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Geurts (other)
Geurts is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name ''Geurt'' may be a variant of Geert from Gerard, or a short form of Govert or Godert (Godard). at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands Notable people with the surname include: * Carla Geurts (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Darryl Geurts (born 1994), German football player * Jaco Geurts (born 1970), Dutch politician * James Geurts (born c.1966), American Assistant Secretary of the Navy * |
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] |
Joop Geurts
Joop Geurts (February 20, 1923 – February 26, 2009) was a Dutch professional baseball player for Schoten Haarlem of the Hoofdklasse Honkbal or Major League Baseball in Dutch. He was also a member of the Netherlands national baseball team. Career Geurts made his debut in the Dutch national team in 1938 as a catcher, at only 15 years of age. In 1957 he was named Most Valuable Player of the Main Class. Between 1956 and 1960 he captured the European title four times with the Dutch team. Geurts appeared in 36 games over 23 years for the national team. In 1956 he was part of the selection that came out for the first time against the United States team and was also named a team captain. Geurts was also known by the so-called "ball incident" of 1948 with American ambassador Baruch. The ambassador was invited to throw the first ball at the start of the main class baseball season. Baruch threw the ball to Geurts, who then offered it to the members of the baseball league board that were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne De Ligne-Geurts
Yvonne de Ligne (née ''Geurts'', 18 May 1902 – 1952) was a Belgian figure skater. She competed in the ladies' singles event at all major competitions from 1929 to 1936, including Winter Olympics, world and European championships. Her best achievements were sixth place at the 1929 and 1932 world championships and 1932 Olympics, and fifth place at the 1933 European Championships. She was born Yvonne Geurts and changed her last name after marrying speed skater Charles de Ligne. During World War II she fell in love with Dutch figure skater Jacob Hartog, who then lived in Antwerp. She arranged the murder of her husband, for which she was sentenced to death, which was later reduced to a 20-year prison sentence.La peine de mort pour Yvonne Geurts, ''Le Soir'', 31 maart 1946 Geurts was released from prison in August 1951 due to her suffering from tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Geurts
Willy Geurts (born 30 January 1954) is a Belgian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... who played as a forward. He made six appearances for the Belgium national team from 1978 to 1982. References External links * 1954 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Belgium men's international footballers Royal Antwerp F.C. players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Standard Liège players K.R.C. Genk players RFC Liège players K.F.C. Diest players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toon Geurts
Antonius "Toon" Geurts (29 February 1932 – 5 October 2017) was a Dutch canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...er. He was most successful in the K-2 1000 m event, in which he finished in seventh, second and fourth place at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, respectively. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile 1932 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Geurts
Tom Geerd Geurts (born in Dedemsvaart on April 2, 1964) is a Dutch economist currently employed by Bucknell University and an Honorary Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin. Current Chair of the Education Committee of the American Real Estate Society (ARES), and previously Director of Academic Affairs of the Schack institute of New York University. He wrote numerous presentations and publications in the field of Real Estate and Finance, for example in the field of Security Market Line.Tom Geurts and Andrey Pavlov, "Calculating the Cost of Capital for REITs: A Classroom Explanation." Real Estate Review 34 (Fall 2006). He is the son of Joop Geurts. References External links Tom G. Geurtsat the George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Geurts
Rob Geurts (born 23 June 1959) is a Dutch bobsledder. He competed in the two man event at the 1994 Winter Olympics. As of 2010, he was a gym owner in Nieuwegein. He attended the 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ... as a coach with both the Japanese and Dutch national bobsled teams. References External links * 1959 births Living people Dutch male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the Netherlands Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mascha Geurts
Mascha Geurts (born December 9, 1973) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from the Netherlands. She made her debut for the Women's National Team in 2001, and was on the squad that won the competed at the 2001 World Championship in Fukuoka, Japan. Geurts competed for her native country at the 2001 European Championship in Budapest, Hungary Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ..., finishing in fifth place. Her biggest success came in 2002, when the Dutch were finalist in the six-nations tournament in Monte-Rotondo, Italy. She currently plays witThetis Gendt They play in the Dutch 1st class (minor league). References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1973 births Living people Dutch female water polo players Sportspeople from Nijmegen {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loes Geurts
Loes Geurts (; born 12 January 1986) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Since making her international debut in 2005, Geurts has collected over 100 caps for the Netherlands national team. She kept goal for the Netherlands at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship. Club career Geurts' career started at the youth team of club RES in Bolsward. She then played for SC Heerenveen for one season, before returning to RES. In 2004 she played American college soccer for Western Illinois Leathernecks, returning to Europe in March 2006 for the second half of the 2005–06, joining Bundesliga team FFC Heike Rheine. In 2007, Geurts returned to the Netherlands to play in the newly created professional league Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar. Her four seasons at the club were very successful, winning the league title three times and the Dutch Cup once. In 2011, she moved to Telstar. She left Telstar for Sweden's Damallsvenskan in 2012 and joined Vittsjö G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Geurts
Joseph Geurts (6 July 1939 – 7 December 2012) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References External links * 1939 births 2012 deaths Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Hasselt 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Richard Geurts
Jean-Richard Geurts, better known under his pseudonym Janry (born 2 October 1957), is a Belgian comics artist. With Tome he created '' Le Petit Spirou'' and made several ''Spirou et Fantasio'' albums. Early life Born in Jadotville (now Likasi) in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), he moved to Brussels, Belgium with his parents when he was ten years old, and went to school in Jodoigne.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Janry". In België gestript, pp. 131–132. Tielt: Lannoo. His main hobby at the time was drawing, especially planes and other technological items. Career In 1974, he took a comics course where he learned to draw figures, and where he met Vandevelde, of the same age and also studying in Jodoigne, although at a different college. They became friends, and attended the same Art Academy in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert studying the making of comics. There they met Stéphane De Becker, and the three together made comics, sharing the roles of author, artists, and col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic Surname
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ... surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name. Last names were ‘normalized’ and became more standardized with the advent of mass literacy, paper availability and documentation, and mobility. For example, passports vs early letters of introduction for travel. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of the historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
