Gerrit is a
Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of
Gerard
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...
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Behind the Name: Gerrit-> People with this name include:
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Gerrit Achterberg
Gerrit Achterberg (20 May 1905 – 17 January 1962) was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.
Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of eight ch ...
(1905–1962), Dutch poet
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Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Badenhorst (born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
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Gerrit Battem
Gerrit Battem or Gerard van Battum (ca. 1636 - October 24, 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch landscape painter.
Biography
Houbraken mentions drawings by Battem in the house of his patron Jonas van Witsen of Amsterdam, who bought them for 1300 guilders ...
(c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter
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Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator
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Gerrit Berckheyde
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes.
Biography
Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Christe ...
(1638–1698), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector
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Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian
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Gerrit Berveling (born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author
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Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), Dutch computer engineer
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Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist
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Gerrit van Bloclant (1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter
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Gerrit Bol
Gerrit Bol (May 29, 1906 in Amsterdam – February 21, 1989 in Freiburg) was a Dutch mathematician who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points.
Life
Bol earned his Ph ...
(1906–1989), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collector
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Gerrit den Braber
Gerrit den Braber (23 March 1929 – 3 May 1997) was born in Rotterdam and was a Dutch songwriter and lyricist.
Braber took music lessons in Rotterdam and Hilversum. He then went into Hospital Radio and joined the Dutch radio and television compa ...
(1929–1997), Dutch songwriter and lyricist
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Gerrit Broekstra
Gerrit Broekstra (born 1 August 1941, Alkmaar, Netherlands), is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Bus ...
(born 1941), Dutch scientist and professor
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Gerrit Cole (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
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Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp
Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp (or
Cuijp; c.1565–1644) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and stained glass cartoon draughtsman.
Biography
According to the RKD he was born in Venlo and moved to Dordrecht before 19 January 1585, when he married and bec ...
(c. 1565–1644), Dutch painter and stained glass artist
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Gerrit J. Diekema (1859–1930), American politician
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Gerrit van Dijk
Gerrit van Dijk (5 December 1938 – 4 December 2012) was a Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter.
Biography
Gerrit van Dijk was born in a pious Catholic family in the village of Volkel, in the municipality of Uden. He studied as a fift ...
(1938–2012), Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter
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Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), Dutch painter
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Gerrit L. Dox (1784–1847), American politician
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Gerrit Faulhaber
Gerrit Henri Victor Lodewijk Faulhaber (22 September 1912 – 1951) was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadr ...
(1912–1951), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
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Gerrit Fauser
Gerrit Fauser (born 13 July 1989) is a German professional ice hockey player currently with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He joined Wolfsburg from DEL rival the Hannover Scorpions
The Hannover Scorpions are a pr ...
(born 1989), German ice hockey player
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Gerrit Ferreira
Gerrit Thomas Ferreira also known as GT Ferreira is a South African billionaire businessman, investor and banker who is one of the founders of FirstRand Limited.
Biography
Gerrit Ferreira got his MBA degree from University of Stellenbosch. In 19 ...
(born 1948), South African businessman
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Gerrit Fischer
Gerrit Fischer (28 August 1916 – 22 November 1984) was a Dutch footballer who played for Ajax as a right winger.
Club career
Ajax
Fischer was discovered at a school football match at the age of sixteen, by Ajax coach Jack Reynolds, after ...
(1916–1984), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Fokkema
Gerrit Fokkema Born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 and moved to Australia in 1958.
Education
Gerrit Fokkema attended the NSW public system primary and secondary schools in Queanbeyan, NSW. graduating with a Higher School Certifi ...
(born 1954), Australian photographer
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Gerrit Forbes
Gerrit Angelo Forbes (30 May 1836 - 22 September 1906) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New York beginning in 1888. He served as District Attorney for Madison County from January 1871 to December 1874. He was a member of the Madison County a ...
(1836–1906), American judge
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(born 1960), Belgian legal scholar
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Gerrit van Gelderen (1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
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Gerrit Van Gestel (born 1958), Belgian former cyclist
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Gerrit Glas (born 1954), Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
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Gerrit Glomser (born 1975), Austrian racing cyclist
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Gerrit David Gratama
Gerrit David Gratama (22 March 1874 – 20 August 1965), was a Dutch artist, writer, and director of the Frans Hals Museum.
