Brouwer (also Brouwers and de Brouwer) is a Dutch and Flemish surname. The word ''brouwer'' means 'beer brewer'.

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Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Brouwer (, in Oudenaarde – January 1638, in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.

(1605–1638), Flemish painter *

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 team mate Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volle ...

(b. 1989), Dutch beach volleyball player *

Andries Brouwer Andries Evert Brouwer (born 1951) is a Dutch mathematician and computer programmer, Professor Emeritus at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He is known as the creator of the greatly expanded 1984 to 1985 versions of the roguelike compute ...

(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 con ...

* 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 this country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as cre ...

(b. 1973), Dutch competitive sailor *

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

(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 ''Ast ...

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

(1902–1966), Dutch-American astronomer **

Brouwer Award The Brouwer Award is awarded annually by the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of dynamical astronomy. The prize is named for Dirk Brouwer. Recipients Sour ...

, Dirk Brouwer Award,

1746 Brouwer 1746 Brouwer ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a Hilda asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 64 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 September 1963, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observat ...

asteroid *

Emanuel Brouwer Emanuel Brouwer (May 28, 1881 – July 6, 1954) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finishe ...

(1881–1954), Dutch gymnast *

George Brouwer George Brouwer is the most recent former Victorian Ombudsman. He was appointed to the position in 2004. His term expired in March 2014. Concurrently with work as Ombudsman, was also head of Victoria's Office of Police Integrity. Mr Brouwer was e ...

, Australian lawyer, Ombudsman for Victoria *

Harm Brouwer Harm Brouwer (born 4 April 1957) is a Dutch politician who was a member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of ...

(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 (VOC) in 1606. In 1610, ...

(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 Roa ...

, 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 H ...

(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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 19 ...

(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 retired politician of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) and later co-founder of the GroenLinks (GL) party and lawyer. Education and early career Brouwer studied Law at Groningen Univer ...

(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, ...

(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 Brouwer (; ; 27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and compl ...

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

Brouwer fixed-point theorem Brouwer's fixed-point theorem is a fixed-point theorem in topology, named after L. E. J. (Bertus) Brouwer. It states that for any continuous function f mapping a compact convex set to itself there is a point x_0 such that f(x_0)=x_0. The simpl ...

Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation In mathematical logic, the Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation, or BHK interpretation, of intuitionistic logic was proposed by L. E. J. Brouwer and Arend Heyting, and independently by Andrey Kolmogorov. It is also sometimes called the re ...

Brouwer–Hilbert controversy In a controversy over the foundations of mathematics, in twentieth-century mathematics, L. E. J. Brouwer, a proponent of the constructivist school of intuitionism, opposed David Hilbert, a proponent of formalism. The debate concerned fundament ...

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 locally connected topological space, then the following two properties are equivalent: ...

Leo Brouwer Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) is a Cuban composer, conductor, and classical guitarist. He is a Member of Honour of the International Music Council. Family He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona y Casa ...

(b. 1939), Cuban guitarist and composer *

Margaret Brouwer Margaret Brouwer (born February 8, 1940, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American composer and composition teacher. She founded the Blue Streak Ensemble chamber music group. Biography Brouwer studied at Oberlin College, graduating in 1962, and r ...

(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 Matthijs Christian Brouwer (born 1 July 1980 in Raamsdonk, North Brabant) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made his debut on ...

(b. 1980), Dutch field hockey player *

Michael Brouwer Michael Brouwer (born 21 January 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Utrecht. Club career Brouwer was a product of the youth academies of Vitesse, Twente, and AGOVV before joining Heracles Almelo in 2013. Brouwer m ...

(b. 1993), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Miriam Brouwer Miriam Brouwer (born 14 November 1991) is a Canadian cyclist. Brouwer began cycling when she bought her first bike at the age of 20. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2016 with a Masters of Science with Honours in Speech and Langu ...

