DeGroot is an agglutinated form of the Dutch surname

De Groot De Groot () is a surname of Dutch origin. Translating as "the great/big/large/tall" it originated as a nickname for a big or tall person.Bruce DeGroot Bruce DeGroot (born October 30, 1963) is an American politician and attorney who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from the 101st district from 2017 through 2023. The district included parts of Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ellisvill ...

(born 1963), American politician *

Chad DeGroot Chad Degroot (born March 23, 1974) is a freestyle BMX rider from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He's widely regarded as an influential rider because of his trick innovations that contributed to the development of flatland BMX. Career Degroot started co ...

(born 1974), American freestyle BMX rider *

Diede de Groot Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 31-time major champion, having won 16 titles in singles, and 15 titles in doubles. In 2021, s ...

(born 1986), Dutch Tennis Grand Slam Champion *

Dudley DeGroot Dudley Sargent DeGroot (November 10, 1899 – May 5, 1970) was an American athlete and coach, primarily of American football. He served as the head coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 and 1945, tallyin ...

(1899–1970), American athlete and coach *

Gerard DeGroot Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

, author of the 2008 book ''

The Sixties Unplugged ''The Sixties Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic History of a Disorderly Decade'' is a 2008 book by Gerard DeGroot. In the book, DeGroot seeks to debunk the popular legend of the 1960s as a golden age of "peace, love and understanding", whose adherents wo ...

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Jeff DeGroot Son of John “Dutch” DeGroot and Jan DeGroot with two older siblings Joseph, John. His father being a Graphic artist and mother an IT specialist. Born in Chicago Illinois brought up in Mount Prospect Illinois were he started to play soccer at the ...

(born 1985), American soccer player *

Morris H. DeGroot Morris Herman DeGroot (June 8, 1931 – November 2, 1989) was an American statistician. Biography Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, DeGroot graduated from Roosevelt University and earned master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago ...

(1931–1989), American statistician

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*Gerald and Karen DeGroot, characters on the American television show ''Lost'' *LuAnn DeGroot, main character of the comic strip '' Luann'' *Tavish Finnegan DeGroot, the real name of the Demoman class from ''

Team Fortress 2 ''Team Fortress 2'' is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' mod for '' Quake'' and its 1999 remake, ''Team Fortress Classic''. The game was rel ...

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