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Meertens Institute The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of ...

database of Dutch given names Notable people with the name include: * Aart Alblas (1918–1944), Dutch navy officer, resistance member * Aart van Antum (1580–1620), Dutch marine painter * Aart van Asperen (born 1956), Dutch television director * Aart den Boer (1852–1941), Dutch architect and contractor * Aart Brederode (1942–2020), Dutch field hockey player * Aart van Dobbenburgh (1899–1988), Dutch graphic artist * Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn (1577–1627), Dutch lawyer, painter, and mayor of Haarlem * Aart de Geus (born 1954), Dutch-born American computer businessman * Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955), Dutch politician and chairman of the Bertelsmann Foundation * Aart van den IJssel (1922–1983), Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman * Aart Klein (1909–2001), Dutch photographer * Aart Koopmans (1946–2007), Dutch businessman *

Aart van der Leeuw Aart van der Leeuw (; 23 June 1876 – 17 April 1931) was a Dutch writer of prose fiction and poetry. His reputation rests mostly on two novels, ''Ik en mijn speelman'' (1927) and ''De kleine Rudolf'' (1930). Biography Aart van der Leeuw was born ...

(1876–1931), Dutch writer * Aart Malherbe (born ), South African Vice Admiral * Aart Schouman (1710–1792), Dutch painter *

Aart Staartjes Aart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He portrayed Meneer Aart ("Mister Aart") on ''Sesamstraat'', the Dutch co-production of ''Sesame Street'' ...

(1938–2020), Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker, "Mr. Aart" in the Dutch Sesame Street program * Aart Vierhouten (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist * Aart van Wilgenburg (1902–1955), Dutch swimmer

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