Huygens (also Huijgens, Huigens, Huijgen/Huygen, or Huigen) is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Most references to "Huygens" are to the polymath

Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , , ; also spelled Huyghens; la, Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Huygen (1563–1611), Dutch voyager and historian * Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687), Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer *

Constantijn Huygens, Jr. Constantijn Huygens Jr., Lord of Zuilichem (10 March 1628 – October 1697), was a Dutch statesman and poet, mostly known for his work on scientific instruments (sometimes together with his younger brother Christiaan Huygens). But, he was also a ...

(1628–1697), Dutch statesman, soldier, and telescope maker, son of Constantijn Huygens *

(1629–1695), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer, son of Constantijn Huygens *

Lodewijck Huygens Lodewijck Huygens (13 March 1631 – 1 July 1699) was a Dutch diplomat. Life Huyghens was the third son of the diplomat Constantijn Huygens and Suzanna van Baerle. His two older brothers were Constantijn Huygens, Jr. and the scientist Christia ...

(1631–1699), Dutch diplomat, the third son of Constantijn Huygens *

Cornélie Huygens Cornélie Lydie Huygens (13 June 1848 – 31 October 1902) was a Dutch writer, social democrat and feminist. Biography Huygens was born on 13 June 1848 in Haarlemmerliede. She was the daughter of Gerard William Otto Huygens and Cornelia Adelaide ...

(1848–1902), Dutch writer, social democrat and feminist *

Léon Huygens Léon Huygens (1876–1919) was a Belgian painter. Huygens was born in Auderghem, Brussels, and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He specialised in landscapes, particularly of the Sonian Forest to the south of Auder ...

(1876–1918), Belgian painter *

Jan Huijgen Johannes Hendrikus ("Jan") Huijgen (7 February 1886 – 20 February 1964) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is ...

(1888–1964), Dutch speedwalker *

Christiaan Huijgens Christiaan Huijgens (25 January 1897 – 11 January 1963) was a Dutch long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomers ...

(1897–1963), Dutch long-distance runner *

Wil Huygen Wil (Willibrord Joseph) Huygen (23 June 1922 – 14 January 2009) was a Dutch book author. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet. Huygen was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The seventh of ten ...

(1922–2009), Dutch children's and fantasy writer, e.g. of Gnomes

Named after Constantijn Sr

* Constantijn Huygens Prize, Dutch literary award *

Huygens Institute for Dutch History The Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands was formed on January 1, 2011 through a merger of the Institute of Dutch History ( nl, 'Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis', ING) a research institute of the Netherlands Organisation f ...

Named after Christiaan Huygens

Astronomy: *

Cassini–Huygens ''Cassini–Huygens'' ( ), commonly called ''Cassini'', was a space research, space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, i ...

, mission to Saturn and Titan ** Huygens (spacecraft), the probe of above mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 *

2801 Huygens 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

, an asteroid *

Huygens (crater) Huygens is an impact crater on Mars named in honour of the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens. It is the fifth largest recognizable impact crater on Mars after Utopia, Hellas, Argyre, and Isidis, and the largest ...

, a Martian crater *

Mons Huygens Mons Huygens is the Moon's tallest mountain (but not its highest point, which is Selenean Summit). It is about high and is located in the Montes Apenninus. Adjacent to the west is Mons Ampère. The Montes Apenninus were formed by the impact tha ...

, a mountain of Earth's Moon * Huygens Gap, main gap in the rings of Saturn Physics: * Huygens' principle regarding wave propagation *

Huygens law Huygens (also Huijgens, Huigens, Huijgen/Huygen, or Huigen) is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Most references to "Huygens" are to the polymath Christiaan Huygens. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Huygen (1563–1 ...

regarding pendulums * Huygens–Steiner theorem regarding moment of inertia Mathematics and games: * Huygens' tritone, a musical interval * Huygens lemniscate, a figure eight curve Microscopes: *

Huygens eyepiece An eyepiece, or ocular lens, is a type of lens that is attached to a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes. It is named because it is usually the lens that is closest to the eye when someone looks through the device. The ...

, first compound eye piece *

Huygens Software Huygens software refers to different multiplatform microscope image processing packages from Scientific Volume Imaging, made for restoring 2D and 3D microscopy images or time series and analyzing and visualizing them. The restoration is based on ...

, a microscope image processing package {{surname, Huygens Dutch-language surnames Patronymic surnames