Biography
He was born in Groningen and was the brother of the architect Jan Gratama and painter Lina Gratama (1875-1 ...
(1874–1965), Dutch artist, writer and museum director
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Gerrit Govaars (1866–1954), Dutch teacher and Salvation Army officer
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Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a scriptwriter and songwriter. He is best known for his appearances in multiple films by Brian De Palma as well as appearances in two '' Star Trek' ...
(born 1949), American actor and songwriter
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Gerrit Holdijk (1944–2015), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Holtmann
Gerrit Stephan Barba Holtmann (born 25 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor, on loan from Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. Born in Germany, he plays for the Philippines national team.
Cl ...
(born 1995), German footballer
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Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
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Gerrit van Iterson ''This page was created from the Dutch Wikipedia with the aid of automatic translation''
Gerrit van Iterson Jr (Roermond, August 19, 1878 – Wassenaar, January 4, 1972) was a Dutch botanist and professor who developed a mathematical approach to pl ...
(1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
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Gerrit de Jager
Gerrit de Jager (born 1954, Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, creator of series such as ', ', ' and '.
His career started in the early 1980s with Wim Stevenhagen under the pseudonym ''Prutspruts'' ("fiddle-fiddle"), which later changed to '' ...
(born 1954), Dutch cartoonist
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Gerrit de Jong Jr. Gerrit de Jong Jr. (28 March 1892, Amsterdam – 26 September 1978, Provo, Utah) was an American academic and the first dean of the College of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University (BYU).
de Jong was skilled in music and wrote the words and music ...
(1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
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Gerrit Kastein
Dr. Gerrit Willem Kastein (25 June 1910 - 21 February 1943) was a Dutch communist, neurologist and resistance fighter and leader during World War II.
Early life
Kastein was born in Zutphen, the eldest son of Albertus Gerhardus Kastein and Gerdi ...
(1910–1943), Dutch communist, neurologist and WWII resistance fighter
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Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Dutch Christian minister and politician
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Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943), Dutch gymnastics coach
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Gerrit Komrij
Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his ...
(1944–2012), Dutch poet
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Gerrit Korteweg (born 1937), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit Kouwenaar
Gerrit Kouwenaar (9 August 1923 – 4 September 2014) was a Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
Biography
Kouwenaar was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In the early 1940s, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he ...
(1923–2014), Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer
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Gerrit Krol
Gerrit Krol (1 August 1934 − 24 November 2013) was a Dutch author, essayist and writer.
Krol was born in Groningen. He studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system des ...
(1934−2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
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Gerrit Kruize
Gerrit Kruize (May 2, 1923 – May 11, 2009) was an American field hockey player who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Netherlands but immigrated to the United States and became a US citizen on June 23, 1955, in White Plain ...
(1923–2009), American field hockey player
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Ger Lagendijk (1941–2010), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850), Dutch painter and museum curator
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Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), American politician
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Gerrit Lekkerkerker (1922–1999), Dutch mathematician
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Gerrit Lundens
Gerrit Lundens (1622 – 1686), was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, miniature portraits and vanitas paintings. He also made copies after famous Dutch masters.
Biography
He was born in Amsterdam and married Agniet Mathijs of Antwe ...
(1622–1683), Dutch painter
* Gerrit Maus (born 1981), German vision scientist
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Gerrit van der Meer
Gerrit "Gert" van der Meer (born 1950) is a Dutch film and television producer. Also known as a production manager, Van der Meer has worked on several Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Californ ...
(born 1950), Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
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Gerrit Nauber (born 1992), German footballer
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Gerrit Niekoop
Arnod Gerrit Niekoop is a former Surinamese football player, referee and board member of the Surinamese Football Association, as well as board member and former chairman of the Surinamese Refereeing Commission.
During his playing career he played ...
(born 1934), Surinamese football player
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Gerrit Noordzij (born 1931), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
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Gerrit Olivier Professor Gerrit Olivier is a South African academic and diplomat. In 1991, he became the first diplomatic representative of South Africa to the Soviet Union and in 1992 he was appointed as the first South African Ambassador to the Russian Federatio ...
(born 19??), South African academic and diplomat
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Gerrit Oosting
Gerrit Oosting (12 April 1941 in Zwartemeer – 15 November 2012 in Oldenzaal) was a Dutch politician.
