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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 ...

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Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...

of the masculine given name

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

. Short forms include ''Chris'', ''Christie'', ''Kristof'', and ''Stoffel''. Christoffel also occurs as a patronymic surname. People with the name include:

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Christoffel Beudeker (–1756), Dutch merchant, landowner and map collector *

Christoffel Bisschop Christoffel Bisschop (22 April 1828 – 5 October 1904) was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures. Biography He was born in Leeuwarden. His father was a prominent merchant. He had several teachers: in Le ...

(1828–1904), Dutch genre painter and lithographer *

Christoffel Brand Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (21 June 1797 Cape Town – 19 May 1875 Cape Town) was a Cape jurist, politician, statesman and first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony. Early life and education Christoffel Brand was born in ...

(1797–1875), South African jurist, politician, and statesman * Christoffel Brand (Simon's Town) A host at Simon's Town, South Africa welcoming ships using it as a refreshment station. *

Christoffel Brändli Christoffel Brändli (born 7 March 1943) is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Council of States from 1995 to 2011. He was a member of the Swiss People's Party. He served as the President of the Council of States for the 2007–08 ...

(born 1943), Swiss politician * Christoffel Cornelius "Chris" Dednam (born 1983), South African badminton player * Christoffel van Dijck (1606–1669), Dutch printer, engraver, and type designer * Christoffel Cornelis "Stoffel" Froneman (1846–1913), Orange Free State general * Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621–1676), German author * Christoffel "Chris" Hooijkaas (1861–1926), Dutch sailor * Christoffel van IJsselstein (died aft.1510), Dutch noble of the House of Egmond *

Christoffel Jegher Christoffel Jegher (1596, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque engraver. Biography According to the RKD he was the father of the engraver Jan Christoffel. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1628.

(1596–1652), Flemish Baroque engraver * Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen (1607–), Flemish painter *

Christoffel Lubienietzky Krzysztof Lubieniecki or Christoffel Lubienietzky (1659–1729) was a Polish Baroque painter and engraver active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Krzysztof Lubieniecki was born in Stettin (today: Szczecin), Pommerania. H ...

(1659–1729), Pomeranian-born Dutch painter and engraver * Christoffel "Stoffel" Muller (1776–1833), Dutch Protestant sect leader * Christoffel Nortje (born 1940s), South African dentist and radiologist *

Christoffel Pierson Christoffel Pierson (19 May 1631 – 11 August 1714) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Arnold Houbraken, Pierson was brought up to become a merchant. Schooled in Latin, French, and drawing, he spent time as a clerk (in ...

(1631–1714), Dutch still life painter *

Christoffel Plantijn Christophe Plantin (; – 1 July 1589) was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and worked in Antwerp. He established in Antwerp one of the most prominent publishing houses of his time, the Plantin Press. ...

(–1589), French-born Flemish Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher * Christoffel van Sichem (1581–1658), Dutch woodcutter and engraver * Christoffel van Swoll (1668–1718), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies * Christoffel "Christie" van Wyk (born 1977), Namibian sprinter *

Christoffel Venter Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter , (1 November 189220 February 1977) was a South African military commander. Military career He joined the 7 Mounted Rifles in 1912 then the 5 SAMR in August 1914 for service in South West Africa. ...

(1892–1977), South African military commander * Christoffel "Christie" Viljoen (born 1987), Namibian cricketer *

Christo Wiese Christoffel Hendrik Wiese (born 10 September 1941) is a South African billionaire businessman who was the longtime chairman of Shoprite and Pepkor. He was also the chairman and largest shareholder of Steinhoff International until its collapse i ...

(born 1941), South African businessman * Jan Christoffel G. "Stoffel" Botha (1929–1998), South African politician, Minister of Home Affairs *

Pieter Christoffel Wonder Pieter Christoffel Wonder (10 January 1777 – 12 July 1852) was a Dutch painter, active in England. Biography Wonder was born in Utrecht. He was largely self-taught, by making copies of the Old Masters, although between 1802 and 1804 he did a ...

(1780–1852), Dutch painter active in England

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Elwin Bruno Christoffel Elwin Bruno Christoffel (; 10 November 1829 – 15 March 1900) was a German mathematician and physicist. He introduced fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which would later provid ...

(1829–1900), German mathematician and physicist **Named after him: Christoffel equation,

Christoffel symbols In mathematics and physics, the Christoffel symbols are an array of numbers describing a metric connection. The metric connection is a specialization of the affine connection to surface (topology), surfaces or other manifolds endowed with a metri ...

Schwarz–Christoffel mapping In complex analysis, a Schwarz–Christoffel mapping is a conformal map of the upper half-plane or the complex unit disk onto the interior of a simple polygon. Such a map is guaranteed to exist by the Riemann mapping theorem (stated by Bernhard ...

Christoffel–Darboux formula In mathematics, the Christoffel–Darboux formula or Christoffel–Darboux theorem is an identity for a sequence of orthogonal polynomials, introduced by and . There is also a "confluent form" of this identity by taking y\to x limit: Proof ...

* Louis Christoffel (1886–?), Belgian wrestler * Martin Christoffel (1922–2001), Swiss chess player *

Nathan Christoffel Nathan Christoffel is an Australian film director from Byron Bay, New South Wales. In 2009 he completed his debut feature, Eraser Children (winner of 'Best Australian Film'Awards announcements http://www.muff.com.au/vault/2009/ and 'Best supp ...

(born 1982), Australian film director

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