List of Famous people named Wim
Wim van Doorne
Wim Quist
Wim Quist was a Dutch architect.
Wim van Est
Willem "Wim" van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.
Wim Udenhout
Willem "Wim" Alfred Udenhout was the military-installed Prime Minister of Suriname from February 1984 to July 1986. He had previously been a teacher and, for a time, a Black Power activist. As an academic he had a PhD in English literature from Leiden University. He later served as an ambassador to the United States. He did not favor investigating the military's murder of civilians or of Maroon people. He is most recently the Chairman of the Suriname Conservation Foundation.
Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. As the critic Robert Enright wrote in the art magazine Border Crossings, "Delvoye is involved in a way of making art that reorients our understanding of how beauty can be created". Wim Delvoye has an eclectic oeuvre, exposing his interest in a range of themes, from bodily function, and scatology to the function of art in the current market economy, and numerous subjects in between. He lives and works in Brighton, UK.
Wim Schepers
Wim Schepers was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx.
Wim Van Huffel
Wim Van Huffel is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2010.
Wim Mertens
Wim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
Wim Deetman
Willem Joost "Wim" Deetman is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and teacher.
Wim van der Leegte
Wilhelmus Gerardus Stephanus Maria "Wim" van der Leegte is a Dutch billionaire, and runs the Netherlands-based VDL Groep.