Govert is a

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masculine given name. It is a form of the name Godfried.Govert
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database of given names in the Netherlands. Other forms include ''Govaart'' and ''Govaert''. People with this name include: * Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963), Dutch potter in the style of the Art Nouveau *

Govert Bidloo Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo (12 March 1649 – 30 March 1713) was a Dutch Golden Age physician, anatomist, poet and playwright. He was the personal physician of William III of Orange-Nassau, Dutch stadholder and King of England, Scotland ...

(1649–1713), Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright *

Govert Boyen Govert Boyen (born 7 March 1977 in Sint-Truiden) is a Belgian retired football goalkeeper. He was last on the books of Veldwezelt where he retired in the summer of 2012. After that he became goalkeeping coach and due to unavailability of the ma ...

(born 1977), Belgian football goalkeeper * Govert Brasser (born 1956), Dutch competitive sailor *

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn (; 9 July 1918 – 17 February 2012) was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

(1918–2012), Dutch mathematician *

Govert Dircksz Camphuysen Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (born at Dokkum in 1624, and died in Amsterdam in 1672) was an animal painter, whose style was influenced by Paulus Potter. When his father Dirck Rafaelsz Camphuysen died in 1627, his mother moved with the children to ...

(1624–1672), Dutch animal and genre painter *

Govert Flinck Govert (or Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (25 January 16152 February 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Life Born at Kleve, capital of the Duchy of Cleves, which was occupied at the time by the United Provinces, he was apprenticed by ...

(1615–1660), Dutch painter * Govert Huijser (1931–2014), Dutch Army general * (1702–1774), Dutch poet and silk merchant *

Govert van der Leeuw Gabriel, or Govert van der Leeuw (1645–1688), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography He was the brother of Pieter van der Leeuw, and they learned to paint from their father, the painter Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, who had be ...

(1645–1688), Dutch landscape painter *

Govert Schilling Govert Schilling (born 30 November 1956) is a Dutch popular science writer and amateur astronomer. Career Schilling was born in Meerkerk. In 1982, he became the program leader at the former Zeiss Planetarium, Amsterdam. From 1987 to 1998 ...

(born 1956), Dutch astronomer and popular-science writer * Govert Schüller (born 1959), Dutch-American author * Govert Viergever (born 1989), Dutch rower * Govaert Wendelen (1580–1667), Flemish astronomer

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