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male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of
Gerard.
Behind the Name: Gerrit-> People with this name include:
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Gerrit Achterberg
Gerrit Achterberg (20 May 1905 – 17 January 1962) was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.
Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of eight ch ...
(1905–1962), Dutch poet
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Gerrit van Arkel
Gerrit A. van Arkel (April 3, 1858 in Loenen aan de Vecht – July 11, 1918 in Abcoude) was a Dutch architect who designed many of Amsterdam's most prominent Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) buildings.
He moved to Amsterdam in 1883 to become an architec ...
(1858–1918), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Badenhorst (born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
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Gerrit Battem (c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter
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Gerrit Beneker
Gerrit Albertus Beneker (January 26, 1882 – October 23, 1934) was an American painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of industrial scenes and for his poster work in World War I.
Biography
Beneker was born on January 26, 1882 in G ...
(1882–1934), American painter and illustrator
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Gerrit Berckheyde
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes.
Biography
Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Chris ...
(1638–1698), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Berkhoff
Gerrit (Gé) Berkhoff (Wijhe 9 July 1901 – Oosterbeek 27 February 1996) was a Dutch chemist and the first ''rector magnificus'' of the University of Twente in The Netherlands.
Education
The son of primary school principal Gerrit Berkhoff (1868†...
(1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector
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Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer
Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996) was for years the leading theologian of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (GKN). He occupied the chair in systematic theology of the Faculty of Theology, Free University (VU) in Amsterdam.
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(1903–1996), Dutch theologian
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Gerrit Berveling (born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author
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Gerrit Blaauw
Gerrit Anne "Gerry" Blaauw (July 17, 1924 – March 21, 2018) was a Dutch computer scientist, known as one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, together with Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others.[ ...]
(born 1924), Dutch computer engineer
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Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist
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Gerrit van Bloclant (1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter
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Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collector
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Gerrit den Braber (1929–1997), Dutch songwriter and lyricist
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Gerrit Broekstra
Gerrit Broekstra (born 1 August 1941, Alkmaar, Netherlands), is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Bus ...
(born 1941), Dutch scientist and professor
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Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the baseball team ...
(born 1990), American baseball pitcher
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Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp (c. 1565–1644), Dutch painter and stained glass artist
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Gerrit J. Diekema (1859–1930), American politician
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Gerrit van Dijk
Gerrit van Dijk (5 December 1938 – 4 December 2012) was a Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter.
Biography
Gerrit van Dijk was born in a pious Catholic family in the village of Volkel, in the municipality of Uden. He studied as a fif ...
(1938–2012), Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter
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Gerrit Dou
Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his ...
(1613–1675), Dutch painter
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Gerrit L. Dox
Gerrit Lansing Dox (December 13, 1784 in Albany, New York – August 2, 1847 in Waterloo, Seneca County, New York) was an American politician.
Early life
He was born on December 13, 1784 to Pieter Dox and Cathalyntje Lansing. He was baptised on ...
(1784–1847), American politician
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Gerrit Faulhaber
Gerrit Henri Victor Lodewijk Faulhaber (22 September 1912 – 1951) was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the qua ...
(1912–1951), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
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Gerrit Fauser
Gerrit Fauser (born 13 July 1989) is a German professional ice hockey player currently with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He joined Wolfsburg from DEL rival the Hannover Scorpions
The Hannover Scorpions are a pr ...
(born 1989), German ice hockey player
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Gerrit Ferreira
Gerrit Thomas Ferreira also known as GT Ferreira is a South African billionaire businessman, investor and banker who is one of the founders of FirstRand Limited.
Biography
Gerrit Ferreira got his MBA degree from University of Stellenbosch. In 1 ...
(born 1948), South African businessman
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Gerrit Fischer
Gerrit Fischer (28 August 1916 – 22 November 1984) was a Dutch footballer who played for Ajax as a right winger.
Club career
Ajax
Fischer was discovered at a school football match at the age of sixteen, by Ajax coach Jack Reynolds, after ...
(1916–1984), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Fokkema
Gerrit Fokkema Born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 and moved to Australia in 1958.
Education
Gerrit Fokkema attended the NSW public system primary and secondary schools in Queanbeyan, NSW. graduating with a Higher School Certifi ...
