Gerritsen is a

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patronymic surname "son of Gerrit". It is particularly common in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

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database of surnames in the Netherlands. Variations on this name include Gerritse, Gerrits, Garritsen and Gerretse(n). Notable people with the surname include: * Alida Gerritsen-de Vries (1914–2007), Dutch sprinter *

Annette Gerritsen Annette Albertine Gerritsen (born 11 October 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She specialised in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She is the current Dutch jun ...

(born 1985), Dutch speed skater *

Carel Victor Gerritsen Carel Victor Gerritsen (2 February 1850 – 5 July 1905) was a Dutch politician known for his radical views. The husband of Aletta Jacobs, he was a proponent of open government, fair wages and birth control. He served as an alderman in Amsterdam ...

, (1850–1905), Dutch radical politician and feminist * Jim Gerritsen, American organic farmer and trade unionist * (born 1972), Dutch writer *

Lisa Gerritsen Lisa Gerritsen (born Lisa Orszag, December 21, 1957) is an American former child actress. She is most famous for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s television series ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' ...

(born "Orszag" 1957), American actor * Maico Gerritsen (born 1986), Dutch footballer *

Marcel Gerritsen Marcel Gerritsen (born 6 January 1967) is a Dutch former professional cross-country mountain biker Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bik ...

(born 1967), Dutch cyclist * Margot Gerritsen, engineering professor at Stanford University *

Mees Gerritsen Melis "Mees" Gerritsen (born 15 September 1939) is a retired Dutch track cyclist who finished in fourth place in the 2 km tandem event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cy ...

(born 1939), Dutch Olympic cyclist *

Patrick Gerritsen Patrick Gerritsen (; born 13 March 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prospect of the Twente youth academy, Gerritsen made his breakthrough in the 2005–06 season. He would, however, be affected by sever ...

(born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Paul Gerritsen Paul Gerritsen, (born 8 December 1984) is a New Zealand rower. He was a member of the world champion under-23 coxed four in 2006 also winning a bronze medal at the senior world championships the same year. Early life Gerritsen was born i ...

(born 1984), New Zealand rower *

Rinus Gerritsen Marinus Gerritsen (born 9 August 1946 in The Hague) is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood. Steve Harris of Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an ...

(born 1946), Dutch bassist *

Rupert Gerritsen Rupert Gerritsen (1953 – 3 November 2013) was an Australian historian and a noted authority on Indigenous Australian prehistory. Coupled with his work on early Australian cartography, he played an influential part in re-charting Australian h ...

(1953–2013), Australian historian *

Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen (born Terry Tom; June 12, 1953) is the pseudonym of Terry Gerritsen, an American novelist and retired general physician. Early life Tess Gerritsen is the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef. While grow ...

(born 1953), American novelist * Tim Gerritsen, American video game producer and designer * Wendy Gerritsen (born 1972), Dutch cricketer ;Gerrits * Antonie Gerrits (1885–1969), Dutch cyclist * Evelien Gerrits (born 1985), Dutch cricketer *

Travis Gerrits Travis Gerrits (born October 19, 1991 in Milton, Ontario) is a Canadian freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can co ...

(born 1991), Canadian freestyle skier ;Gerritse * Willem Wouter Gerritse (born 1983), Dutch water polo player ;Garritsen * Margaret Garritsen de Vries (1922–2009), American IMF economist and historian * Martijn Garritsen (born 1996), Dutch DJ better known as ''Mar+in Garri×'' *

Nel Garritsen Petronella Frederika Cornelia "Nel" Garritsen (3 April 1933 – 3 February 2014) was a Dutch swimmer. In 1949 and in 1950 she was part of the Dutch team that set a new world record in the now obsolete 3×100 medley relay event. She competed in th ...

(1933–2014), Dutch swimmer

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