Schouten is a surname of Dutch origin. It generally has an occupational root, where the forebear was a schout, but can also be patronymic, as Schoute once was used as a given name. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007. Variations include Schout, Schoute, Schoutens, Scholten and Scholte. People with this surname include:
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem, Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter from Haarlem.
Janszoon usually abbreviated to Jansz was a Dutch patronym. While Janse, Janssens, and especially Jansen and Janssen, are very common surnames derived from this patronym, the form Jansz is quite rare and Janszoon itself does not exist in the Netherlands. People with this name or its variants include:
Jan Nagel was a Dutch Renaissance painter.
Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1570–1643) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
Pieter Jacobsz. Duyfhuysen (1608–1677) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre.
Verbeeck is a surname of Dutch language origin. It is a contraction and spelling variant of the toponym Van der Beek, meaning "from the stream/brook/creek". People with this surname include:. Notable people with the surname include:
Banquet of the officers of the Calivermen Civic Guard, Haarlem formerly known as The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627, refers to a schutterstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. Adrian civic guard of Haarlem. Today it is considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Hals Museum.
De Hooch wss the surname of a number of Dutch Golden Age painters of unknown relationship. Their names are frequently spelled De Hoogh as well, and the modern spelling of their name would be De Hoog. Pieter de Hooch is by far the best known amongst them.
Andries van Hoorn, or van der Horn, was a Dutch mayor of Haarlem, known best today for his portraits by Frans Hals.
Pieter Jacobsz Schout (1570–1645), was a Dutch Golden Age mayor of Haarlem.
Pieter Schout, was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Pieter de Jong, was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Jacob Cornelisz Schout, was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Cornelis Jacobsz Schout, was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Arent Jacobsz. Koets, was a Dutch Golden Age concierge of the Haarlem schutterij.
Johan Damius, was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Loth Schout, was a Dutch Golden Age brewer of Haarlem.
The Kloveniersdoelen was a complex of buildings in Amsterdam which served as headquarters and shooting range for the local schutterij. The companies of kloveniers were armed with an early type of musket known as an arquebus, known in Dutch as a bus, haakbus or klover, hence the name kloveniers.
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