Cees () 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, a short form of

Cornelis Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given ...

. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling

Kees Kees or KEES may refer to: * Kees (given name) * Kees (surname) * KEES, an American AM radio station licensed to Gladewater, Texas See also * Cees (disambiguation) Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in ...

is more common. Notable people named Cees include: * Cees Andriesse (born 1939), Dutch physicist and historian of science * Cees Bal (born 1951), Dutch cyclist * Cees Berkhouwer (1919–1992), Dutch VVD politician * Cees van Bladel (born 1962), Dutch sports sailor * Cees Bol (born 1995), Dutch cyclist * Cees van Bruchem (born 1950), Dutch politician *

Cees Dekker Cornelis "Cees" Dekker (born 7 April 1959 in Haren, Groningen) is a Dutch physicist, and Distinguished University Professor at the Technical University of Delft. He is known for his research on carbon nanotubes, single-molecule biophysics, and ...

(born 1959), Dutch biophysicist *

Cees Doorakkers Cornelis Martinus Anthinius Maria Doorakkers (born 2 March 1963 in Gilze, Netherlands) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Cees Doorakker was the 250cc Dutch champion in 1984 and 1986. In 1986 he also reached the championship in the ...

(born 1963), Dutch motorcycle road racer *

Cees van Dongen Cees van Dongen (1932 – 23 December 2011) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. Van Dongen was born in Rotterdam. His best season was in 1969 when he won the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix and finished the season in ...

(1932–2011), Dutch motorcycle road racer * Cees van Espen (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist *

Cees Geel Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel (born 13 March 1965 in Schagen) is a Dutch television, radio and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001) and in the film ''Simon'' (2004). He won the G ...

(born 1965), Dutch television, radio and film actor *

Cees Gravesteijn Cornelis "Cees" Gravesteijn (born 21 April 1928) was a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England ...

(born 1928), Dutch canoer *

Cees Groot Cees Groot (29 June 1932 – 13 March 1988) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker for Heerenveen, Stormvogels, Ajax, Zaanstreek and the Pittsburgh Phantoms during his career. Club career Heerenveen Groot began his career in the ...

(1932–1988), Dutch footballer *

Cees Haast Cees Haast (19 November 1938 – 18 January 2019) was a Dutch cyclist. His sporting career began with Fortuna Zundert. Major results 1962 :2nd of Ronde van Limburg :2nd of Delta Profronde 1964 :2nd of the Dutch National Road Race Championships ...

(born 1938), Dutch cyclist *

Cees Hamelink Cees Jan Hamelink (born 14 September 1940) is a Dutch academic known for his work on communication, culture, and technology. He is emeritus professor of international communications and emeritus professor of media at the University of Amsterd ...

(born 1940), Dutch communication scientist *

Cees Heerschop Cees Heerschop (14 February 1935 – 24 July 2014) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for PSV as a right back, making 191 appearances for the club in all competitions, between 1956 and 1964. He later spent a year with NEC is a J ...

(1935–2014), Dutch footballer *

Cees Helder Cees Helder (born 1948 in , North Holland) is a Dutch chef, former restaurant owner of Parkheuvel in Rotterdam. He was the first chief cook in the Netherlands to acquire three Michelin stars. Helder obtained his first Michelin star when he was c ...

(born 1948), Dutch chef *

Cees Jan Diepeveen Cees Jan Diepeveen (born July 24, 1956 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics: in Los Angeles (1984), in Seoul (1988) and finally in Barcelona (1992). In 19 ...

(born 1956), Dutch biophysicist *

Cees Juffermans Cees Juffermans (born 10 February 1982) is a former Dutch Short track speed skater. Currently he is a marathon speed skater. Juffermans is one of the most renowned short track speed skaters the Netherlands has ever produced. At the 2001 Europea ...

