List of Famous people named Wim

Often it's a shorthand for Willem. Similar names: Willem, Wimie, Weyma. Here are some famous Wims:

Wim Hof

First Name Wim
Born on April 20, 1959 (age 65)

Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has set Guinness World Records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice, and still holds the record for a barefoot half marathon on ice and snow. He attributes these feats to his Wim Hof Method (WHM), a combination of frequent cold exposure, breathing techniques and meditation. Hof has been the subject of several medical assessments and a book by investigative journalist Scott Carney.

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Wim Wenders

Ernst Wilhelm Wenders
First Name Wim
Born on August 14, 1945 (age 79)

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), about Cuban music culture; Pina (2011), about the contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch; and The Salt of the Earth (2014), about Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.

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Wim Fissette

First Name Wim
Born on March 22, 1980 (age 44)

Wim Fissette is a Belgian former professional tennis player and current coach. He has worked with former Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world number ones Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, and Naomi Osaka, as well as British number one and world number 15 Johanna Konta.

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Wim Thoelke

First Name Wim
Born on May 9, 1927
Died on November 26, 1995 (aged 68)

Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke was a German TV entertainer.

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Wim Kok

Willem Kok
First Name Wim
Died on October 20, 2018 (aged 48)

Willem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.

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Wim Suurbier

Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier
First Name Wim
Born on January 16, 1945
Died on July 12, 2020 (aged 75)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier was a Dutch football player and among others assistant coach of the Albanian national team.

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Wim Crouwel

First Name Wim
Born on November 21, 1928
Died on September 19, 2019 (aged 90)

Willem Hendrik "Wim" Crouwel was a Dutch graphic designer, type designer, and typographer.

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Wim Umboh

First Name Wim
Born on March 26, 1933
Died on January 24, 1996 (aged 62)

Ahmad Salim, better known by his birth name Wim Umboh but also known by the Chinese name Liem Yan Yung, was an Indonesian director who is best known for his melodramatic romances.

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Wim Duisenberg

Willem Frederik Duisenberg
First Name Wim
Born on July 9, 1935
Died on July 31, 2005 (aged 70)

Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist who served as President of the European Central Bank from 1 June 1998 until 1 November 2003.

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Wim T. Schippers

Willem Theodoor Schippers
First Name Wim
Born on July 1, 1942 (age 82)

Willem Theodoor "Wim T." Schippers is a Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor. During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement. As a television writer, director, and actor he is responsible for some of the most notable and controversial shows on Dutch televisions from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating a number of lasting characters and enriching the language with terms and expressions first coined in his shows. In addition, he voiced the characters of Ernie and Kermit the Frog on the Dutch version of Sesame Street. For his shows, he has written over three hundred songs, and his reputation has changed from being Dutch television's "enfant terrible" to an acknowledged master in a variety of genres.

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