Valentijn

Last updated

Valentijn is both a masculine Dutch given name and a surname. It may refer to:

François Valentijn Dutch preacher, missionary, and historian

François Valentijn was a Dutch minister, naturalist and author whose Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën describes the history of the Dutch East India Company and the countries of the Far East.

Jahriziño Winston Valentijn is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Lienden.

Marinus Valentijn was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1933 UCI Road World Championships.

Related Research Articles

Anping District District in Tainan, Taiwan

Anping District is a district of Tainan, Taiwan. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.

Valentijn Overeem is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently signed with United Glory. A professional competitor since 1996, he has previously fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS, KSW, the World Fighting Alliance, K-1, M-1 Global, Its Showtime, World Victory Road, and Strikeforce. He is the older brother of fellow MMA fighter Alistair Overeem.

Benno Gerrit Valentijn Kuipers is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands. Kuipers competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Daniël Adrianus Augustinus "Daan" Schuurmans is a Dutch actor. He is married to Dutch actress Bracha van Doesburgh and they have a daughter named Sophia and twins sons named Kees and Boris.

Richard Goulooze is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back. Active in the Netherlands, England, and the United States, he made over 350 career league appearances.

Martinus or Maarten Sonck was the first Dutch Governor of Formosa from 1624–1625.

Gerard Frederikszoon de With was the second Dutch Governor of Formosa, from 1625 to 1627, succeeding Martinus Sonck.

Robert Junius Dutch missionary

Robert Junius, also recorded as Robertus Junius was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary to Taiwan from 1629 to 1643. Along with Antonius Hambroek and Joannes Cruyf, he was among the longest-serving missionaries of the Dutch colonial era in Formosa.

The Little Blonde Death is a 1993 Dutch film directed by Jean van de Velde. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Overeem may refer to:

Afro-Dutch or Black-Dutch are residents of the Netherlands who are of black African ancestry. The majority of Afro-Dutch in the continental Netherlands hail from former and present Dutch overseas territories Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles; now Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Of the approximately 500.000 Afro-Dutch people, about 300.000 people or 60%, are from these territories. There is also sizable Cape Verdean and other African communities of more recent immigrants. The majority of Afro-Dutch people migrated to the Netherlands from the 1970s onwards.

Coenraad V. Bos Dutch musician

Coenraad Valentijn Bos was a Dutch pianist, most notably as an accompanist to singers of lieder. His peers such as Gerald Moore considered him the doyen of accompanists in his day.

Julius Valentijn Stein van Gollenesse was the 27th Dutch Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 11 May 1743 and was Governor until 6 May 1751. He was succeeded by Gerard Joan Vreeland.

Valentijn Lietmeijer Dutch basketball player

Valentijn Lietmeijer is a retired Dutch professional basketball player.

Ruwanwella fort

Ruwanwella fort, was initially a fortified base camp erected by the Portuguese in 1590s at Ruwanwella, Kegalle. It was captured by Dutch in 1665, who constructed a wooden fort (Ruanelle) but abandoned it within a few years. In 1817 the British built a stone fort on the site with two bastions.

Valentijn de Hingh Dutch model

Valentijn de Hingh is a transgender Dutch Model. From the age of 8 until the age of 17 de Hingh was filmed for the Dutch television program "Valentijn" and had gender affirmation surgery shortly after the conclusion of that project. She was a contestant on Expeditie Robinson 2013 that year's installment and the eighth edition of the Dutch version of the American reality television program Survivor.

Angelina Valentijn (1768-1817) was a colonist in the Dutch East Indies, also known as Angelina of Batavia.