans in some English publications; 10 June 1925 β 30 September 2004) was a Dutch investigative journalist and author active in international politics.
Due to the highly critical stance he often ...
(1925β2004), Dutch journalist
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Willem van der Oord, Dutch hydraulic engineer
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Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591β1624), Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher
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Willem Pijper
Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper (; 8 September 189418 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper is considered to be among the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century.
Life
Pijper was b ...
(1894β1947), Dutch composer, music critic, and music teacher
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Willem Rebergen
Willem Rebergen (born 12 September 1985), better known by his stage name ''Headhunterz'', is a Dutch Disc jockey, DJ and Record producer, music producer. Rebergen is also a Voice acting, voice actor. He has done Dubbing (filmmaking), dubbing for ...
(born 1985), Dutch DJ and producer
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Willem Roelofs (1822β1897), Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman
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Willem Sandberg
Jonkheer Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg (24 October 1897 β 9 April 1984) known as Willem Sandberg was a Dutch typographer, museum curator, and member of the Dutch resistance during World War II.
Early life and career
Sandberg was born i ...
(1897β1984), Dutch typographer and museum curator
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Willem Sassen
Wilhelmus Antonius Sassen (born 16 April 1918 β died 2002) was a Dutch Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II, collaborator, Nazism, Nazi journalism, journalist and a member of the ''Waffen-SS''. He became known around 1960 as " ...
(1918β2002), Dutch Nazi collaborator, Waffen-SS officer and journalist
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Willem Siebenhaar (1863β1936), Dutch-Australian social activist and writer
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Willem Surenhuis
Willem Surenhuis (also Surenhuys or Surenhusius, c.1664 in Rottum (Groningen), Rottum β 1729) was a Dutch Christians, Christian scholar of Hebrew language, Hebrew, known for his Latin translation of the ''Mishnah'', the first of the complete ...
(ca. 1664β1729), Dutch Christian scholar
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Willem Usselincx
Willem Usselincx (1567 β c. 1647) was a Flemish Dutch merchant, investor and diplomat who was instrumental in drawing both Dutch and Swedish attention to the importance of the New World. Usselincx was the founding father of the Dutch West Ind ...
(1567β1647), Flemish merchant, investor and diplomat
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Willem Valk
Willem () is a Dutch name, Dutch and West Frisian language, West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic languages, Germanic, and can be seen as the ...
(1898-1977), Dutch visual artist
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(1627β1683), Dutch still-life artist
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Willem van Biljon
Willem van Biljon (born 1961) is an entrepreneur and technologist born, raised and educated in South Africa.
Van Biljon graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in Computer Science.
He held engineering and research positions a ...
(b. 1961), South African entrepreneur and technologist
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Willem van de Velde the Elder
Willem van de Velde the Elder (1610/11 β 13 December 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son.
Biography
W ...
(ca. 1611β1693), Dutch painter
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Willem van de Velde the Younger
Willem van de Velde the Younger (18 December 1633 (baptised)6 April 1707) was a Dutch marine painter, the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in maritime art. His brother, Adriaen van de Velde, was a landscape painter.
...
(1633β1707), Dutch marine painter, son of above
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Willem van Hanegem
Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as a European Cu ...
(b. 1944), Dutch football player and coach
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Willem van Mieris
Willem van Mieris (3 June 166226 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
Willem van Mieris was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He was born in Leiden and studied under his father Frans ...
(1662β1747), Dutch painter
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Willem van Otterloo
Jan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.
Biography
Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, a ...
(1907β1978), Dutch conductor, cellist and composer
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Willem Verhulst
Willem Verhulst or Willem van Hulst was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the second (provisional) director of the New Netherland colony in 1625β26. Nothing is known about his life before and after this period. Verhulst may have ...
(ca. 1625), the second director of the Dutch West India Company
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Willem Verstegen
Willem Verstegen (c. 1612 β 1659) was a merchant in service of the Dutch East India Company and VOC Opperhoofden in Japan, chief trader of factory in Dejima.
