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Schelling is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Kuiper is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper. Common spelling variants include Kuyper, Kuipers, Kuijper, Kuijpers, Kuypers, and De Kuyper. Notable people with the name include:
Klaas Bruinsma may refer to:
Klaas Bruinsma was a West Frisian language translator of historical works from Dutch, Spanish and Greek, among others.
Klaas Bruinsma was a major Dutch drug lord. He was shot dead on 27 June 1991 by organized crime member and former police officer Martin Hoogland. He was known as "De Lange" and also as "De Dominee" because of his black clothing and his habit of lecturing others.
The Preacher is a 2004 Dutch thriller film about a drug lord named Klaas Donkers. The film is based on Bart Middelburg's biography of real-life drug lord Klaas Bruinsma.
Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.
Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning victory of the people. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950. Archaic spellings include Claas and Claes. Among its female derivatives are Klaasje, Clasien, Clasina, Clasine, Clazien, Klasien, Klasina and Klaziena. Klaas also exists as a patronymic surname, though the forms Klaasen, Klaassen, Claassen, Claessen, and Claessens are more common.
Hoekstra is a Frisian toponymic surname, meaning "from the corner" or "(river) bend". Notable people with the surname include:
Bolt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wiersma is a surname of West Frisian origin. It originated as a patronymic surname, "son of Wier", an old Frisian name that was a contraction of German -wig- ("battle") and -her- ("lord"). Notable people with the surname include:
Molenaar is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "miller".
Gerbrandy is a West Frisian patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Postma is a surname of Frisian origin. In 2007 there were 12,395 people in the Netherlands with the surname, most concentrated in the province of Friesland. The form Postema is more common in the neighboring province of Groningen. The surname's origin may be in "posthumous", occupational or toponymic. People with the name include:
Duif is an archaic Dutch male given name and patronymic surname. Variant spellings include Duijf, Duyf and Duive. Female forms are Duifje, Duifke, Duijfie, etc., some of which are still in use.
Venema is a West Frisian patronymic surname most common in the northeast Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Berkel is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in either Berkel, South Holland, Berkel, North Brabant, or a former hamlet now part of Horst, Limburg. The Berkel is also a river in Gelderland and North Rhine-Westphalia. A variant spelling is Van Berckel. Notable people with the surname include:
Westra is a toponymic surname of West Frisian origin, approximately meaning "from the West". People with the name include:
Zuidema is a West Frisian toponymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
De Heer is a Dutch surname, meaning "the gentleman / lord". The variant forms d'Heer and De Heere are now (nearly) extinct in the Netherlands. People with the name include:
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