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De Visser
de Visser is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "the fisherman". Notable people with that name include: * Eefje de Visser (born 1986), Dutch singer-songwriter * Johannes Theodoor de Visser (1857–1932), Dutch Minister of Science and Education * Piet de Visser (football manager) Piet de Visser (born 23 September 1934) is a Dutch football manager and scout. He is best known for scouting players like Ronaldo and successfully bringing them to Europe. He is currently a personal adviser to Roman Abramovich, the former owner ... (born 1934), Dutch football manager * Piet de Visser (politician) (1931–2012), Dutch politician {{Surname Dutch-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupational Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eefje De Visser
Eefje de Visser (born 8 February 1986) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She won the Grote Prijs van Nederland, a national competition for musicians, in 2009. She released her first album, ''De Koek'', in 2011, a breakthrough year in which she performed (accompanied by a four-man band called Most Unpleasant Men) at three major Dutch festivals: the Oerol Festival, Lowlands, and the Uitmarkt. On 14 December 2015 Eefje de Visser released a new song, "Scheef", on YouTube. The album ''Nachtlicht'' followed the next year. In 2020 she released her fourth album ''Bitterzoet'', followed by a European tour supporting Balthazar. Personal life De Visser is married to Pieterjan Coppejans, who is also her sound engineer and has co-produced her work starting with ''Bitterzoet''. Their son Pablo was born in 2021. They currently reside in the Belgian city of Ghent. She is bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Theodoor De Visser
Johannes Theodoor (or Theodorus) de Visser (9 February 1857 – 14 April 1932) was a Dutch preacher and politician for the Christian Historical Union (CHU). He was the Netherlands' first Minister of Education. Early life and education De Visser was born in Utrecht on 9 February 1857. After attending grammar school, he went on to study theology in his hometown in 1874, at the age of seventeen. He received his doctorate from Josué Jean Philippe Valeton ''cum laude'' with a dissertation on ''De Daemonologie van het Oude Testament'' ('The Demonology of the Old Testament') on 27 May 1880. A year before, he had already taken his candidate exam in law. Career De Visser was a Reformed minister in congregations in Leusden, Almelo, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. In 1897 he came to the House of Representatives for the small Christian Historical Voters' League and remained a member of it (with interruptions) until 1918. During this period, he worked closely with the Free Anti Revolutionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet De Visser (football Manager)
Piet de Visser (born 23 September 1934) is a Dutch football manager and scout. He is best known for scouting players like Ronaldo and successfully bringing them to Europe. He is currently a personal adviser to Roman Abramovich, the former owner of English Premier League club Chelsea. Career Manager After a career as a player for De Zeeuwen, RCH and Zeeland Sport, De Visser became involved in management. In 1957, he started as a youth and assistant manager at Sparta Rotterdam. In 1964, he took his first assignment as a head manager at DFC and became champion of the second division in his first year. In 1973, while manager of De Graafschap, he and his club (which included defender Guus Hiddink) were promoted to the Eredivisie. He subsequently became champion of the Eerste Divisie with NEC in 1975, and moved to the Molenbeek which had won the Belgian League the preceding season. He ended his management career in 1993, while at NAC Breda, due to heart problems. He has since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet De Visser (politician)
Marius Jacobus "Piet" de Visser (16 April 1931 – 19 December 2012) was a Dutch politician for the Labour Party (PvdA). Life and career De Visser was born and died in Rotterdam. He studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Next, he served as a municipal councilor of Monster, South Holland. From 1981 to 1991, with two interruptions, De Visser was a member of the House of Representatives. He was an anti-nuclear pacifist and belonged to the left-wing of his party. In the late 1980s, he was involved in the making of a new passport. After his political career, he switched parties for GreenLeft (, ; GL) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the .... References *Parlement.com biography 1931 births 2012 deaths Dutch civil servants Dutch pacifists Erasmus Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch-language Surnames
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
