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Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speak ...

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. It is a cognate to and the standardized Dutch form of

Martin Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * M ...

, as in for example

Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 58,477 as of June 2023 on an area of , it encompasses ...

(named after

Martin of Tours Martin of Tours (; 316/3368 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third French Republic, Third Republic. A native of Pannonia (present-day Hung ...

). People bearing the name include: * Maarten Altena (born 1943), Dutch composer and contrabassist * Maarten Arens (born 1972), Dutch judoka *

Maarten Atmodikoro Maarten Atmodikoro (born 4 February 1971 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a retired Dutch football defender. Club career He started his professional career in the 1989/1990 season for Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging SV SVV, short for Sportverenig ...

(born 1971), Dutch retired footballer *

Maarten Baas Maarten Baas (; born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer. He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand. His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot ...

(born 1978), Dutch furniture designer *

Maarten Biesheuvel Maarten Biesheuvel (23 May 1939 in Schiedam – 30 July 2020 in Leiden) was a Dutch writer of short stories and novellas. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the short story collection ''In de bovenkooi''. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk ...

(1939–2020), Dutch writer of short stories and novellas *

Maarten Boddaert Maarten Boddaert (born 12 September 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays for the Hoofdklasse club Achilles Veen. Club career Boddaert played 5 seasons as a midfielder for FC Den Bosch in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He formerly played for RBC R ...

(born 1989), Dutch footballer *

Maarten Boudry Maarten Boudry (born 15 August 1984) is a Dutch-speaking Belgian philosopher and skeptic. He has been a researcher member of the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences at Ghent University since 2006. To date, he has published over 30 arti ...

(born 1984), Flemish philosopher and skeptic *

Maarten Bouwknecht Maarten Bouwknecht (born 14 December 1994) is a professional 3x3 basketball player and former 5x5 player. Standing at , he usually plays as point guard or shooting guard. Born in Groningen, he started his career with his hometown team Donar in 20 ...

(born 1994), Dutch basketball player *

Maarten Brzoskowski Maarten Brzoskowski (born 19 September 1995) is a Dutch competitive swimmer of Polish origin who specializes in freestyle. He holds the Dutch records in both the long course and short course 400 meter freestyle events. His father's grandfath ...

(born 1995), Dutch swimmer * Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (born 1976), Dutch botanist and plant photographer *

Maarten de Bruijn Maarten de Bruijn (; born 1965) is a Dutch engineer. Born in Naarden, he graduated in 1996 at University of Amsterdam with master's degree in City Planning. 1990-1996 he single-handed designed, constructed and made functional prototype Spyker ...

(born 1965), Dutch engineer *

Maarten de Jonge Maarten de Jonge (born 9 March 1985) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who rode professionally for ten teams during his career. He claims to have attempted to fly on both Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ...

(born 1985), Dutch former racing cyclist * Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904–1979), Dutch politician * Maarten de Wit (1883–1955), Dutch sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics *

Maarten den Bakker Maarten Jan den Bakker (born 26 January 1969) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2008. He won the Dutch National Road Race Championships twice and he participated in nine Tours de Fr ...

(born 1969), Dutch retired racing cyclist *

Maarten Ducrot Maarten Ducrot (born 8 April 1958, in Vlissingen) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, and currently a cycling reporter for the Dutch television. Biography Ducrot rode the Tour de France five times, of which he finished four times ...

, Dutch former racing cyclist and currently cycling reporter * Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode (1804–1878), Dutch merchant * Maarten Froger (born 1977), Dutch former field hockey striker * Maarten Hajer (born 1962), Dutch political scientist and urban and regional planner * Maarten Haverkamp (born 1974), Dutch former politician * Maarten Heijmans (born 1983), Dutch actor * Maarten Heisen (born 1984), Dutch sprinter *

Maarten Houttuyn Maarten Houttuyn or Houttuijn (1720 – 2 May 1798; Latinised as Martinus Houttuyn) was a Dutch naturalist. Houttuyn was born in Hoorn, studied medicine in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam in 1753. He published many books on natural history, e.g. ...

