List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Frederik Schuh

First Name Frederik
Born on February 7, 1875
Died on January 6, 1966 (aged 90)

Frederik Schuh was a Dutch mathematician.

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Abram van Rijckevorsel

First Name Abram
Last Name Rijckevorsel
Born on December 30, 1790
Died on August 11, 1864 (aged 73)
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Barend Wijnveld

First Name Barend
Last Name Wijnveld
Born on August 13, 1820
Died on February 18, 1902 (aged 81)

Barend Wijnveld, was a Dutch painter.

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Germ de Jong

First Name Germ
Born on March 8, 1886
Died on April 11, 1967 (aged 81)

Germ de Jong was a Dutch painter. De Jong studied art at Quellinus, a school for the poor. In 1918 de Jong’s gets his first solo-exhibition, all his works are sold in ten days. When de Jong’s also won the Willink van Collen award for young artists his reputation was made. De Jong moved to Paris, where he became acquainted to Picasso, Mondriaan, Jos Crion, Conrad Kickert and Simon Carmiggelt. Among de Jong’s paintings were many colourful still lifes, focusing mostly on colourful depictions of flowers. His work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

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Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen

First Name Volkert
Last Name Willigen
Born on May 9, 1822
Died on February 19, 1878 (aged 55)

Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen, sometimes referred to as Volcardus Simon Martinus van der Willigen, was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and professor.

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Claus Sluter

First Name Claus
Last Name Sluter
Born on January 1, 1340
Died on January 1, 1406 (aged 66)

Claus Sluter was a Dutch sculptor. He was the most important northern European sculptor of his age and is considered a pioneer of the "northern realism" of the Early Netherlandish painting that came into full flower with the work of Jan van Eyck and others in the next generation.

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Metius

Born on December 9, 1571
Died on September 6, 1635 (aged 63)

Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius,, was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor."

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Adriaan van Royen

First Name Adriaan
Died on February 28, 1779

Adriaan van Royen was a Dutch botanist. He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus.

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Cornelius Richard Anton van Bommel

First Name Cornelius
Last Name Bommel
Born on April 5, 1790
Died on April 7, 1852 (aged 62)

Cornelius Richard Anton van Bommel was a Dutch Bishop of Liège, Belgium, from 1829 until his death.

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Adriaen Coorte

First Name Adriaen
Born on January 1, 1665
Died on January 1, 1707 (aged 42)

Adriaen Coorte was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes, who signed works between 1683 and 1707. He painted small and unpretentious still lifes in a style more typical of the first half of the century, and was "one of the last practitioners of this intimate category".

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