Barend or (somewhat dated spelling) Barent is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

male given name and occasional middle name. As of 2014, there are over 4,000 men in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

with this as their first name, and nearly 3,000 with it as their middle name. It was likely derived from

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''be ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Barent Avercamp Barent Avercamp (1612 – October 1679) was a Dutch painter. Avercamp was born in Kampen and was taught by his uncle Hendrick Avercamp, who was also a painter. Barent primarily painted scenes depicting Netherlands in winter. He was a me ...

(1612–1679), Dutch painter * Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001), Dutch politician *

Barend Bonneveld Barend Bonneveld (27 November 1887 – 9 February 1978) was a Dutch heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (Britis ...

(1887–1978), Dutch Olympic wrestler *

Barent Fabritius Barent or Bernard Pietersz Fabritius (or Fabricius) (16 November 1624 apt.– 20 October 1673 uried, was a Dutch people, Dutch painter. Fabritius was born at Middenbeemster, North Holland, the son of . He studied with his brothers Johanne ...

(1624–1673), Dutch painter *

Barent Gael Barent Gael ( – 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Gael was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman, who painted many battle pieces and ''staging areas'' (Dutch: ''pleisterplaatsen''). ...

(c. 1630–1698), Dutch painter *

Barent Gardenier Barent Gardenier (July 28, 1776 – January 10, 1822) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States representative from 1807 to 1811. Biography Barent Gardenier was born in Kinderhook, New York, on July 28, 1776. He ...

(1776–1822), American lawyer and politician *

Barend Graat Barend Graat (21 September 1628, Amsterdam – 4 November 1709, Amsterdam),Barend Graat
in the RKD was a Dutc ...

(1628–1709), Dutch painter *

Barent van Kalraet Barent van Kalraet, or Barent Pietersz Calraat (16 August 1649 – 9 February 1737) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the younger brother of Abraham Calraet. Biography Van Kalraet was born and died in Dordrecht. He learned to paint from his br ...

(1649–1737), Dutch painter *

Barend van der Meer Barend van der Meer (1659–1700) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter. Van der Meer was born and died in Haarlem. According to the RKD he was taught by his father Jan van der Meer I and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luk ...

(1659–1700), Dutch painter *

Barent Momma Barent Momma (15 February 1897 – 31 January 1936) was a Dutch modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, ...

(1897–1936), Dutch modern pentathlete *

Barend Mons Barend Mons (born 1957, The Hague) is a molecular biologist and a FAIR data specialist. The first decade of his scientific career he spent on fundamental research on malaria parasites and later on translational research for malaria vaccines. In ...

(born 1957), Dutch biologist *

Barend Pieterse Barend Pieterse (born 23 January 1979) is a South African former rugby union footballer and currently the lineout coach of the and Southern Kings. Career He started playing his rugby for the in 2001. He played for them until 2004, when he mo ...

(born 1979), South African former rugby player *

Barend van Someren Barend van Someren (1572–1632) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who after training and working in Antwerp, worked a few years in Rome and finally took up residence in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. He is reported to have painted hist ...

(1572–1632), Dutch painter *

Barent Staats Barent Philip Staats (September 25, 1796 – ?) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is ...

(1796–?), American politician

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