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. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name

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Gauthier Gauthier () is a French name of Germanic origin, corresponding to the English given name Walter. People with the given name * Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède * Gauthier de Brienne, Counts Walter III of Brienne, Walter IV of Brienne, ...

, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright army". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The

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surname of Wouter is Wouters.

People named Wouter

Sports

Wouter olde Heuvel Wouter olde Heuvel (born 18 August 1986) is a Dutch former speed skater who participated in international competitions. His older brother Remco is also a speed skater. Records Personal records Olde Heuvel has a score of 148.281 points ...

, Dutch speed skater * Wouter Claes, Belgian badminton player *

Wouter Mol Wouter Mol (born 17 April 1982 in Nibbixwoud) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016. 2012 Tour Down Under One tradition of the Tour Down Under is that the fans choose an unknown rider a ...

, Dutch professional road racing cyclist *

Wouter Toledo Wouter Maria Toledo (17 May 1944 - 21 July 2018) was a Dutch figure skater. Results External links results 1944 births Dutch male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of the Netherlands Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sp ...

, Dutch figure skater * Wouter Poels, Dutch professional road bicycle racer *

Wout van Aert Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the men's elite race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He joined in M ...

, Belgian professional cyclist *

Wouter Wippert Wouter Wippert (born 14 August 1990) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . In 2015, Wippert took a stage win in the UCI World Tour race Tour Down Under. Career In the 2015 Tour of Californ ...

, Dutch professional road racing cyclist *

Wouter Jolie Wouter Jolie (born 7 July 1985 in Naardenbr>(say "Vow-ti Yo-lee") is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is ...

, Dutch field hockey player *

Wouter Brouwer Wouter Brouwer (10 August 1882 – 4 May 1961) was a Dutch fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games. References External links * 1882 births 1961 deaths Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers of the Netherlands Fencers at the 1920 ...

, Dutch fencer *

Wouter van Pelt Wouter van Pelt (born 23 April 1968 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 236 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 21 goals. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 27 March 1989 ...

, Dutch field hockey player *

Wouter Corstjens Wouter Corstjens (born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch-born Belgian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the for ...

, Dutch-Belgian footballer *

Wouter D'Haene Wouter D'Haene (born 5 May 1982) is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville. D'Haene also finished fifth in the ...

, Belgian sprint canoer *

Wouter Biebauw Wouter Biebauw (born 21 May 1984) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a ...

, Belgian footballer *

Wouter Marinus Wouter Marinus (born 18 February 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for amateur side ZZVV Zuidwolde. He formerly played for PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch association football, football club based in Zwolle, ...

, Dutch professional footballer * Wouter de Vogel, Dutch footballer *

Wouter Weylandt Wouter Weylandt (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011) was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the third stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia ...

, Belgian professional cyclist *

Wouter van der Steen Wouter van der Steen (born 3 June 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Den Bosch in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He formerly played for Helmond Sport and SC Heerenveen. Club career Van der Steen did not extend ...

, Dutch professional footballer * Wouter Degroote, Belgian footballer * Wouter Scheelen, Belgian footballer * Wouter Artz, Dutch professional footballer * Wouter Gudde, Dutch footballer * Wouter Vrancken, Belgian footballer * Wouter Vandenhaute, Belgian sports journalist * Wouter Sybrandy, Dutch professional road racing cyclist * Wout Wagtmans, Dutch road racing cyclist * Wouter Leefers, Dutch field hockey player *

Wout Weghorst Wout François Maria Weghorst (born 7 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Manchester United, on loan from club Burnley, and the Netherlands national team. Weghorst began his professional career i ...

, Dutch footballer

Entertainment

* Wouter "Wally" De Backer, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, known as Gotye *

Wouter Deprez Wouter Deprez (born 14 February 1975 in Geluwe Geluwe (Hilwe in West Flemish) is a town in the West Flemish province of Belgium. It is contained within the municipality of Wervik. The town is known for the "yawning festival" (Dutch: gapersfeest ...