(born 1982), Dutch short track speed skater *

Cees Keizer Cees Keizer (born 8 January 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as a youth coach with FC Volendam. Career Born in Volendam, Keizer played youth football with hometown club FC Volendam bef ...

(born 1986), Dutch footballer *

Cees van der Knaap Cornelis (Cees) van der Knaap (born 27 January 1951, in Bennekom) is a Dutch politician. He was State Secretary for Defence for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Biography After attending a MULO school, Van der Knaap worked for Vro ...

(born 1951), Dutch CDA politician *

Cees Koch Cees Koch may refer to: * Cees Koch (canoeist) (1925 - 2024), Dutch sprint canoer * Cees Koch (discus thrower) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter {{hndis, Koch, Cees ...

(born 1925), Dutch canoer *

Cees Koch Cees Koch may refer to: * Cees Koch (canoeist) (1925 - 2024), Dutch sprint canoer * Cees Koch (discus thrower) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter {{hndis, Koch, Cees ...

(born 1936), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter *

Cees van Kooten Cees van Kooten (; 20 August 1948 – 24 August 2015) was a Dutch former international football striker. After his career he became a football manager, he retired after a heart attack. He died of cancer in 2015. With 79 goals in six seasons he ...

(1948–2015), Dutch footballer *

Cees Krijnen Cornelis Hendrik "Cees" Krijnen (born 29 May 1969 in Velsen) is a Dutch artist. Krijnen studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the post-academic education DasArts, both in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1999 he won the Dutch art prize Prix de ...

(born 1969), Dutch contemporary artist * Cees Kurpershoek (born 1943), Dutch sports sailor *

Cees Lagrand Cees Lagrand (born 20 October 1936, Zaandam) is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romul ...

(born 1936), Dutch canoer * Cees van der Leeuw (1890–1973), Dutch artist *

Cees Lok Cees Lok (born 18 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. He currently works as a technical manager. Playing career Cees began his career at FC Wageningen before he entered service at NEC. There, he became a stable an ...

(born 1966), Dutch footballer * Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch chief financial officer *

Cees Nooteboom Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an ...

(born 1933), Dutch novelist, poet, and journalist *

Cees Paauwe Cees Paauwe (; born 3 November 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Dronten, Netherlands, Paauwe played for Lyra, SV 't Harde and FC Zwolle as a youth. From 1995 to 2000 he played for FC T ...

(born 1977), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Cees Priem Cees Priem (born 27 October 1950) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. After his cycling career, Priem became team manager of TVM. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ...

(born 1950), Dutch cyclist *

Cees van Riel Cornelis Bernardus Maria (Cees) van Riel (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Corporate Communication at Rotterdam School of Management and Director of the Corporate Communication Centre at the Erasmus ...

(born 1951), Dutch organizational theorist *

Cees Schapendonk Cees Schapendonk (born 24 December 1955 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) is a former football striker from the Netherlands. In his sole appearance for the Netherlands national football team on 22 February 1981, he scored in a three-nil victory over ...

(born 1955), Dutch footballer * Cees See (1934–1985), Dutch jazz drummer * Cees Stam (born 1945), Dutch track cyclist * Cees Timmer (1903–1978), Dutch artist * Cees Toet (born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Cees Veerman Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Veerman (born 8 March 1949) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. Veerman applied at the Rotterdam School of Economics in May 1967 majoring in Economics obtaining a B ...

(1943–2014), Dutch singer, composer and guitarist *

(born 1949), Dutch CDA politician * Cees Vervoorn (born 1960), Dutch swimmer * Cees de Vreugd (1952–1998), Dutch strongman and powerlifter * Cees Jan Winkel (born 1962), Dutch swimmer *

Cees de Wolf Cees de Wolf (17 December 1945 – 21 July 2011) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger. Career De Wolf was born in Purmerend. He played in the Netherlands for Ajax, Haarlem and Blauw-Wit, and in Belgium for KV Mec ...

(1945–2011), Dutch footballer

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