The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners was formed on 14 August 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the current Western Cape region. From 15 January 1876 the society published a journal in Afrikaans called Die Afrikaanse Patriot as well as a number of books, including grammars, dictionaries, religious material and histories. Die Afrikaanse Patriot was succeeded in 1905 by today's Paarl newspaper.
Dr Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin.
Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion, known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.
Dick Hein "Derek" de Lint is a Dutch film and television actor, known for playing the role of Derek Rayne in Poltergeist: The Legacy.
The Diamond Film is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Diamond Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 1,000,000 cinema tickets or more during the original circulation. The award is initiated by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund in addition to the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors, the Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors, and the Crystal Film for 10,000 visitors of a documentary film.
'n Beetje Verliefd is a 2006 Dutch comedy film directed by Martin Koolhoven. The film received a Golden Film award since the film sold 100,000 tickets.
Ate de Jong is a Dutch film and television director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the producer of The Discovery of Heaven (2001), nominated for a Golden Calf award, and Het Bombardement (2012).
When the Poppies Bloom Again is a 1975 Dutch drama film directed by Bert Haanstra. It is based on the book The Nail Behind the Wallpaper by Anton Koolhaas.
Annie Palmen was a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.
Nikolai van der Heyde was a Dutch film director and screenwriter.
Raijmondus "Raymond" Godefriedus Norbert van de Klundert is a Dutch author. He is well known for his novel Love Life, in which he documents a fictionalized version of his own life story; a husband committing adultery while his wife is dying of cancer.
Dora van der Groen was a Belgian actress and theatre director.
The Rembrandt Award was a Dutch film award. Initially created in 1993, it was not awarded between 1999 and 2006, but was recreated in 2007 by René Mioch.. It has not been awarded since 2015.
Peter Faber is a Dutch stage, television and film actor.
Stricken is a 2009 Dutch drama film directed and produced by Reinout Oerlemans and based on the book by the same name by writer Ray Kluun. The film was the highest-grossing Dutch film of the year with a gross of €9.3 million and is one of the 20 most popular Dutch films of all time.
Georgette Rejewski was a Belgian-born Dutch actress.
Bram van der Vlugt was a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the role of Sinterklaas for over two decades. He died on 19 December 2020, at the age of 86, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
Philippe Geubels is a Flemish stand-up comedian.
Marie Thomas was the first Indonesian woman to become a physician. She received her diploma from the School of Training of Native Physicians in 1922. She went on to specialize in obstetrics and gynaecology and is considered the first Indonesian doctor to specialize in this field. She also established a midwifery school in Bukittinggi.
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