Willem () is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the

equivalent of the name

William William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...

in English,

Guillaume Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname), the French equivalent of Williams Places * Guillaume (crater), Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System * Guillaumes, Vence, Nice, Alpes ...

in French,

Guilherme Guilherme is a Portuguese given name, equivalent to William in English. The feminine form of this name is Guilhermina. Diminutive forms include Guilhermino. Vilma (Portuguese form of Wilma) is another female variant of the name. Brazilian foot ...

in Portuguese,

Guillermo Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People * Guillermo Amador (born 1974), American musician * Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Span ...

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

and Wilhelm in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are

Jelle Jelle is a Dutch language, Dutch male given name, rarely also given to women. The origin of the name lies in Friesland, although the name is quite commonly used throughout the Netherlands and Flanders. The name comes from the Dutch word "geld", mo ...

, Pim, Willie,

Willy Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and ...

and

Wim Wim is a Dutch masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Flemish Belgian cyclist * Wim Blockman ...

Given name

* Willem I (1772–1843), King of the Netherlands * Willem II (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands * Willem III (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands * Willem of the Netherlands (1840–1879), Dutch prince * Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), King of the Netherlands *

Willem Aantjes Willem "Wim" Aantjes (; 16 January 1923 – 22 October 2015) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). A jurist by occupation, Aantjes was elected to the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives on ...

(1923–2015), Dutch politician *

Willem Adelaar Willem F. H. Adelaar (born 1948 at The Hague) is a Dutch linguist specializing in Native American languages, specially those of the Andes. He is a Professor of Indigenous American Linguistics and Cultures at Leiden University. He has written bro ...

(b. 1948), Dutch linguist *

Willem Andriessen Willem Andriessen (Haarlem, October 25, 1887 – Amsterdam, March 29, 1964) was a Dutch pianist and composer. His compositional output was small due to the demands of performance and teaching, but he was nonetheless awarded a number of composition ...

(1887–1964), Dutch pianist and composer *

Willem Arondeus Willem Johan Cornelis Arondéus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch resistance, Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil regis ...

(1894–1943), Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member *

Willem Barentsz Willem Barentsz (; – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch Republic, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northern Sea Route, N ...

(ca. 1550–1597), Dutch navigator and explorer *

Willem Victor Bartholomeus Willem Victor Bartholomeus (Bunde, Limburg, Bunde, 11 February 1825 – Zwolle, 13 August 1892) was a Dutch organist and conductor. He was born in the family of sexton/organist/church singer Jan/Jean Bartholomeus and Maria Cornelia Isabella Hagem ...

(1825–1892), Dutch organist and conductor *

Willem Bilderdijk Willem Bilderdijk (; 7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist. Life Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.Joris van Eijnatten,Bilderdijk, W., ''Bio- en bi ...

(1756–1831), Dutch poet *

Willem Blaeu Willem Janszoon Blaeu (; 157121 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher. Along with his son Johannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of the Netherlan ...

(1571–1638), Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher *

Willem Boy Willem Boy (; 1520 – 1592) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect active in Sweden from around 1558 until his death. Few of Boy's works have survived, and he is mostly remembered for the sarcophagus of King Gustav I in the Uppsal ...

(1520–1592), Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect *

Willem Breuker Willem Breuker (4 November 1944 – 23 July 2010) was a Dutch bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindri ...

(1944–2010), Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, and musician *

Willem Brouwer Willem Brouwer (born 30 March 1963) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands. He played professional football for nine years, for Telstar, SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hea ...

(b. 1963), Dutch football (soccer) player *

Willem Buiter Willem Hendrik Buiter CBE (born 26 September 1949) is an American-British economist. He spent most of his career as an academic, teaching at various universities. More recently, he was the Chief Economist at Citigroup. Early life and education ...

(b. 1949), economist of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee *

Willem Claeszoon Heda Willem Claeszoon Heda (December 14, 1593/1594c. 1680/1682) was a Dutch Golden Age artist from the city of Haarlem devoted exclusively to the painting of still life. He is known for his innovation of the late breakfast genre of still life painting. ...

(1594–ca. 1680), Dutch Golden Age still-life artist * Willem Cornelisz Schouten (ca. 1567–1625), a Dutch navigator of the Dutch East India Company *

Willem de Kooning Willem de Kooning ( , ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married pa ...

(1904–1997), Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter *

Willem de Rooij Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, Netherlands) is an artist and educator working in a variety of media, including film and installation. He investigates the production, contextualization and interpretation of images. Appropriations and collab ...

(b. 1969), Dutch artist *

Willem de Sitter Willem de Sitter (6May 187220November 1934) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He is known for the de Sitter universe is a cosmological model, which was named after him. Life and work Born in Sneek, Netherlands, de Sitte ...

