Adriaen is a Dutch form of
Adrian
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the ma ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral
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Adriaen Block
Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages ...
(1567–1627), Dutch private trader and navigator
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Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish genre painter
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Adriaen de Vries (1556–1626), Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands
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Adriaen Hanneman (1603–1671), seventeenth-century Dutch painter
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Adriaen Isenbrandt
Adriaen Isenbrandt or Adriaen Ysenbrandt (between 1480 and 1490 – July 1551) was a painter in Bruges, in the final years of Early Netherlandish painting, and the first of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting of the Northern Renaissance. ...
(1480–1551), Flemish Northern Renaissance painter
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Adriaen Maertensz Block (1582–1661), successively captain, commander, and governor of the Ambon Island
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Adriaen van Bergen
A Dutch skipper from Leur, Adriaen van Bergen devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War. In February 1590, he approached Prince Maurice with a Trojan Horse
In Greek mythology, the Troja ...
devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War
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Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672), Dutch animal and landscape painter
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Adriaen van de Venne (1589–1662), versatile Dutch Baroque painter
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Adriaen van der Cabel (1631–1705), Dutch painter of the Dutch school
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Adriaen van der Donck (1618–1655), lawyer and landowner in New Netherland
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Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722), accomplished Dutch painter
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Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger (1587–1658), Dutch painter and engraver
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Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685), Dutch genre painter
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Adriaen van Utrecht (1599–1652), Flemish Baroque still life painter
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