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Menno (other)
Menno () is a Dutch masculine given name of Old Frisian origin. It was made popular by the influential Frisian religious reformer Menno Simons, and the name was spread by his followers, the Mennonites. ''Menno'' is the Dutch version of Frisian ''Meine''. Like other Germanic names with ''mein-'', it stems from ''megin-'' "power, strength". People named Menno People with the given name Menno include: * Menno Aden (born 1942), German lawyer and politician * Menno Bergsen (born 1999), Dutch footballer * Menno Boelsma (born 1961), Dutch speed skater * Menno ter Braak (1902–1940), Dutch writer * Menno van Coehoorn (1641–1704), Dutch soldier and engineer * Menno van Gorp (born 1989), Dutch breakdancer * Menno Heerkes (born 1993), Dutch footballer * Menno Heus (born 1995), Dutch footballer * Menno T. Kamminga (born 1949), Dutch law professor * Menno Koch (born 1994), Dutch footballer * Menno-Jan Kraak (born 1958), Dutch cartographer * Menno van Meeteren Brouwer (1882–1974), Dutc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Frisian Language
Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the late 13th century and the end of 16th century. It is the common ancestor of all the modern Frisian languages except for the Insular North Frisian dialects, with which Old Frisian shares a common ancestor called Pre–Old Frisian or Proto-Frisian. Old Frisian was spoken by contemporary Frisians who comprised a loose confederacy along the North Sea coast from around modern-day Bruges in Belgium to the Weser in modern-day northern Germany, dominating maritime trade. The vast majority of the surviving literature comprises legal documents and charters, though some poetry, historiographies, and religious documents are attested as well. Old Frisian was closely related to and shared common characteristics with the forms of English and Low German spoken during the period. Although earlier scholarship contended that Frisian and English had a closer relationship to each other than to Low German, this is no longer the prevail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Koch
Menno Koch (born 2 July 1994) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08 FF, Sarpsborg 08. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Belgium and Bulgaria. Career Koch was born in Heeze. He made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the Eerste Divisie on 3 August 2013 against Sparta Rotterdam. He scored the 2–2 equalizer with his head in the 76th minute. On 25 February 2021, Koch signed a 3.5-year contract with PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia. In June 2024, he left the team upon the expiration of his contract. Career statistics Club Honours CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian Cup: 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup, 2020–21 References External links * Voetbal International profile * Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Heeze-Leende Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players PSV Eindho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Willems
Menno Willems (born 10 March 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He notably played for Vitesse, Ajax and Grimsby Town. He also played for FC Den Bosch, HFC Haarlem, Sparta Rotterdam and Go Ahead Eagles before being forced to retirement at the age of 30. Career Born in Amsterdam, Willems was scouted by Dutch club Ajax and he signed to the Amsterdam-based club when he was a youngster and took the step up to the first team in 1996. After one season of limited chances or football action, Willems left Ajax bound for fellow Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem where he would remain until 1999. He then spent a season playing with FC Den Bosch before returning to Vitesse a year later. In November 2001, Menno signed a three-month loan deal with English club Grimsby Town as Mariners boss Lennie Lawrence brought in a wave of foreign talent following the dismissal of Alan Buckley. Willems along with David Nielsen, Knut Anders Fostervold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Westendorp
Menno Westendorp (born October 5, 1969) is a Dutch cinematographer. Filmography *'' The Seven of Daran: Battle of Pareo Rock'' (2008) *'' Offers'' (2005) *''AmnesiA Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be temporarily caused by t ...'' (2001) *'' Jesus Is a Palestinian'' (1999) Awards *2008 won Golden Calf Award for Best Photography (''Het echte leven'') References External links *Profile at Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers 1969 births Living people Dutch cinematographers People from Geldrop 21st-century Dutch people {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Versteeg
Menno Versteeg, also known as Mav Karlo, is a Canadian musician, best known as the frontman for indie rock group Hollerado. Versteeg received a nomination for Recording Package of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards for his work on Hollerado's ''White Paint''. In 2018 Versteeg became a member of the Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang; they released their first album in November of that year. In 2009 Versteeg co-founded the record label Royal Mountain Records. He received attention for providing a $1,500/band mental health fund from Royal Mountain Records to help bands deal with the stress that can come with touring and performing based on the understanding he gained from his own experiences as he struggled with mental health while on tour. In July 2020, Versteeg auctioned three cassettes, each containing a recording of a cover song. Versteeg matched the highest bidder and the total amount was donated to the Art for Aid Project, a Métis-run organization that supports First Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Veldhuis