(1872–1934), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer *

Willem de Vlamingh Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (baptized 28 November 1640 – after 7 August 1702) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan ...

(1640–ca. 1698), Dutch sea captain and explorer of Australia *

Willem Dafoe William James "Willem" Dafoe ( ; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades including a Volpi Cup Award for ...

(real name is William) (b. 1955), American actor *

Willem Drees Willem Drees Sr. (; 5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) ...

(1886–1988), Dutch politician *

Willem Drost Willem Drost (baptized 19 April 1633 – buried 25 February 1659) was a Dutch Golden Age Painting, painter and printmaker of history paintings and portraits. Biography He is a mysterious figure, closely associated with Rembrandt, with very few ...

(1633–1659), Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker *

Willem Einthoven Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("fo ...

(1860–1927), Dutch doctor, physiologist, and inventor of the electrocardiogram *

Willem Elsschot Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (). One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, ''Cheese'' (1933) is the most translated F ...

(1882–1960), Flemish writer and poet (pseudonym of Alfons-Jozef De Ridder) *

Willem Endstra Willem Alexander Arnold Peter Minne Endstra (12 January 1953 – 17 May 2004) was a Dutch real estate trader. Money laundering Endstra worked in his parents' real estate business and studied law at the Vrije Universiteit, and started his own busi ...

(1953–2004), Dutch real estate trader *

Willem Frederik Hermans Willem Frederik Hermans (; 1 September 192127 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are ''The House of Refuge'' (novella, 195 ...

(1921–1995), Dutch author *

Willem Holleeder Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch gangster, outlaw biker and convicted criminal. He is nicknamed ''De Neus'' (''The Nose'') because of the size of his nose. In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment fo ...

(b. 1958), Dutch criminal involved in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken *

Willem Hondius Willem Hondius or Willem Hondt (c. 1598 in The Hague – 1652 or 1658 in Danzig (Gdańsk)) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter who spent most of his life in Poland. Life Willem Hondius was one of seven children of Hendrik Hondius th ...

or Willem Hondt (1598–ca. 1652), a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter *

Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (11 July 1881 – 14 October 1936) was a Dutch fencer. He won three bronze medals. References External links * 1881 births 1936 deaths Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencer ...

(1881–1936), a Dutch Olympic fencer *

Willem Jacob Luyten Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer. "Willem Jacob Luyten", ''Marquis Who's Who'', 2006. Life Jacob Luyten was born in Semarang, Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies. His ...

(1899–1994), Dutch-American astronomer * Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (1688–1742), Dutch philosopher and mathematician *

Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1880) Willem Janssen may refer to: * Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1976), Dutch footballer * Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986) Willem Janssen (born 4 July 1986) is a Dutch professional association football, football official an ...

, Dutch footballer *

Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986) Willem Janssen (born 4 July 1986) is a Dutch professional association football, football official and a former player who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender. He is the technical director of VVV-Venlo. Club ...

, Dutch footballer *

Willem Janszoon Willem Janszoon (; ) was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. He served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603–1611 and 1612–1616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of Solor. During his voyage of 1605–1606 ...

(ca. 1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor *

Willem Jewett Willem Westpalm von Hoorn Jewett (August 23, 1963 – January 12, 2022) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Addison's 2nd District, being first ...

(1963-2022), American lawyer and politician *

Willem Johan Kolff Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff (February 14, 1911 – February 11, 2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician fa ...

(1911–2009), Dutch-American inventor of the artificial kidney *

Willem Kes Willem Kes (Dordrecht, 16 February 1856 – München, 22 February 1934, was a Dutch conductor, composer, violist, and violinist. He was the first principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, holding that position from 1888 ...

(1856–1934), Dutch conductor and violinist *

Willem Kalf Willem Kalf (1619 – 31 July 1693) was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in his Groot Schilderboek, who speaks ver ...

(1619–1693), Dutch Golden Age painter, art dealer, and appraiser *

Willem Kieft Willem Kieft, also ''Wilhelm Kieft'', (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam was the capital) from 1638 to 1647. Life and career Willem Kieft was appointed ...

(1597–1647), Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland *

Willem Kloos Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos (; 6 May 1859 – 31 March 1938) was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic. He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of '' De Nieuwe Gids'' after the e ...

(1859–1938), Dutch poet and literary critic *

Willem Konjore Reverend Willem Konjore (30 July 1945—11 June 2021) was a Namibian politician. He was a member and a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, and served in cabinet from 2005 to 2010. Early life and education Konjore was born on 3 ...

(1945–2021), Namibian politician *

Willem Maris Willem Maris (18 February 1844 – 10 October 1910) was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School. Biography He was born in The Hague. Willem was the third in a family of five children. His two brothers Jacob Maris, Jacob and Matthijs Maris ...

