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. Although the earliest direct attestation comes from

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in 1272, it is known to have been derived from the

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name ''*kōnja-'', meaning "brave". The given name is often an abbreviation of

Koenraad Koenraad is a Dutch given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Koenraad Degroote (born 1959), Belgian politician * Koenraad Dillen (born 1964), Belgian politician * Koenraad Elst (born 1959), Belgian orientalist and Indologist * Koen ...

. Kōen is a Romanization of an unrelated Japanese family name.

People with the given name

* Kōen (1207-1284/5), Japanese

busshi A busshi is a Japanese term for Buddhist artists who specialized in painting or sculpting images for Buddhist temples, predominantly in the Nara period. Painters were specifically known as , whereas sculptors who worked with wood were called ''ki- ...

during the

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

* Koen Andries, Belgian scientist *

Koen Barbé Koen Barbé (born 20 January 1981) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013, for the and teams. Barbe retired at the end of the 2013 season, after ten years as a professional. ...

(born 1981), Belgian road bicycle racer *

Koen Bauweraerts Koen Bauweraerts (born 30 May 1983), better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ. Career Coone first started producing in 1998 at age 15. He released his first EP in 2002, ''Protect the Innocent''. Under th ...

(born 1983), Belgian hardstyle DJ and producer *

Koen Beeckman Koen Beeckman (born 2 September 1973) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist. He rode for the teams Ipso–Asfra, , and . He rode in the 1999 Vuelta a España, and finished 106th overall. Major results ;1997 : 4th Le Samyn Le Samyn is ...

(born 1973), Belgian road bicycle racer *

Koen van der Biezen Koen van der Biezen (; born 10 July 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of SV CHC. Career Van der Biezen was born in Nuland Nuland is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch pr ...

(born 1985), Dutch footballer *

Koen Bouwman Koen Bouwman (born 2 December 1993 in Ulft) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Bouwman joined in 2016 after riding for the team as a stagiaire the previous season. He competed in his first grand tour in 2016: th ...

(born 1993), Dutch cyclist *

Koen Casteels Koen Casteels (; born 25 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah. Formed at Genk, Casteels spent most of his professional career in Germany with TSG Hoffenheim, Werder Breme ...

(born 1992), Belgian footballer *

Koen Crucke Koenraad Desiré Arthur (Koen) Crucke (born 11 February 1952 in Ghent) is a Belgian operatic tenor, politician, and actor of stage, television, and film. As an opera singer he has been particularly active at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp where he sp ...

(born 1952), Belgian tenor, actor and politician *

Koen Daerden Koen Daerden (; born 8 March 1982) is a Belgian former professional football player and current coach, who works as sporting director for the youth or head of the youth department at Racing Genk. Club career Daerden was born in Tongeren. He st ...

(born 1982), Belgian footballer *

Koen De Bouw Koen De Bouw (born 30 September 1964 in Turnhout) is a Belgian actor. He trained to be an actor at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp and made his breakthrough in Belgium with his role of serial killer ''Stef Tavernier'' in the TV-series Witte ...

(born 1964), Flemish actor *

Koen De Graeve Koen De Graeve (born 28 April 1972) is a Belgian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1993. Selected filmography References External links * 1972 births Living people Belgian male film actors {{Belgium-actor-st ...

(born 1972), Belgian actor *

Koen de Kort Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional t ...

(born 1982), Dutch cyclist *

Koen Decoster Koen Decoster is a Belgian historian, philosopher and translator. He has published works such as ''Flavius Josephus and the Seleucid Acra in Jerusalem'' (1989). and ''Beyond Conflict and Reduction: Between Philosophy, Science and Religion'' (2001) ...

, Belgian historian, philosopher and translator *

Koen Geens Koen Geens (born 22 January 1958) is a Belgian jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) who served as the Minister of Justice and as Deputy Prime Minister in the governments of Prime Ministers Charles Michel and So ...

(born 1958), Belgian Flemish politician *

Koen Heldens Koen Heldens is a Dutch-born mix engineer international multi-platinum, American Music Award- and Billboard Music Award-winning mixing engineer. Early life and education Originally from the Netherlands, Heldens began music school at the age of ...

(born 1986), Dutch mixing engineer *

Koen Huntelaar Koen Huntelaar (born 8 July 1998) is a Dutch ex-footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the nephew of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Club career Huntelaar made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for De Graafschap on 22 August 2016 in a ga ...

