Arend, Arent or Arendt (all pronounced ) is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

masculine given name. ''Arend'' means "eagle" in Dutch, but the name derives from Arnoud/Arnout, which itself stems from the Germanic elements ''aran'' "eagle" and ''wald'' "rule, power".Arend
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database of given names in the Netherlands. The form ''Arent'' also occurs in

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. People with the name include: * Arend, Lord of Egmond (c. 1337–1409), Dutch nobility * Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch landscape painter * Arent Berntsen (1610–1680), Dano-Norwegian topographer and statistician * Arent Greve de Besche (1878–1945), Norwegian bacteriologist *

Arend Bloem Arend Bloem (born 31 August 1947, Wormer) is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by populat ...

(born 1947), Dutch canoer *

Arend Jan Boekestijn Arend Johannes "Arend Jan" Boekestijn (27 September 1959, Amstelveen) is a Dutch politician, who was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 through 18 November 2009. He resigned after sharing information with the pre ...

(born 1959), Dutch politician * Arend "Arie" van de Bunt (born 1969), Dutch water polo goalkeeper * Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (1843–1908), American rear admiral of the United States Navy *

Arent van Curler Arent van Curler, later van Corlaer, (1619, Nijkerk, Gelderland - 1667) was the grandnephew of Kiliaen van Rensselaer. In 1637 Rensselaer commissioned him as his secretary and accountant at Rensselaer's patroonship Rensselaerswyck in the Dutch c ...

(1619–1667), Dutch settler in New Netherland * Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), New York-born British military officer * Arend Dijckman (1572–1627), Dutch merchant who briefly was Admiral of the Polish Navy *

Arent Nicolai Dragsted Arent Nicolai Dragsted (9 June 182115 August 1898) was a Danish goldsmith based in Copenhagen who was granted the predicate Purveyor to the Court of Denmark shortly before his death. His company, A. Dragsted, still exists today. Dragsted created ...

(1821–1898), Danish goldsmith *

Arent de Gelder Aert de Gelder ( or Arent; October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727) was a Dutch painter.Arend Glas (born 1968), Dutch bobsledder * Arend Johan van Glinstra (1754–1814), Dutch painter * Arent Greve (1733–1808), Norwegian jeweler, goldsmith and painter * Arend "Arie" Haan (born 1948), Dutch football player and coach * Arend van Halen (1673–1732), Dutch portrait painter * Arend Hassink (born 1950), Dutch former road bicycle racer * Arent M. Henriksen (born 1946), Norwegian politician *

Arend Heyting __NOTOC__ Arend Heyting (; 9 May 1898 – 9 July 1980) was a Dutch mathematician and logician. Biography Heyting was a student of Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer at the University of Amsterdam, and did much to put intuitionistic logic on a foot ...

(1898–1980), Dutch mathematician and logician * Arend van 't Hoft (born 1933), Dutch racing cyclist * Arend de Keysere (died 1490), Flemish printer * Arent Jacobsz Koets (c.1600–1635), Dutch guard painted by Frans Hals *

Arend Langenberg Arend Willem Langenberg (19 January 1949 – 30 December 2012) was a Dutch voice-over, voice actor and radio presenter. He died at the age of 63 from colon cancer.Arend Lijphart Arend d'Angremond Lijphart (born 17 August 1936) is a Dutch-American political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics. He is Research Professor Emeritus ...

(born 1936), Dutch political scientist * Arend Lubbers (born 1931), American college administrator * Arent Magnin (1825–1888), Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast *

Arent Passer Arent Passer (c. 1560 – 1637) was a stonemason and architect of Dutch origin. He was born in The Hague and worked in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of ...

(c.1560–1637), Dutch stonemason in Estonia * (died 1679), Dutch cartographer *

Arendt de Roy Arendt de Roy or Arendt van Roy (died 24 May 1589) was a Flemish or Dutch architect. He was born in Flanders, and died in Vadstena, Sweden. He was the first architect at Vadstena Castle, beginning his work in 1566, and was succeeded by Hans Fle ...

(died 1589), Flemish architect *

Arend Joan Rutgers Arend Joan Rutgers (20 October 1903 – 2 September 1998) was a Dutch-Belgian physical chemist. Arend Joan Rutgers went to high school in Almelo, after which he studied chemistry at the University of Amsterdam. He later obtained his master's deg ...

(1903–1998), Dutch/Belgian physical chemist *

Arend Schoemaker Arend Schoemaker (8 November 1911 – 11 May 1982) was a Dutch football forward who part of the Netherlands team in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Quick Den Haag H.V. & C.V. Quick, also known as Quick Den Haag, is a Dutch football ...

(1911–1982), Dutch footballer * Arent Schuyler (1662–1730), New Netherland surveyor, merchant, and land speculator, ancestor of Arent DePeyster and Arent Crowninshield *

Arent Gustaf Silfversparre Arent can refer to * Arent (given name) * Arent (surname) * Arent Fox, American law firm and lobbying group {{disambiguation ...

(1727–1818), Swedish baron * Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812), Dutch writer and intellectual * Arent Solem (1777–1857), Norwegian merchant *

Arend von Stryk Arend von Stryk (born 10 February 1970) is a Namibian former footballer who played for SK Windhoek in the Namibia Premier League. He also played with the Namibia national football team. He played as a centre forward Forwards (also known as at ...

(born 1970), Namibian footballer *

Arent Van Soelen Arent Izak van Soelen (July 1898 – c. 1981) was a sailor from South Africa, who represented his country at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the ...

(1898–?), South African sports sailor * Arend van der Wel (1933–2013), Dutch footballer * (1882–1939), Dutch Arabist *

Arend Friedrich Wiegmann Arend Joachim Friedrich Wiegmann (30 March 1770 – 12 March 1853) was a German pharmacist and botanist born in Hadersleben. He was the father of zoologist Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802-1841). Originally an apprentice pharmacist to his ...

(1770–1853), German pharmacist and botanist *

Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (2 June 1802 – 15 January 1841) was a German zoologist and herpetologist born in Braunschweig. He studied medicine and philology at the University of Leipzig, and afterwards was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstei ...

(1802–1841), German zoologist and herpetologist, son of the above

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