List of Famous people named Adriaan

Similar names: Adrian, Adriano, Adriana, Adrianne, Adrianna, Adriane, Adreian, Adriani. Here are some famous Adriaans:

Adriaan Bloemaert

First Name Adriaan
Born on January 1, 1609
Died on January 8, 1666 (aged 57)

Adriaan Bloemaert was a Dutch painter.

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Adriaan Paulen

First Name Adriaan
Died on May 9, 1985 (aged 15)

Adriaan "Adje" Paulen was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch resistance in the Netherlands. Following World War II, Paulen became a sports official, becoming president of the IAAF, serving from 1976 to 1981.

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Adriaan Roland Holst

First Name Adriaan
Born on May 23, 1888
Died on August 5, 1976 (aged 88)

Adriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Adriaan Blaauw

First Name Adriaan
Born on April 12, 1914
Died on December 1, 2010 (aged 96)

Adriaan Blaauw was a Dutch astronomer.

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Adriaan Geuze

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Adriaan Daniel Fokker

First Name Adriaan
Born on August 17, 1887
Died on September 24, 1972 (aged 85)
Born in Indonesia, West Java

Adriaan Daniël Fokker was a Dutch physicist and musician. He was the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ.

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Adriaan Pauw

First Name Adriaan
Born on November 1, 1585
Died on February 21, 1653 (aged 67)

Adriaan Pauw, knight, heer van Heemstede, Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc. was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653.

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Adriaan van Wijngaarden

First Name Adriaan
Born on November 2, 1916
Died on February 7, 1987 (aged 70)

Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as an engineer, Van Wijngaarden would emphasize and promote the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.

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Adriaan van der Hoop

First Name Adriaan
Born on April 28, 1778
Died on March 17, 1854 (aged 75)

Adriaan van der Hoop was a Dutch banker and in the first half of the 19th century one of the richest men in the Netherlands. He also was an influential politician: a member of the city council, the States-Provincial in Haarlem and the Senate in The Hague. In his later years he became an important art and plant collector. On his death he left 250 paintings to the city of Amsterdam, who could barely pay the inheritance tax. In this way Van der Hoop contributed substantially to the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

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Adriaan van den Spiegel

First Name Adriaan
Born on January 1, 1578
Died on April 7, 1625 (aged 47)

Adriaan van den Spiegel, name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius, was a Flemish anatomist born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physicians associated with the city. At Padua he studied anatomy under Girolamo Fabrici.

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