Wijdemeren is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region.
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.
Koopmans is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "merchant's". Notable people with the surname include:
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, is the eldest daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. She is a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma as well an extended member of the Dutch royal family. Per a 1996 royal decree issued by Queen Beatrix, she is entitled to the style and title Her Royal HighnessPrincess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme in The Netherlands as a member of the extended royal family.
Pietersen is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Pietersen is a rare given name. People with the surname Pietersen include:
Vonck is a Dutch surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. The surname can refer to several people:
Hanratty is a surname, and may refer to:
Schreuder is a Dutch occupational surname. Schreuder, from early Middle Dutch scrodere, is an archaic term for either a taylor or a porter. People with this surname include:
Pieters is a Dutch surname, equivalent to Peters. It can refer to:
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Tjalling van den Bosch or "Charlie" as he was often called, is a former competitive Dutch powerlifter, strongman, and Highland Games athlete. He competed only once in World's Strongest Man in 1990 finishing 7th, however, he was scheduled to compete in 1989 but had to withdraw due to an injury. Tjalling won the Strongest man of the Netherlands contest in 1989.
Sneijder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from sepp meaning "smith".
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest, with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
Smets is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Flemish Brabant. Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames Smet, Smits, and Smeets, each equivalent to Smith, Smets (sometimes?) originated from "des Mets", short for "des Metselaars". People named Smets include:
Schoemaker is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "shoemaker". People with this name include:
Schreurs is a Dutch occupational surname. It is derived via Schreuder from early Middle Dutch scrodere, which either was a tailor or a porter (carrier). People with this surname include:
Vonk is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. People with this surname include:
Harm Tjalling "Tjalling" Waterbolk was a Dutch archaeologist. He was a professor of archaeology and director of the Biological-Archaeological Institute at the University of Groningen between 1954 and 1987.
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