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De Boer is a
Dutch occupational surname
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meaning "the
farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...
". Variant spellings include ''den Boer'' and ''DeBoer''. Notable people with this surname include:
De Boer / DeBoer
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Ad de Boer (born 1946), Dutch politician and journalist
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Alan DeBoer (born 1950/51), American businessman and Oregon politician
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Ale de Boer (born 1987), Dutch footballer
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Alice de Boer (1872–1955), medical doctor in Sri Lanka
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Arthur DeBoer (1917–2007), American cardiologist
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Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
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Brent DeBoer
Brent DeBoer is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is in the bands The Dandy Warhols, Immigrant Union, and Super American Eagle and released a solo studio album, ''The Farmer'', in 2010. DeBoer now lives in Melbourne, Austr ...
, American singer-songwriter of ''The Dandy Warhols''
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Cherie de Boer
Cherie is an English female given name. It comes from the French ''chérie'', meaning ''darling'' (from the past participle of the verb ''chérir'', ''to cherish''). It has also been used as a diminutive of names starting with or containing the s ...
(born 1951), Dutch accordionist
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Christine de Boer (born 1983), Dutch comedy musician and cabaret performer
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Erik-Jan de Boer (born 1967), Dutch animation director
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Frank de Boer (born 1970), Dutch football defender and manager, twin brother of Ronald
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Fredrik deBoer
Fredrik deBoer is a Marxist American author and cultural critic.
Education
DeBoer earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Central Connecticut State University, Master of Arts degree in writing and rhetoric at the University of Rhode Is ...
, American academic
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Hannes de Boer
Hannes de Boer (2 December 1899 – 2 April 1982) was a Dutch long jumper. He took part in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928. He finished in sixth place in 1928, jumping a distance of 6.32m.
Biography
De Boer was born in Hollum, on th ...
(1899–1982), Dutch long jumper
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Hans de Boer (born 1937), Dutch politician and State Secretary
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Harry DeBoer (1903–1992), American labor activist
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Henry Speldewinde de Boer (1896–1957), Ceylonese British-colonial doctor
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Herman Pieter de Boer (1928–2014), Dutch writer, journalist and lyricist
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Jan de Boer (gymnast) (1859–1941), Dutch gymnast
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Jan de Boer (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1988), Dutch football goalkeeper
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Jan de Boer (physicist) (born 1967), Dutch physicist
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Jan Hendrik de Boer (1899–1971), Dutch physicist and chemist
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Jelle Taeke de Boer (1908–1970), Dutch art collector
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Johanna de Boer (1901–1984), Dutch fencer
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Kalen DeBoer (born 1974), American football coach and player
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Kito de Boer
Kito de Boer (born April 29, 1957) is a Dutch consultant, former senior McKinsey director and former diplomat, who served as head of mission of the Office of the Quartet from May 2015 to June 2017. The Quartet is a foursome of nations, internatio ...
(born 1957), Dutch businessman and art collector
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Klaas de Boer (born 1942), Dutch-born U.S. soccer player and coach
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Leo de Boer (born 1953), Dutch film director
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Lieuwe de Boer (born 1951), Dutch speed skater
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Linda de Boer (born 1954), Dutch swimmer
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Manon de Boer (born 1966), Dutch video artist
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Margreeth de Boer (born 1939), Dutch politician
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Marloes de Boer (born 1982), Dutch football defender
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Matt de Boer (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
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Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (born 1944), Dutch jurist
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Mickey de Boer, Dutch international cricketer
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Mieke de Boer (born 1980), Dutch darts player
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Nancy De Boer, American politician
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Nicole de Boer
Nicole de Boer (born 20 December 1970) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring in the cult film ''Cube (1997 film), Cube'' as Joan Leaven, playing Ezri Dax on the final season of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1998–1999), and as ...
(born 1970), Canadian actress
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Peter DeBoer (born 1968), Canadian hockey player and coach
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Peter de Boer (born 1971), Scotland-born New Zealand curler
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Piet de Boer (1919–1984), Dutch football forward
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Remmelt de Boer (born 1942), Dutch educator and politician
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René de Boer (born 1945), Dutch sculptor
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Rody de Boer (born 1997), Dutch football goalkeeper
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Roelf de Boer (born 1949), Dutch politician
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Ronald de Boer
Ronaldus de Boer (; born 15 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right or attacking midfielder or right winger. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He i ...
(born 1970), Dutch football midfielder, twin brother of Frank
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Rudolf de Boer (1444–1485), Dutch humanist better known as ''Agricola''
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Saco Rienk de Boer
Saco Rienk DeBoer was a Dutch landscape architect and city planner. He was born on September 7, 1883, in Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands to architect Rienk Kornelius De Boer and avid gardener Antje Dictus Benedictus. He studied engin ...
(1883–1974), Dutch architect
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Sophie de Boer (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
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Ted de Boer (born 1943), Dutch law scholar
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Teuntje de Boer
Teuntje de Boer (born 31 May 1968) is a Dutch former cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pi ...
(born 1968), Dutch cricketer
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Tobias de Boer
Tobias is the transliteration of the , which is a Graecisation of the Hebrew biblical name . With the biblical Book of Tobit being present in the Deuterocanonical books and Biblical apocrypha, Tobias is a popular male given name for both Christi ...
(1930–2016), Dutch mechanical engineer
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Wendy DeBoer (born 1974), American Nebraska politician
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Wubbo de Boer (1948–2017), Dutch civil servant
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Yoann de Boer (born 1982), Dutch football midfielder
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Yvo de Boer (born 1954), Dutch diplomat and environmentalist
Den Boer
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Aart den Boer (1852–1941), Dutch architect and contractor
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Godfried van den Boer (1934–2012), Belgian footballer
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Jan den Boer (1889–1944), Dutch water polo player
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Nick DenBoer (born 1979), Canadian director
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Ruben Den Boer (born 1992), Dutch DJ and music producer
See also
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De Boor (disambiguation)
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Dutch-language surnames
Occupational surnames