Brouwer (also Brouwers and de Brouwer) is a Dutch and Flemish

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. The word ''brouwer'' means 'brewer'.

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Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Brouwer ( – January 1638) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.Alexander Brouwer Alexander Brouwer (born 3 November 1989 in Leiden) is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volleybal ...

(b. 1989), Dutch beach volleyball player * Andries Brouwer (b. 1953), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer **

Brouwer–Haemers graph In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Brouwer–Haemers graph is a 20- regular undirected graph with 81 vertices and 810 edges. It is a strongly regular graph, a distance-transitive graph, and a Ramanujan graph. Although its construc ...

* Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter *

Carolijn Brouwer Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch boat with Alexandra Verbeek as cre ...

(b. 1973), Dutch competitive sailor *

Christoph Brouwer Christoph Brouwer (or ''Browerius'') (12 March 1559 – 1617) was a Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest of the Netherlands, and ecclesiastical historian. He is particularly known for his contribution to the history of the Archdiocese of Trier. Li ...

(1559–1617), Dutch Catholic ecclesiastical historian * Cornelis Brouwer (–1681), Dutch Golden Age painter * Cornelis Brouwer (1900–1952), Dutch long-distance runner *

Dirk Brouwer Dirk Brouwer (; September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He received his PhD in 1927 at Leiden University under Willem de Sitter and then went to Yale University. From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the ''Astr ...

(1899–1941), Dutch architect and resistance member *

(1902–1966), Dutch-American astronomer ** Brouwer Award, Dirk Brouwer Award, 1746 Brouwer asteroid * Emanuel Brouwer (1881–1954), Dutch gymnast * George Brouwer, Australian lawyer, Ombudsman for Victoria *

Gijs Brouwer Gijs Brouwer (; born 14 March 1996) is a Dutch tennis player. Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 114 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 August 2022. Br ...

(b. 1996), Dutch tennis player *

Harm Brouwer Harm Brouwer (born 4 April 1957) is a Dutch politician who was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party between 6 July 2016 and 23 March 2017. He previously served twice as a temporary member of the House, most recently from ...

(b. 1957), Dutch politician *

Hendrik Brouwer Hendrik Brouwer (; 1581 – 7 August 1643) was a Dutch explorer and governor of the Dutch East Indies. East Indies Brouwer is thought to first have sailed to the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch East India Company in 1606. In 1610, he lef ...

(1580–1643), Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator **

Brouwer Route The Brouwer Route was a 17th-century route used by ships sailing from the Cape of Good Hope to the Dutch East Indies, as the eastern leg of the Cape Route. The route took ships south from the Cape (which is at 34° latitude south) into the Roari ...

, route to the East Indies he devised *

Hendrik Albertus Brouwer Hendrik Albertus Brouwer (20 September 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a Dutch geologist who specialized in petrology and explored South Africa and the Dutch colonies in Indonesia. Brouwer was born in Medemblik, the son of Egbertus L. Brouwer and ...

(1886–1973), Dutch geologist and paleontologist *

Henk Brouwer Melchior Hendrik "Henk" Brouwer (born 14 September 1953) is a retired Dutch sprinter. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and 4 × 400 m 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and ...

(b. 1953), Dutch sprinter *

Hugo Brouwer Hugo Jacobus Marie (of Maria) Brouwer (The Hague, 24 April 1913 – Groningen, 19 August 1986) was a Dutch painter, mosaic artist, glass artist and sculptor.Ina Brouwer Ina Brouwer (born 11 April 1950) is a Dutch politician and lawyer who is a co-founder of the GroenLinks (GL) party. She was previously leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) from 1982 to 1989. Education and early career Brouwer ...

(b. 1950), Dutch politician *

Jan Brouwer Jan Brouwer (born 1939/1940) is a Dutch former football manager who was the manager of Angolan side Sagrada Esperança, a position he undertook in April 2008. He previously managed the Zambia national team in 2001, Petro Atlético in 2004, an ...

(b. 1940), Dutch football manager *

Joel Brouwer Joel Brouwer (born 1968) is an American poet, professor and critic. His most recent poetry collection is ''Off Message'' released in 2016 He is also the author of ''Exactly What Happened,'' which received the Larry Levis Prize from Virginia Comm ...

(b. 1968), American poet, professor and critic * (1898–1943), Dutch Hispanist, author, and resistance member *

Jordy Brouwer Jordy Brouwer (born 26 February 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for DHC Delft. Club career Born in The Hague, Brouwer moved from Ajax to English side Liverpool in January 2007. After impressive form for the Liverpool Reserves ...

(b. 1988), Dutch footballer *

L. E. J. Brouwer Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer (27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966) was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the ...

(1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and philosopher **

Brouwer fixed-point theorem Brouwer's fixed-point theorem is a fixed-point theorem in topology, named after Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, L. E. J. (Bertus) Brouwer. It states that for any continuous function f mapping a nonempty compactness, compact convex set to itself, the ...

Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation In mathematical logic, the Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation, or BHK interpretation, is an explanation of the meaning of proof in intuitionistic logic, proposed by L. E. J. Brouwer and Arend Heyting, and independently by Andrey Kolmogor ...

Brouwer–Hilbert controversy The Brouwer–Hilbert controversy () was a debate in twentieth-century mathematics over fundamental questions about the consistency of axioms and the role of semantics and syntax in mathematics. L. E. J. Brouwer, a proponent of the constructivi ...

Kleene–Brouwer order In descriptive set theory, the Kleene–Brouwer order or Lusin–Sierpiński order is a linear order on finite sequences over some linearly ordered set (X, <), that differs from the more commonly used Phragmen–Brouwer theorem In topology, the Phragmén–Brouwer theorem, introduced by Lars Edvard Phragmén and Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, states that if ''X'' is a normal connected Connected may refer to: Film and television * ''Connected'' (2008 film), a Hong Kon ...

Leo Brouwer Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) is a Cubans, Cuban composer, conducting, conductor, and classical guitarist. He is a Member of Honour of the International Music Council. Early years Brouwer was born in Havana, Cuba. When he ...

(b. 1939), Cuban guitarist and composer * Margaret Brouwer (b. 1940), American composer *

Matt Brouwer Matt Brouwer (born February 28, 1976) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. While in college, he and fellow students founded the band Monday Night Worship (MNW). Because of the spiritual content of his lyrics he was 'discovered' by a Nashville r ...

(b. 1976), Canadian singer/so ngwriter * Matthijs Brouwer (b. 1980), Dutch field hockey player * Michael Brouwer (b. 1993), Dutch football goalkeeper * Miriam Brouwer (b. 1991), Canadian cyclist *

Puck Brouwer Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (later van Duyne; 29 October 1930 – 6 October 2006) was a Dutch sprinter. Brouwer accomplished her first international notable result in 1950, when she won the silver medal at the European Championships, being part of ...

(1930–2006), Dutch sprinter * Rachel Brouwer (b. c. 2001), Canadian inventor *

Rob Brouwer Rob Brouwer (born December 10, 1982) is a Canadian rugby union player who currently plays for the Toronto Arrows of Major League Rugby (MLR). Early life Brouwer was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada and spent much of his early years working on th ...

(b. 1982), Canadian rugby player * Ronald Brouwer (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player *

Sigmund Brouwer Sigmund Brouwer (born 1959) is a prolific Canadian author of children's, young adult, and adult books. He has over 100 titles and four million books in print. Brouwer's novel, ''Dead Man's Switch'', won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2015 for Canada ...

(b. 1959), Canadian writer * (b. 1991), Dutch swimmer * Tiemen Brouwer (1916–1977), Dutch politician and Minister of Agriculture *

Troy Brouwer Troy Brouwer (born August 17, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

(b. 1985), Canadian ice hockey player *

Willem Brouwer Willem Brouwer (born 30 March 1963) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands. He played professional football for nine years, for Telstar, SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hea ...

(b. 1963), Dutch football player * Willem Coenraad Brouwer (1877–1933), Dutch sculptor and ceramist *

Wouter Brouwer Wouter Brouwer (10 August 1882 – 4 May 1961) was a Dutch fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games. References External links * 1882 births 1961 deaths Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 19 ...

(1882–1961), Dutch fencer

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* Angela Brouwers (b. 1974), Dutch singer * Davy Brouwers (b. 1988), Belgian footballer * (1874–1948), Belgian historian and archivist * Dolf Brouwers (1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor * Eef Brouwers (1939–2018), Dutch journalist * Evert Brouwers (b. 1990), Dutch footballer *

Jeroen Brouwers Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers (30 April 1940 – 11 May 2022) was a Dutch writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964 he made his literary debut with ''Het mes op de keel'' (''The Knife t ...

(1940–2022), Dutch writer * José Brouwers (1931–2025), Belgian stage director and actor * Laura Brouwers (b. 1988), Dutch cricketer * Luuk Brouwers (b. 1998), Dutch footballer * Marco Brouwers (b. 1958), Dutch volleyball player *

Roel Brouwers Roel Brouwers (; born 28 November 1981) is a Dutch former footballer who last played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie. Club career Brouwers played the majority of his professional career in Germany. He started at hometown amateur sid ...

(b. 1981), Dutch footballer

De Brouwer

* Gordon de Brouwer, Australian economist * Joëlle De Brouwer (b. 1950), French middle-distance runner *

Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer Ninón Lapeiretta Pichardo de Brouwer (January 4, 1907 – September 22, 1989), also called Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer, was a composer and pianist from the Dominican Republic. She is known for her works for various instruments including piano, wi ...

(1907–1989), Dominican composer and pianist * Piet de Brouwer (1880–1953), Dutch archer * Philippe De Brouwer (b. 1969), Belgian economist and banker * Walter De Brouwer (b. 1957), Belgian internet and technology entrepreneur

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