Life
Willem Verstegen was born around 1612 in Vlissingen, Netherlands. In 1629, ...
(ca. 1612β1659), merchant of the Dutch East India Company and chief of factory in Deshima
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Willem Willink
Wilhelm Willink (sometimes Willem, Wilheim or Wilhem) (1750 – 1841) was a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, and one of the investors in the Holland Land Company,Evans, Paul D (1924). ''The Holland Land Company.'' Buffalo Historical Society Public ...
(1750β1841), Dutch merchant
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Willem Wilmink
Willem Wilmink (; Enschede, 25 October 1936 β 2 August 2003) was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry.
Life and career
Wilmi ...
(1936β2003), Dutch poet and writer
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Willem Wissing
Willem Wissing, known in England as William Wissing (1656 β 10 September 1687), was a Dutch portrait artist who worked in England.
He was born in either Amsterdam or The Hague, and studied at The Hague under Willem Doudijns (1630β97) and ...
(1656β1687), Dutch portrait artist
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Willem Witsen
Willem Witsen (13 August 1860, Amsterdam - 13 April 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.
Witsen's work, influenced by James McNeill Whistler, often portrayed calm urban lands ...
(1860β1923), Dutch painter and photographer
Middle name
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Evert Willem Beth
Evert Willem Beth (7 July 1908 – 12 April 1964) was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics. He was a member of the Significs Group.
Biography
Beth was born in Almelo, a small ...
(1908β1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
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Pieter Willem Botha
Pieter Willem Botha, (; 12 January 1916 β 31 October 2006), commonly known as P. W. and af, Die Groot Krokodil (The Big Crocodile), was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and ...
(1916β2006), former prime minister and president of South Africa
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Schalk Willem Burger
Schalk Willem Burger (6 September 1852 β 5 December 1918) was a South African military leader, lawyer, politician, and statesman who was acting president of the South African Republic from 1900 to 1902, whilst Paul Kruger was in exile.Nat ...
(1852β1918), South African military leader, lawyer, and statesman
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Herman Willem Daendels (1762β1818), 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
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Bernard Willem Holtrop
Bernard Willem Holtrop (born 2 April 1941, Ermelo) is a Dutch cartoonist living in France since 1968, who publishes under the pen name Willem. He is renowned for his sometimes provocative cartoons featuring violent and sexual imagery on political ...
, Dutch cartoonist who uses Willem as his professional name
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Jan Willem Janssens
Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO (12 October 1762 β 23 May 1838) was a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman who served both as the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.
Early life
Born in Nijme ...
(1762β1838), Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman
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Frederik Willem de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 β 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...
(1936β2021), State President of South Africa
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Pieter Willem Korthals
Pieter Willem Korthals (September 1, 1807, Amsterdam β March 1892, Haarlem) was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836.
Among his many discoveries was the medicinal plant Krat ...
(1807β1892), Dutch botanist
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Hendrik Willem Lenstra, Jr. (b. 1949), Dutch mathematician
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Hendrik Willem van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 β March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
Life
He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. ...
(1882β1944), Dutch-American historian and journalist
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Vincent Willem Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
, Dutch post-impressionist painter
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Dale Willem Steyn, South African cricketer
Surname
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Christophe Willem
Christophe FrΓ©dΓ©ric Durier (; born 3 August 1983), better known by his stage name Christophe Willem (), is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of ''Nouvelle Star'' (French version of '' Pop Idol'') in 2006.
Early life
Christ ...
, contemporary French singer
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Jean-Pierre Willem, founder of
Medecins Aux Pieds Nus translatable as ''Barefoot Doctors''
References
See also
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Willeke Willeke is a Dutch feminine given name and also a surname. The given name may be abbreviated as Wil. People with that name include:
* Willeke Alberti (born 1945), Dutch singer and actress
* Willeke Knol (born 1991), Dutch racing cyclist
* Willek ...
, a related Dutch feminine given name
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