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patronymic surname meaning son of ''Dries'' or ''Andries''

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Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

and the English

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Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...

. People with the name ''Driessen'', ''Driesen'', ''Driessens'', or ''Drießen'' include: *

Casey Driessen Casey Christopher Driessen (born December 6, 1978 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States) is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric five-string violins, each of which has an additional low C string. He is a g ...

(b. 1978), American bluegrass fiddler *

Dan Driessen Daniel Driessen (born July 29, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1973 to 1987, most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won three National Lea ...

(b. 1951), American baseball player *

David Driessen David Driessen (born 24 November 1994) is a Dutch football player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Achilles '29 on 13 January 2017 in a game against Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ...

(b. 1994), Dutch football forward * (born 1958), Dutch singer-songwriters * Friedrich Wilhelm von Driesen (1781-1851), Baltic-Russian military officer *

Jack Driessen Jack Driessen (born 11 July 1980 in Roermond, Netherlands) is a Dutch keyboardist, songwriter and arranger. He is co-founder and former member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. Furthermore he is known as the first keyboardist of the ...

(b. 1980), Dutch music composer *

Jeanne Driessen Jeanne Driessen (born in Maaseik on 3 May 1892; died 15 July 1997) was a Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams politician when the party was still known as the ''Christelijke Volkspartij''. Her early work in the party started in 1924 and her father Lou ...

(1892–1997), Flemish politician *

Johan Driessen Johannes Henricus Antonius (Johan) Driessen (born 4 June 1981 in Cuijk en Sint Agatha) is a Dutch politician and former lawyer. He was an MP for the Party for Freedom (PVV) from 17 June 2010 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of develop ...

(b. 1981), Dutch politician * Lomme Driessens (1912-2006), Belgian cycling directeur sportif * Michiel Driessen (b. 1959), Dutch fencer *

Paul Driessen (animator) Paul Augustin Driessen (born 1940) is a Dutch film director, animator and writer. Biography After studying graphic design and illustration at the Art Academy in Utrecht, Driessen began animating TV-commercials in the Netherlands in the 1960, al ...

(b. 1940), Dutch film director, animator and writer * Paul Driessen (lobbyist) (b. 1948), American author and lobbyist *

Stef Driesen Stef Driesen (born 1966, Hasselt, Belgium) is an artist based in Antwerp. Driesen studied at Academie Voor Schone Kunstein Hasselt. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions at Art:Concepin Paris, Marc Foxin Los Angeles, Harris Lieberman i ...

(b. 1966), Belgian artist *

Steffen Driesen Steffen Driesen (born November 30, 1981, in Düsseldorf) is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he won the silver medal in th ...

(b. 1981), German swimmer *

Tim Driesen Tim Driesen is a Belgian actor, notable for roles in both musicals, plays, and television serials. He has composed a full-scale musical as well as a number of pop-songs. In 2007, he created the role of Adrian Banks (a character based on pop-sta ...

(b. 1978), Belgian actor *

Wilma Driessen Wilma Driessen (born Wilhelmina Jacoba Driessen, December 6, 1938) is a Dutch operatic coloratura soprano. She is known for her versatility and extraordinary vocal expression. Child prodigy Dutch-born Driessen started performing as a child prodi ...

(b. 1938), Dutch opera singer *

Yannick Driesen Yannick Driesen (born November 2, 1988) is a Belgian basketball player. Driesen usually plays as center. Driesen played with the Belgium national basketball team at EuroBasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket champio ...

(born 1988), Belgian basketball player *Mati Driessen (born 1910), German honored as Righteous Gentile at Yad Vashem in Israel

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