(born 1954), Australian photographer
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Gerrit Forbes
Gerrit Angelo Forbes (30 May 1836 - 22 September 1906) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New York beginning in 1888. He served as District Attorney for Madison County from January 1871 to December 1874. He was a member of the Madison County ...
(1836–1906), American judge
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(born 1960), Belgian legal scholar
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Gerrit van Gelderen (1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
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Gerrit Van Gestel (born 1958), Belgian former cyclist
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Gerrit Glas (born 1954), Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
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Gerrit Glomser
Gerrit Glomser (born 1 April 1975 in Salzburg) is an Austrian former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . He turned professional in 1998, and won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2 ...
(born 1975), Austrian racing cyclist
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Gerrit David Gratama (1874–1965), Dutch artist, writer and museum director
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Gerrit Govaars (1866–1954), Dutch teacher and Salvation Army officer
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Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a scriptwriter and songwriter. He is best known for his appearances in multiple films by Brian De Palma as well as appearances in two '' Star Trek' ...
(born 1949), American actor and songwriter
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Gerrit Holdijk
Gerrit Holdijk (17 November 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP).
Holdijk was born in Uddel, a village in the Veluwe region. He studied notary at a post-secondary level, and also la ...
(1944–2015), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Holtmann
Gerrit Stephan Barba Holtmann (born 25 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor, on loan from Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. Born in Germany, he plays for the Philippines national team.
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(born 1995), German footballer
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Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
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Gerrit van Iterson ''This page was created from the Dutch Wikipedia with the aid of automatic translation''
Gerrit van Iterson Jr (Roermond, August 19, 1878 – Wassenaar, January 4, 1972) was a Dutch botanist and professor who developed a mathematical approach to pl ...
(1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
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Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch cartoonist
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Gerrit de Jong Jr. (1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
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Gerrit Kastein
Dr. Gerrit Willem Kastein (25 June 1910 - 21 February 1943) was a Dutch communist, neurologist and resistance fighter and leader during World War II.
Early life
Kastein was born in Zutphen, the eldest son of Albertus Gerhardus Kastein and Gerdin ...
(1910–1943), Dutch communist, neurologist and WWII resistance fighter
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Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Dutch Christian minister and politician
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Gerrit Kleerekoper
Gerrit Kleerekoper (15 February 1897 – 2 July 1943) was a Jewish-Dutch gymnastics coach. He was married with two children and worked as a diamond cutter.
He led the Dutch women gymnastics team to win the gold medal at the 1928 Olympic Games in ...
(1897–1943), Dutch gymnastics coach
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Gerrit Komrij
Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his ...
(1944–2012), Dutch poet
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Gerrit Korteweg
Gerrit Jacobus Korteweg (born 17 August 1937) is a retired Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in and 4×100 m medley relay and finished eighth in the latter event. In the 200 m butterfly
Butterflies are insects in th ...
(born 1937), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923–2014), Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer
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Gerrit Krol
Gerrit Krol (1 August 1934 − 24 November 2013) was a Dutch author, essayist and writer.
Krol was born in Groningen. He studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system des ...
(1934−2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
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Gerrit Kruize (1923–2009), American field hockey player
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Ger Lagendijk (1941–2010), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Lamberts
Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850) was a Dutch painter and curator of the Rijksmuseum when it was located in the Trippenhuis.
Lamberts was born in Amsterdam. He started out as a merchant selling paper and later became a watercolorist, draughtsman and ...
(1776–1850), Dutch painter and museum curator
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Gerrit Y. Lansing
Gerrit Yates Lansing (August 4, 1783 – January 3, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life
Lansing was born in Albany, New York on August 4, 1783. He was third of sixteen children born to Susanna Yates (1762–1840) and Abra ...
(1783–1862), American politician
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Gerrit Lekkerkerker (1922–1999), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Lundens
Gerrit Lundens (1622 – 1686), was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, miniature portraits and vanitas paintings. He also made copies after famous Dutch masters.
Biography
He was born in Amsterdam and married Agniet Mathijs of Antwe ...
(1622–1683), Dutch painter
* Gerrit Maus (born 1981), German vision scientist
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Gerrit van der Meer (born 1950), Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
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Gerrit Nauber (born 1992), German footballer
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Gerrit Niekoop (born 1934), Surinamese football player
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Gerrit Noordzij
Gerrit Noordzij (2 April 1931 – 17 March 2022) was a Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author. He started teaching letters and calligraphy at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1960. Motivated to make type accessible to his stude ...
