Thijs is a common
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given name and
surname. It is a short form of
Matthijs Matthijs (also Mattijs, Mathijs and Matijs) is a Dutch form of the masculine given name "Matthew". It can also be a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
;Matthijs/Matthys
* Matthijs Accama (1702–1783), Dutch painter
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(Dutch form of
Matthew
Matthew may refer to:
* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chi ...
) or Timothijs or
Timotheus
Timotheus is a masculine male name. It is a latinized version of the Greek name (Timόtheos) mmeaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god"., . The English version '' Timothy'' (and its variations) is a common name in ...
(Dutch forms of
Timothy
Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.
People Given name
* Timothy (given name ...
). The
ij is pronounced .
Some notable people with this name are:
Given name
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Thijs Al
Thijs Joris Al (born 16 June 1980 in Zaandam) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in competitive mountain biking and cyclo-cross. Al rode his first mountain bike race in 1995.[Thijs Berman
Thijs Berman (born 26 September 1957 in Coevorden) is a former journalist. Between 2004 and 2014, he was a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament.
Biography
Berman was a correspondent in Paris and Moscow for Dutch weekly De G ...]( ...<br></span></div> (born 1980), Dutch mountain biker
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(born 1957), Dutch politician
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Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts (, born 4 January 1941) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally as a defender in the 1950s. His daughter Patricia was one of the Netherlands' leading water polo players in the 1980s and 1990s.
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(born 1941), Dutch football coach
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Thijs Maris (1839–1917), Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer
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Thijs van Leer
Thijs van Leer (pronounced: ; born 31 March 1948) is a Dutch singer and keyboardist, best known as the founding member of the rock band Focus as its primary vocalist, keyboardist, and flautist. Born and raised in Amsterdam among a musical famil ...
(born 1948), Dutch singer-songwriter, composer and producer, lead singer, flautist and keyboardist with the band
Focus
Focus, or its plural form foci may refer to:
Arts
* Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film
*''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore
* ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...
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Thijs Westbroek
Thijs Westbroek (; born 14 April 1995), better known by his stage name Brooks, is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and electronic musician from Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern ...
, Dutch DJ and producer
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Thijs de Vlieger Thijs is a common Dutch given name and surname. It is a short form of Matthijs (Dutch form of Matthew) or Timothijs or Timotheus (Dutch forms of Timothy). The ij is pronounced .
Some notable people with this name are:
Given name
*Thijs Al (bor ...
, Dutch DJ and producer, member of the trio
Noisia
Noisia (stylised as NOISIΛ; "VISION" turned upside down) was a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, Netherlands. They produce a wide variety of music including dr ...
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Thijs Zonneveld
Thijs Zonneveld (born 28 September 1980 in Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but th ...
, (born 1980) Dutch journalist and a retired cyclist
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Bernd Thijs
Bernd Thijs (; born 28 June 1978 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. His former clubs include Borussia Mönchengladbach, Standard Liège, Genk, KAA Gent and Trabzonspor. Thijs played five times with Be ...
(born 1978), Belgian footballer
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Erika Thijs
Erika Arnoldine Cornelia Thijs (16 May 1960 – 4 August 2011) was a Flemish politician and member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.
Thijs was born in Hasselt. From 1988, she was a member of the Municipal Council of Bilzen, and, f ...
(1960–2011), Belgian politician
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Erwin Thijs
Erwin Thijs (born 6 August 1970 in Tongeren) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Palmarès
;1987
: 2nd, National U17 Road Race Championship
;1992
: 1st, ...
(born 1970), Belgian road bicycle racer
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Jan Thijs (Johannes Thysius) (1621–1653), Dutch book collector
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Jim Thijs
Jim Thijs (born 13 June 1980 in Leuven) is a Belgian pro triathlete. At the 2010 Xterra Triathlon World Championships, he finished 10th.
In 1995 Thijs raced his first triathlon in Aarschot. He had a very hard time to finish the 750m in freesty ...
(born 1980), Belgian triathlete
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Lutgarde Thijs
Lutgarde Thijs (born 2 January 1962 in Neerpelt) is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1980s. She finished ninth in the K-2 500 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
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(born 1962), Belgian sprint canoeist
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Paul Thijs
Paul Thys (born 2 May 1946) is a Belgian middle-distance runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economi ...
(born 1946), Belgian long-distance runner
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Pieter Thijs
Pieter Thijs, Peter Thijs or Pieter Thys ( Antwerp, 1624 – Antwerp, 1677) was a Flemish painter of portraits as well as religious and history paintings. He was a very successful artist who worked for the courts in Brussels and The Hague as w ...
(1624–1677), Flemish painter
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Tijs
Tijs is a Dutch male given name. It can be a derivative form of Matthijs, which is the Dutch form of Matthew or Matthias, or a short form of Timothijs or Timotheus, Dutch forms of Timothy. Another spelling of this name is Thijs.
It may refer ...
, an even shorter Dutch form of Matthew
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Thys Thys is a Dutch patronymic surname. It is an alternative spelling of Thijs, a very common nickname for Matthijs (Mattheus). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around ...
, spelling variant, common in the Belgian province of Antwerp
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Thijs Thijs is a common Dutch given name and surname. It is a short form of Matthijs (Dutch form of Matthew) or Timothijs or Timotheus (Dutch forms of Timothy). The ij is pronounced .
Some notable people with this name are:
Given name
*Thijs Al ( ...
is one of the first two satellites of the
Galileo global navigation satellite system, named after a Belgian boy who won a drawing competition
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