(1720–1798), Dutch naturalist * Maarten Jansen (born 1952), Dutch archaeologist, professor of Mesoamerican archaeology and history * Maarten Kloosterman (born 1942), Dutch retired rower *

Maarten Krabbé Maarten Krabbé (22 February 1908 – 18 February 2005) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and art educator. Early life Krabbé is the son of painter Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (1868–1931) and singer Miep Rust (1874–1956). His sist ...

(1908–2005), Dutch painter and art educator * Maarten Lafeber (born 1974), Dutch golfer * Maarty Leunen (born 1985), American basketball player *

Maarten Maartens Maarten Maartens, pen name of ''Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz'' (15 August 1858 in Amsterdam – 3 August 1915 in Doorn), was a Dutch writer, who wrote in English. He was quite well known at the end of the nineteenth and the be ...

, pen name of Dutch writer Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz (1858–1915) * Maarten Martens (born 1984), Belgian football coach and former player * Maarten Meiners (born 1992), Dutch alpine ski racer * Maarten Neyens (born 1985), Belgian racing cyclist * Maarten Rudelsheim (1873–1920), Dutch-Flemish political activist * Maarten Schakel Jr. (born 1947), Dutch politician * Maarten Schakel Sr. (1917–1997), Dutch politician * Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540?–1589), Dutch military commander *

Maarten Schmidt Maarten Schmidt (28 December 1929 – 17 September 2022) was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. He was the first astronomer to identify a quasar, and so was pictured on the March cover of ''Time'' mag ...

(1929–2022), Dutch astronomer *

Maarten Stekelenburg Maarten Stekelenburg (; born 22 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Stekelenburg began his career at Ajax, playing 282 matches over nine seasons in his first spell there and winning nine honours ...

(born 1982), Dutch retired football goalkeeper * Maarten Stekelenburg (footballer, born 1972), Dutch football manager and former player * Maarten Swings (born 1988), Belgian speed skater (inline and ice) *

Maarten 't Hart Maarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject before becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, having made his debut as a ...

(born 1944), Dutch writer * Maarten Tjallingii (born 1977), Dutch former racing cyclist * Maarten Treurniet (born 1959), Dutch film director *

Maarten Tromp Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp or Maarten van Tromp (23 April 1598 – 31 July 1653) was an army general and admiral in the Dutch navy during much of the Eighty Years' War and throughout the First Anglo-Dutch War. Son of a ship's captain, Tromp spe ...

(1598–1653), Dutch admiral * J. Maarten Troost (born 1969), Dutch-American travel writer and essayist * Maarten van den Bergh (born 1942), Dutch businessman * Maarten van den Hove (1605–1639), Dutch astronomer * Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826), Dutch politician * Maarten van der Linden (born 1969), Dutch former rower * Maarten van der Vleuten (born 1967), Dutch producer, composer and recording artist * Maarten van der Weijden (born 1981), Dutch long-distance and marathon swimmer * Maarten van Dulm (1879–1949), vice-admiral of the Royal Dutch Navy and Olympic fencer * Maarten van Garderen (born 1990), Dutch volleyball player * Maarten van Gent (1947–2025), Dutch basketball coach, scout and businessman * Maarten van Grimbergen (born 1959), Dutch former field hockey player *

Maarten van Heemskerck Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan ...

(1498–1574), Dutch painter * Maarten Van Lieshout (born 1985), Belgian footballer * Maarten van Roozendaal (1962–2013), Dutch singer * Maarten van Rossem (born 1943), Dutch historian * Maarten van Rossum (c. 1478–1555), Dutch field marshal * Maarten van Severen (1956–2005), Belgian furniture designer * Maarten Gerritszoon Vries (1589–1647), Dutch explorer and cartographer * Maarten Vrolijk (1919–1994), Dutch politician * Maarten Wevers (born 1952), New Zealand diplomat and public servant * Maarten Wynants (born 1982), Belgian former racing cyclist

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