Schellekens is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

(mostly

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...

) surname. ''Schelleken'' was a diminutive of Germanic names like Schalk and Godschalk (=God's servant) in

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to th ...

.Schellekens at the Dutch surname database
/ref> Dutch surnames similarly derived are Schalken, Schel(l), Schellens, and Scheltens. People with these surnames include: ;Schellekens *

Anne Schellekens Anne Schellekens (born 18 April 1986, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch female rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a ...

(born 1986), Dutch rower *

Elisabeth Schellekens Elisabeth Schellekens is a Swedish philosopher and Chair Professor of Aesthetics at Uppsala University (since 2014). Previously, she was Senior Lecturer at Durham University (2006-2014). Schellekens is known for her works in aesthetics. Her res ...

(born 1970s), British philosopher * Harry Schellekens (born 1952), Dutch football goalkeeper * Imke Schellekens (born 1977), Dutch equestrian * Maarten Schellekens, possible birth name of Martinus Becanus (1563–1624), Jesuit theologian * Paul Schellekens (born 1951), Dutch civil servant and diplomat ;Schalken, Schalcken *

Godfried Schalcken Godfried Schalcken (1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch genre and portrait painter. He was noted for his mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight, and painted in the exquisite and highly polished manner of the Leiden fijnschilders. L ...

(1643–1706), Dutch genre and portrait painter *

Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his ...

(born 1976), Dutch tennis player ;Schellens * (born 1966), Belgian triathlete ;Scheltens *

Philip Scheltens Philip Scheltens (born 1957) is a Dutch professor of neurology and founder of the Alzheimer Centre, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam. Early life, education and career Philip Scheltens was born in Dordrecht, Netherlands, where he grew up ...

(born 1957), Dutch neurologist

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