(born 1998), Dutch footballer *

Koen Kessels Koen Kessels (born 1961) is a Belgian conductor and pianist. He is music director of The Royal Ballet and of Het Balletorkest, affiliated with the Dutch National Ballet. Biography Trained as a pianist, Kessels studied at the Royal Conservat ...

(born c. 1960), Belgian conductor and music director *

Koen Lamberts Koenraad Lamberts (born 1964) is a British/Belgian psychologist and academic. Since 2018, he has served as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. From 2014 to 2018, he was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of York. Pre ...

, Belgian psychologist *

Koen Lenaerts Koen Lenaerts, Baron Lenaerts (; born 20 December 1954) is a Belgian jurist and the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He is also a Professor of European Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was a member of the Co ...

(born 1954), Belgian law scholar and judge *

Koen Naert Koen Naert (born 3 September 1989) is a Belgian athlete who specializes in cross-country and long-distance running. Naert finished seventh at the 2015 Berlin Marathon and 13th at the 2015 Hamburg Marathon. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the ...

(born 1989), Belgian long-distance runner * Koen Olthuis (born 1971), Dutch architect * Koen Onzia (born 1961), Belgian ballet dancer * Koen Peeters (born 1959), Belgian writer * Koen Pijpers (born 1969), Dutch field hockey player *

Koen Ridder Koen Ridder (born 14 March 1985) is a Dutch badminton player. The left handler Ridder, was a part of the Duinwijck badminton club. He won the men's doubles title at the National championships in 2009, 2011, and 2013 partnered with Ruud Bosch. ...

(born 1985), Dutch badminton player * Koen Schockaert (born 1978), Belgian footballer * Koen Sleeckx (born 1975), Belgian judoka * Koen Stam (born 1987), Dutch footballer * Koen Van Langendonck (born 1989), Belgian footballer * Koen Vandenbempt (born ca. 1970), Belgian organizational theorist * Koen Vanmechelen (born 1965), Belgian artist * Koen van de Laak (born 1982), Dutch footballer * Koen van Nol (born 1974), Dutch judoka * Koen van Velsen (born 1952), Dutch architect *

Koen Vervaeke Koen Vervaeke (born 22 April 1959 in Wilrijk) is a Belgium, Belgian diplomat who has been serving as Managing Director for Africa at the European External Action Service (EEAS) since December 2015. He was previously the Director for Horn of Africa, ...

(born 1959), Belgian diplomat *

Koen Verweij Koen Verweij (; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union ( KNSB) to the commercial team of T ...

(born 1990), Dutch speed skater *

Koen Wauters Koen Maria Gaston Wauters (born 17 September 1967) is a Belgian singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver. Biography Koen Wauters was born in Halle in 1967. Together with his three ...

(born 1967), Belgian singer and television presenter * Koen Weuts (born 1990), Belgian footballer

Fictional characters

* Koen West, protagonist of the Australian television series ''Cleverman''

People with the surname Koen

* Charles Koen (1945–2018), American civil rights activist * Erwin Koen (born 1978), Dutch footballer *

Fanny Koen Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen (; 26 April 191825 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning ...

, later Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), Dutch athlete *

J. P. Koen Juan-Pierre 'JP' Koen (born 17 October 1983) is a South African people, South African Rugby Union, rugby union player who currently plays as a Prop (rugby union), prop for in the ITM Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition. Ca ...

(born 1983), South African rugby player *

Karleen Koen Karleen Koen (''née'' Smith) is an American novelist perhaps best known for her 1986 debut historical fiction novel, '' Through a Glass Darkly''. Personal life Karleen Smith grew up near Houston, Texas. In 1970, she majored in English and gradua ...

(born 1948), American novelist * Louis Koen (cricketer) (born 1967), South African cricketer * Louis Koen (rugby union) (born 1975), South African rugby player * Martsel Koen (born 1933), Bulgarian sports shooter * Matilda Koen-Sarano (born 1939), Israeli writer *

Shaun Koen Shaun Koen is a South African Professional Wrestling, professional wrestler. He is the owner and promoter of the Africa Wrestling Alliance and is the promotion's current AWA African Heavyweight Championship, African Heavyweight Champion. Koen is ...

(born 1970), South African professional wrestler * Sias Koen (born 1994), South African rugby player * Tyron Koen (born 1997), South African cricketer

People with the surname Kōen

* Kōen Kondo (born 1978), Japanese actor * Ryōsuke Kōen (born 1948), Japanese mail artist known as Ryosuke Cohen

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