Oosting started his career as a teacher in Oldenzaal. From 1978 to 1987 he was an alderman for the Labour Party (PvdA) in Oldenzaal. Su ...
(1941–2012), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Opperman (born 1945), South African Army General
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Gerrit Paape
Gerrit Paape (Delft, 4 February 1752 – The Hague, 7 December 1803) was a Dutch ''plateelschilder'' (painter of earthenware and stoneware), poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and (at the end of his career) ministerial civil servant.
Li ...
(1752–1803), Dutch earthenware and stoneware painter, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and civil servant
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Gerrit Patist (1947–2005), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
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Gerrit Pels (1893–1966), Dutch astronomer
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Gerrit Plomp
Gerrit Plomp (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Dutch football defender.
Honours
;FC Utrecht
* KNVB Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by th ...
(born 1963), Dutch footballer
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Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
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Gerrit Pressel (born 1990), German footballer
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Gerrit Radstaak
Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
Political career
Radstaak first ran fo ...
(1914–1996), Canadian politician
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Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658), Dutch merchant and art collector
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Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch architect
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Gerrit Roos (1898–1969), Dutch weightlifter
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Gerrit Rudolph (born 1988), South African-born Namibian cricketer
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Gerrit van Santen
Gerrit van Santen or Gerard Cornelisz van Santen (1591/92–1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and writer. He was born in Delft probably in 1591 or 1592, and was buried in the city on 26 April 1656.
Career Author
Van Santen's farce ''Lichte W ...
(1591/92–1656), Dutch painter and writer
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863), Dutch businessman and statesman
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Gerrit Schipper (c. 1775 – c. 1832), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Schotte (born 1974), Curaçao optician
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Gerrit Schouten
Gerrit Schouten (16 January 1779 – 28 January 1839) was a Surinamese artist, who has become famous for his painted papier-maché dioramas of Surinamese life.
Schouten was born in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, then a Dutch colony. The s ...
(1779–1839), Surinamese artist
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Gerrit Schulte (1916–1992), Dutch track bicycle racer
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Gerrit Smith (1797–1874), American abolitionist
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Gerrit van Spaan (1654–1711), Dutch writer
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Gerrit Stoeten (born 1986), Spanish footballer
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Gerrit T. Thorn (1835–1900), American politician
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Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies (1898-1978), research biochemist
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Gerrit van Uylenburgh
Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), or Gerrit Uylenburgh, was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art-dealer. He was the eldest son of Hendrick van Uylenburgh and took over the family art-dealing business after Hendrick's death and burial i ...
(c. 1625 – 1679), Dutch painter and art-dealer
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Gerrit van der Veen
Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van P ...
(1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
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Gerrit de Veer
Gerrit de Veer (–) was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast passage.
De Veer kept a diary of the voyages and in 1597, was the first person to observe and record ...
(c. 1570 – after 1598), Dutch military officer and explorer
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Gerrit Verschuur (born 1937), South African-born American scientist
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Gerrit Viljoen
Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen (11 September 1926 in Cape Town – 29 March 2009) was a South African government minister and member of the National Party.
He was chair of the Broederbond from 1974 to 1980, Administrator-General of South We ...
(1926–2009), South African politician
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Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman (before 1600–after 1624), Dutch brewer
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Gerrit van Voorst (1910–1986), Dutch swimmer
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Gerrit de Vries (politician)
Gerrit Abrahamszoon de Vries (22 February 1818 – 4 March 1900) was a Dutch jurist and politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 June 1872 to 27 August 1874. He took office after his predecessor died (Thorbecke).
Refere ...
(1818–1900), Dutch jurist and politician, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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Gerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born 1967), road racing cyclist
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Gerrit van Wees
Gerrit van Wees (26 January 1913 – 5 May 1995) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Gam ...
(1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
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Gerrit de Wet (1616–1674), Dutch painter
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Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Dutch politician
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Gerrit Zegelaar
Gerrit Zegelaar (born Loenen aan de Vecht 16 July 1719 – Wageningen 24 July 1794) was a Dutch painter.
Zegelaar was born as son of the carpenter and alderman Hendrik Zegelaar and Johanna ter Bruggen. Gerrit was a deaf mute. He settled in Amste ...
(1719–1794), Dutch painter
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