Menno Veldhuis (born 20 November 1974) is a Dutch artist. Biography Veldhuis was born in Groenlo and grew up in Eibergen. From 1994 until 1999 he studied painting with Marie van Leeuwen, Paul van Dijk and Eli Content at the College of Arts Constantijn Huygens in Kampen (now Artez, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Zwolle). From 2000 until 2001 he studied history of art at the Utrecht University. From 1999 to 2003 he lives and works alternately in Arnhem, Velp and Bussum. From 2004 he lives and works in Potsdam, Germany]. 2008–2012 membership of . After an abstract series of 15 large oil paintings, titled "Machines" (2011– 2013), the artist finds in his next work "Ernte 1" ("Harvest 1", 2013) a more formal content and produces a series of ''Van Gogh-paintings''. In 2013 Menno Veldhuis turns also to photography and creates a series of around 150 selfies „Back to Nature“, in which he shows his tendency to self-mockery. In 2014 the artist create a series of collages „Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Snel
Menno Snel (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch politician. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, he served as State Secretary for Finance from 26 October 2017 until his resignation on 18 December 2019. Education Snel was born in Vleuten-De Meern in the province of Utrecht. He studied general economics between 1988 and 1994 at the University of Groningen, where he was a board member at the student association RKSV Albertus Magnus. Career Professional life After graduation, he worked at the Dutch bank MeesPierson. In 1995, he joined the Ministry of Finance, of which a while as the Deputy Director-General for Fiscal Affairs, a position he was appointed in at age 33. During his time at the Finance Ministry, he worked on various dossiers, including the budget policy (most notably the Zalmnorm instituted by Gerrit Zalm) and international tax competition between countries. He later worked for the pension fund APG, where he held from 2009 to 2011 the position of director strategy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Sluijter
Menno Emanuël Sluijter (born 31 July 1932, Haarlem) is an anaesthetist from the Netherlands. Sluijter obtained his MD at the University of Amsterdam in 1957 and his PhD at the same institution in 1963 with the dissertation ''The treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning by administration of oxygen at high atmospheric pressure''. at the Album Academicum of the Universiteit van Amsterdam Sluijter is credited with the development of pulsed radiofrequency treatment. He is involved in research related to chronic pain. He is also affiliated with the Jan van Goyen Clinic in Amsterdam. He has helped to work on shifting how physicians deal with long term pain from 'pain management', to 'pain treatment.' References Sources *Alexandre Teixeira MD, Menno E. Sluijter MD, PhD (2006 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Schilthuizen
Menno Schilthuizen (born 1965, Vlaardingen) is a Dutch evolutionary biologist, ecologist, and permanent research scientist at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden and a professor of evolution and biodiversity at Leiden University. He has published numerous articles about evolution and ecology and six popular science books.Emma Marris (2008) ''No species is an island'', ''Nature'' 455, 1178-1179 (30 October 2008) is a review of ''The Loom of Life''. In particular, his studies have concerned land snails and beetles. His ''Nature's Nether Regions'', on the evolution of genitalia, was published by Penguin in May 2014. Translations have appeared in Dutch, German, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, French and Italian. His book, ''Darwin Comes to Town'', is on "urban evolution", evolutionary adaptation in cities, and has appeared in 2018 in English (with Quercus Kand Picador SA, and also in Chinese, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting (; 17 May 1964 – 22 February 1999) was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles out of 18 finals in his career. Born in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Oosting reached a career-high ranking of 72 in the men's singles in 1988, and 20 in doubles in 1995. Oosting won the mixed-doubles title on Roland Garros in 1994, partnering Kristie Boogert. Oosting played in four Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... ties for the Netherlands during the 1980s, posting a 5–3 record in singles and a 2–1 record in doubles. He died of injuries sustained in a car crash in Turnhout, Belgium. Career finals Doubles: 18 (7 wins, 11 losses) References External links * * * 1964 births 1999 deaths Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Meyjes
Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner. Biography Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a master's degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans.https://www.emigre.com/assets/file/pdfMagazine/Emigre3Meyjes.pdf Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script ''The Children's Crusade'', which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as ''Lionheart''. His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film '' The Color Purple,'' directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menno Van Meeteren Brouwer
Menno van Meeteren Brouwer (11 October 1882 – 11 July 1974) was a Dutch painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du .... References 1882 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics Artists from Zwolle 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