(born 1931), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
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Gerrit Olivier Professor Gerrit Olivier is a South African academic and diplomat. In 1991, he became the first diplomatic representative of South Africa to the Soviet Union and in 1992 he was appointed as the first South African Ambassador to the Russian Federatio ...
(born 19??), South African academic and diplomat
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Gerrit Oosting
Gerrit Oosting (12 April 1941 in Zwartemeer – 15 November 2012 in Oldenzaal) was a Dutch politician.
Oosting started his career as a teacher in Oldenzaal. From 1978 to 1987 he was an alderman for the Labour Party (PvdA) in Oldenzaal. S ...
(1941–2012), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Opperman (born 1945), South African Army General
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Gerrit Paape (1752–1803), Dutch earthenware and stoneware painter, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and civil servant
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Gerrit Patist (1947–2005), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
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Gerrit Pels (1893–1966), Dutch astronomer
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Gerrit Plomp (born 1963), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit van Poelje
Gerrit Abraham van Poelje (January 31, 1884, in Naaldwijk – September 8, 1976, in The Hague) was a Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar. He is considered one of the most important founders of the science of Public Ad ...
(1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
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Gerrit Pressel (born 1990), German footballer
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Gerrit Radstaak (1914–1996), Canadian politician
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Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658), Dutch merchant and art collector
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Gerrit Rietveld
Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.
Early life
Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at n ...
(1888–1964), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Roos
Gerrit Jacob Roos (21 August 189810 May 1969) was a Dutch weightlifter. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de ...
(1898–1969), Dutch weightlifter
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Gerrit Rudolph (born 1988), South African-born Namibian cricketer
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Gerrit van Santen
Gerrit van Santen or Gerard Cornelisz van Santen (1591/92–1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and writer. He was born in Delft probably in 1591 or 1592, and was buried in the city on 26 April 1656.
Career Author
Van Santen's farce ''Lichte W ...
(1591/92–1656), Dutch painter and writer
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863), Dutch businessman and statesman
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Gerrit Schipper (c. 1775 – c. 1832), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Schotte
Gerrit Fransisco Schotte () (born 9 September 1974) is a Curaçaoan politician, and the current leader of the Movementu Futuro Kòrsou (MFK). In the Curaçao general election of 27 August 2010, the MFK became the second-largest party with 5 seat ...
(born 1974), Curaçao optician
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Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839), Surinamese artist
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Gerrit Schulte (1916–1992), Dutch track bicycle racer
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Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith (March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874), also spelled Gerritt Smith, was a leading American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Married to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidat ...
(1797–1874), American abolitionist
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Gerrit van Spaan (1654–1711), Dutch writer
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Gerrit Stoeten (born 1986), Spanish footballer
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Gerrit T. Thorn (1835–1900), American politician
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Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies (January 31, 1898 in Hamburg, Germany – September 16, 1978 in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada) was a research biochemist. He was the oldest of five children of the famous sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies and a ...
(1898-1978), research biochemist
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Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), Dutch painter and art-dealer
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Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
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Gerrit de Veer (c. 1570 – after 1598), Dutch military officer and explorer
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Gerrit Verschuur
Gerrit L. Verschuur (born in 1937 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an American scientist who is best known for his work in radio astronomy. Though a pioneer in that field, Verschuur is also an author (he has written about astronomy, natural disast ...
(born 1937), South African-born American scientist
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Gerrit Viljoen
Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen (11 September 1926 in Cape Town – 29 March 2009) was a South African government minister and member of the National Party.
He was chair of the Broederbond from 1974 to 1980, Administrator-General of South Wes ...
(1926–2009), South African politician
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Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman (before 1600–after 1624), Dutch brewer
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Gerrit van Voorst
Gerrit van Voorst (18 July 1910 – 13 November 1986) was a Dutch swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially ...
(1910–1986), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit de Vries (politician) (1818–1900), Dutch jurist and politician, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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Gerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born 1967), road racing cyclist
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Gerrit van Wees
Gerrit van Wees (26 January 1913 – 5 May 1995) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Gam ...
(1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
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Gerrit de Wet (1616–1674), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Zegelaar (1719–1794), Dutch painter
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