Van de Graaf, also spelled van de Graaff, van der Graaf or van der Graaff, is a Dutch surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
The Netherlands competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 125 competitors, 105 men and 20 women, took part in 57 events in 12 sports. Simon de Wit, who had represented his country in rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics, was the Netherlands' Chef de Mission.
The Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 110 competitors, 80 men and 30 women, took part in 54 events in 13 sports.
Hugh Miller Foley was an American rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships. He also won a gold in the coxed fours at the 1967 Pan American Games. During his career, Foley won a total of six national titles in the fours and eights.
Dudley Leonard Storey was a New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals.
Ross Hounsell Collinge is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals.
Romano Sgheiz is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Armin Eichholz is a retired competition rower from West Germany. He won two Olympic medals in the coxed eight event: a gold in 1988 and a bronze in 1992, and in 1991 he won a world title in the coxed fours.
Frederik Robbert "Freek" van de Graaff was a Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics. His team mates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox), Lex Mullink, Bobbie van de Graaf and Jan van de Graaff. The three "van de Graaf(f)s" were all born in 1944.
Herman Jan Rouwé is a retired Dutch rower who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1964, he won a bronze medal in the coxed pairs event, together with Erik Hartsuiker and Jan-Just Bos. Four years later he finished ninth in the coxed fours competition.
Robert "Bobbie" van de Graaf is a retired Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics. His team mates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox), Lex Mullink, Freek van de Graaff and Jan van de Graaff. The latter two were also born in 1944 and are unrelated to Bobbie.
Karl-Heinz Danielowski is a retired German coxswain. He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics and for East Germany at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1964 and 1968 he finished in seventh place in the coxed pairs and eights, respectively, whereas in 1976 he won a gold medal in the eight.
Alan John Webster is a former New Zealand rower.
De Graaf is a Dutch occupational surname. With over 21,000 people, it was the 24th most common name in the Netherlands in 2007. In modern Dutch de graaf means the count, but in the past it also referred to the head of the municipal council called schepen. A common variant form is De Graaff, with 4632 people in 2007. In Belgium, the form De Graef is most common, with 1017 people in 2018. People with the surname include:
Willem Theo "Wim" Grothuis is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the coxed fours, together with Evert Kroes, Jan-Willem van Woudenberg, Johan ter Haar and Kees de Korver, and finished in seventh place. His team finished ninth in this event at the 1971 European Championships.
Jan Willem "Jan-Willem" van Woudenberg is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the coxed fours, together with Evert Kroes, Wim Grothuis, Johan ter Haar and Kees de Korver, and finished in seventh place. His team finished ninth in this event at the 1971 European Championships. His brother Gert Jan van Woudenberg competed in the same event at the 1976 Olympics.
Liesbeth Simone Vosmaer-de Bruin is a retired Dutch rower. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed fours, together with Hette Borrias, Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman, Ans Gravesteijn and Monique Pronk, and finished in fifth place. She won a European title in this event in 1973, with Hette Borrias, Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman, Yvonne Vischschraper and Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff. At the world championships, her team was fifth in 1975 and seventh in 1977 and 1978.
Louise Elisabeth Pascal-de Graaff is a retired Dutch rower. In the coxed fours, she won the European title in 1973 and finished fifth at the 1975 World Championships. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed eights, together with Karin Abma, Joke Dierdorp, Barbara de Jong, Annette Schortinghuis-Poelenije, Marleen van Rij, Maria Kusters-ten Beitel, Loes Schutte and Evelien Koogje, and finished in eighth place.
Poulus Johannes "Poul" de Haan is a retired Dutch coxswain. Together with Hadriaan van Nes and Jan van de Graaff he won the world title in 1966 in the coxed pair event and placed fourth in 1967.
Sander de Graaf is a Dutch rower. He won a gold medal at the 2020 European Championships and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in the men's coxless four events.