, Belgian comedian *

Wouter Hamel Wouter Hamel (born 1977) is a Dutch Pop singer. He released his debut album ''Hamel'' in March 2007. Hamel's style has been compared to Jamie Cullum's.

, Dutch pop singer * Wouter Barendrecht, Dutch film producer * Wouter Janssen, Dutch musician *

Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a GRAMMY® Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won eight South African Music Awards. Using his classical training as a foundation, Kellerman has focused his attention ...

, South African flautist *

Wouter van der Goes Wouter van der Goes (born 18 January 1973, Alkmaar) is a Dutch radio DJ. At age twelve, he was tinkering with audio equipment as a hobby. Later, during his free time, he worked with several local radio stations, as well as pirate stations, wh ...

, Dutch radio DJ

Politics

Wouter Koolmees Wouter Koolmees (born 20 March 1977) is a Dutch economist and politician and of the Democrats 66 (D66) party who has been serving as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Third Rutte cabinet since 2017. He also served as second Deput ...

, Dutch politician * Wouter Beke, Belgian politician *

Wouter De Vriendt Wouter De Vriendt (born 22 June 1977 in Ostend) is a Belgian politician, and member of Groen. He is currently a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Biography De Vriendt got a master's degree in Political science. After he finished ...

, Belgian politician *

Wouter Bos Wouter Jacob Bos (; (born 14 July 1963) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. Bos attended the Christian Gymnasium in Zeist from June 1975 until July 1980 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ...

, Dutch politician * Wouter Van Besien, Belgian politician * Wouter Van Bellingen, Flemish politician

Art

* Wouter Crabeth I, Dutch Renaissance glass painter *

Wouter Crabeth II Wouter Pietersz. Crabeth II (1594 – c. 18 June 1644) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Wouter Crabeth was born in Gouda in 1594, the son of the writer and politician Pieter Woutersz. Crabeth. He was named after his grandfather Wouter ...

, Dutch Golden Age painter and grandson of Wouter Crabeth I * Wouter Knijff, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter * Wouter Abts, Belgian painter * Wouterus Verschuur, Dutch painter * Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, Dutch 19th century painter

Other

Wouter Basson Wouter Basson (born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr. Death" by the press for his alleged acti ...

(born 1950), South African cardiologist *

Wouter Berthout van Ranst Wouter Berthout van Ranst was a 13th-century nobleman, living in feudal times, and a vassal of the Duke of Brabant. He was given land near the Escaut River, which he named ''Bergheem'' (now : Berchem in Flanders). His descendants possessed the land ...

, Belgian nobleman * Wouter Biesiot (1951–1998), Dutch head of the Energy and Materials Group * Wouter Deelen (c.1500–1563), Dutch Anabaptist *

Wouter den Haan Wouter J. den Haan (or Denhaan) (born 22 July 1962) is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, research fellow and programme director of the CEPR, and co-director of the Centre for Macroeconomics. Currently, his main areas of ...

(born 1962), Dutch Professor of Economics *

Wouter Hanegraaff Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is full professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He served as the first president of the European Society for the Study of ...

(born 1961), Dutch Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy * Wouter Lutkie (1887–1968), Dutch Catholic priest and fascist * Wouter Schievink (born 1963), Dutch neurological surgeon *

Wouter Snijders Wouter Snijders (26 May 1928 – 21 July 2020) was a Dutch judge and legal scholar. He was justice on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands between 1970 and 1986 and served as vice president from 1986 to 1998. Snijders also served as chair of the C ...

(1928–2020), Dutch judge and legal scholar * Wouter Tebbens (born 1974), Dutch activist *

Wouter van Twiller Wouter van Twiller (May 22, 1606 – buried August 29, 1654) was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the fourth Director of New Netherland. He governed from 1632 until 1638, succeeding Peter Minuit, who was recalled by the Dutch ...

(1606–1654), Dutch West India Company employee

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