(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 Rachel Brouwer (born ) is a Canadian from Bedford, Nova Scotia, who while still a secondary student invented a new method of killing bacteria in drinking water which requires no fuel and uses material commonly available in third-world countries ...

(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 the ...

(b. 1982), Canadian rugby player *

Ronald Brouwer Ronald Leendert Brouwer (born 24 April 1979 in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland) is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is the cousin of Matthi ...

(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 Canad ...

(b. 1959), Canadian writer * (b. 1991), Dutch swimmer *

Tiemen Brouwer Tiemen Brouwer (18 December 1916, in Ellecom – 18 April 1977, in Leiderdorp) was a Catholic people's party leader and politician. President of the Catholic Dutch Farmers and Gardeners Association (KNBTB). He was a representative of the 'gree ...

(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). Th ...

(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, FC Emmen and BV Veendam. Managerial career After his career Brouwer became a man ...

(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 of the Netherlands Fencers at the 1920 ...

(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 Dolf Brouwers (31 August 1912 – 23 September 1997) was a Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor who rose to fame late in life playing the character Sjef van Oekel in the 1970s satirical television shows aired on VPRO, written and directed ...

(1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor *

Eef Brouwers Evert (Eef) Brouwers (9 March 1939 – 6 October 2018) was a Dutch journalist, director-general and spokesman. Life and career Brouwers was born in Zwolle in 1939 as an only child. He grew up in the city of Groningen and attended high school t ...

(1939–2018), Dutch journalist *

Evert Brouwers Evert Brouwers (born 17 June 1990) is a Dutch former professional footballer who plays for amateur side SV Zeist. Club career He made his senior debut for Utrecht in the 2010-11 season. After AGOVV dissolved, Brouwers played for Hoofdklasse clubs ...

(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 ...

(b. 1940), Dutch writer *

Laura Brouwers Laura Brouwers may refer to * Laura Brouwers (artist), a Dutch digital artist and illustrator. * Laura Brouwers (cricket), a Dutch cricketer who debuted for the Dutch national side in August 2009. {{Disambiguation ...

(b. 1988), Dutch cricketer *

Luuk Brouwers Luuk Brouwers (born 3 May 1998) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club SC Heerenveen, Heerenveen. Club career Brouwers made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Den Bosch on 1 ...

(b. 1998), Dutch footballer *

Marco Brouwers Marco Brouwers (born 10 March 1958) is a Dutch volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as S ...

(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 s ...

(b. 1981), Dutch footballer

De Brouwer

Gordon de Brouwer Gordon John de Brouwer is a senior Australian public servant serving as the Secretary for Public Sector Reform since June 22, 2022 under the Albanese Government. He was previously Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy from 2 ...

, Australian economist *

Joëlle De Brouwer Joëlle De Brouwer (born 18 October 1950 in Maubeuge) is a former French athlete who specialized in middle distance running. Biography She won six French national Outdoor championships: 2 in the 1 500 m and 4 in the 3 000 m. She was als ...

(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, ...

(1907–1989), Dominican composer and pianist *

Piet de Brouwer Petrus "Piet" Godefridus de Brouwer (5 October 1880 – 5 October 1953) was an archer from the Netherlands. He was born in Gestel, North Brabant and died in Eindhoven, North Brabant. He represented his native country at the 1920 Summe ...

(1880–1953), Dutch archer *

Philippe De Brouwer Philippe J.S. De Brouwer (born 21 February 1969) is a European investment and banking professional as well as academician in finance and investing. As a scientist he is mostly known for his solution to the Fallacy of Large Numbers (formulated by P ...

(b. 1969), Belgian economist and banker *

Walter De Brouwer Walter De Brouwer (; born May 9, 1957) is a Belgian-born internet and technology serial entrepreneur and semiotician. He is the former CEO of doc.ai and of Scanadu. As a serial entrepreneur, as of 2013, he took part in the creation of over 35 com ...

(b. 1957), Belgian internet and technology entrepreneur

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