West Maas en Waal is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
Sportclub Telstar is a Dutch professional association football club based in the town of Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. The team competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 17 July 1963, as a merger between the professional departments of rivals VSV and Stormvogels. The new club was named Telstar, after the then recently launched communications satellite.
Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first tier of Dutch football, following promotion from the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie. Groningen played in the Eredivisie during their first three seasons, before the side were relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 and remained in the top flight for 18 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98. The team won promotion to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffering relegation in 2022–23. Groningen finished as runners-up in the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie and returned to the Eredivisie at the first attempt.
Theodoor Jacob "Theo" van Leeuwen is a Dutch linguist and one of the main developers of the sub-field of social semiotics. He is also known for his contributions to the study of Multimodality; he wrote with Gunther Kress Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design, one of the most influential books on the topic.
Raymond Atteveld is a Dutch professional football manager. He currently works as director of football development for the Kazakhstan Football Federation.
Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021. It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
Leeuw is Dutch for lion. It occurs as a surname, most commonly in the form of De Leeuw. "De Leeuw", “Leeuw” and Van der Leeuw are thought to mostly be toponymic surnames, with the first bearers named "(from) the Lion" after a house, windmill or farm with that name. The more common surname Van Leeuwen has a distinct origin in the small town of Leeuwen and perhaps in the city of Leuven.
Robbie van Leeuwen is a Dutch musician who was a guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for multiple Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue, with whom he recorded the worldwide hit "Venus". In 1967, he played guitar on the only single ever released by "The Six Young Riders" titled "Let the Circle Be Unbroken". As of January 2023, he is the only surviving member of Shocking Blue's best known four-piece lineup.
Laura Antoinette van Leeuwen is a Dutch gymnast. Van Leeuwen competed in the all around, however the uneven bars and vault are her best disciplines.
Van Leeuwen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Leeuwen". In 2007, nearly 28,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the 18th most common name there. There are two places named Leeuwen in Gelderland and two in Limburg. Considering the high frequency of the name and the small size of these two places, it has been speculated that people from many other places, such as the relatively larger Belgian cities of Leuven and Denderleeuw may have also ended up being called "van Leeuwen" as well. Although translated as "lions" in modern Dutch, the place name may be explained originating from Germanic hlaiw, meaning (burial) mound. The name appeared in records since the 13th-century in Holland. People with this surname include:
Jan van Leeuwen is a Dutch computer scientist and emeritus professor of computer science at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University.
Romee Strijd is a Dutch model. A former Victoria's Secret Angel, she appeared in the brand's annual fashion show from 2014 to 2018. She has worked for brands including Alexander McQueen, Michael Kors, and Carolina Herrera. She has also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar.
Wilfred van Leeuwen is a Dutch football manager, who most recently was the manager of Tweede Divisie club Rijnsburgse Boys.
Demba Steven Camara van Leeuwen is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Elia Lythrodonta. Born in the Netherlands, van Leeuwen represents the Mali national football team.
Thijs van Leeuwen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch.
Cornelis Hubertus Johannes (Cees) van Leeuwen is a Dutch former member of parliament for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) from 2002 to 2003.
Patrick van Leeuwen is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was recently the head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.
Teunis Pieter van Leeuwen was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for GVAV Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam. He made two appearances for the Netherlands national team in 1967.
Hendrik van Leeuwen is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward. He made two appearances for the Netherlands national team in 1978.
Luca Everink is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.