(1844–1910), Dutch landscape painter *

Willem Meijer Willem Meijer (1923 – 22 October 2003) was a Dutch botanist and plant collector. Background and education Meijer was born in 1923 in The Hague, Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1951. Meijer travelled to ...

(1923–2003), Dutch botanist and plant collector *

Willem Mengelberg Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

(1871–1951), Dutch conductor *

Willem Mons Willem Mons (1688 – 26 November 1724) was private secretary to Catherine I of Russia. Early life Born in 1688 into the Dutch Mons family, Willem was the brother of Peter the Great's long-time mistress Anna Mons, lady in waiting Matryona Balk, ...

(1688–1724), brother of Peter the Great's mistress Anna Mons and secretary to Catherine *

Willem Oltmans Willem Leonard Oltmans (addressed as William Oltmans in some English publications; 10 June 1925 – 30 September 2004) was a Dutch investigative journalism, investigative journalist and author active in international politics. Due to the highl ...

(1925–2004), Dutch journalist *

Willem van der Oord Willem Johan van der Oord (27 September 1919 – 5 September 1985) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He was involved in setting up the Mekong Committee and served as its Executive agent from December 1969 until June 1980. He also worked for the Unit ...

, Dutch hydraulic engineer *

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named ...

(1591—1624), Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher *

Willem Pijper Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper (; 8 September 189418 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper is considered to be among the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century. Life Pijper was b ...

(1894–1947), Dutch composer, music critic, and music teacher *

Willem Rebergen Willem Rebergen (born 12 September 1985), better known by his stage name ''Headhunterz'', is a Dutch DJ and music producer. Rebergen is also a voice actor. He has done dubbing for several films and TV series. He started his career in 2005 worki ...

(born 1985), Dutch DJ and producer *

Willem Ritstier Willem Ritstier (born June 12, 1959) is a Dutch comics artist. He is the winner of the 2017 Stripschapprijs. Ritstier has written one part of the Storm (Don Lawrence), Storm spin-off (''The Exile of Thoem'') which was published in Eppo. Referen ...

(born 1959), Dutch cartoonist *

Willem Roelofs Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th cent ...

(1822–1897), Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman *

Willem Sandberg Jonkheer Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg (24 October 1897 – 8 April 1984) was a Dutch typographer, museum curator, and member of the Dutch resistance during World War II. Early life and career Sandberg was born in Amersfoort in 1897 and ...

(1897–1984), Dutch typographer and museum curator *

Willem Sassen Wilhelmus Antonius Sassen (born 16 April 1918 – died 2002) was a Dutch collaborator, Nazi journalist and a member of the ''Waffen-SS''. He became known around 1960 as "the interviewer of Adolf Eichmann". Biography Willem Sassen was born in ...

(1918–2002), Dutch Nazi collaborator, Waffen-SS officer and journalist *

Willem Siebenhaar Willem Siebenhaar (; 28 July 1863 – 29 December 1936) was a social activist and writer in Western Australia from the 1890s until he left Australia in 1924. His literary contributions and opposition to policies such as conscription were his mos ...

(1863–1936), Dutch-Australian social activist and writer *

Willem Surenhuis Willem Surenhuis (also Surenhuys or Surenhusius, c.1664 in Rottum – 1729) was a Dutch Christian scholar of Hebrew, known for his Latin translation of the ''Mishnah'', the first of the complete work. It was published from 1698 to 1703. The ...

(ca. 1664–1729), Dutch Christian scholar *

Willem Usselincx Willem Usselincx (1567 – 1647) was a Flemish Dutch merchant, investor and diplomat who was instrumental in drawing both Dutch and Swedish attention to the importance of the New World. Usselincx was the founding father of the Dutch West India ...

(1567–1647), Flemish merchant, investor and diplomat *

Willem van Aelst Willem van Aelst (16 May 1627 – buried 22 May 1683)Aelst, Willem van< ...

(1627–1683), Dutch still-life artist *

Willem van Biljon Willem van Biljon (born 1961) is an entrepreneur and technologist born, raised and educated in South Africa. Van Biljon graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in Computer Science. He held engineering and research positions a ...

(b. 1961), South African entrepreneur and technologist *

Willem van de Velde the Elder Willem van de Velde the Elder (1610/11 – 13 December 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son. Biography Wi ...

(ca. 1611–1693), Dutch painter *

Willem van de Velde the Younger Willem van de Velde the Younger (18 December 1633 (baptised)6 April 1707) was a Dutch marine painter, the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in maritime art. His brother, Adriaen van de Velde, was a landscape painter. ...

(1633–1707), Dutch marine painter, son of above *

Willem van Hanegem Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former Association football, football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as ...

(b. 1944), Dutch football player and coach *Willem van Hanegem Jr. (b. 1988), Dutch EDM producer and DJ, half of W&W, son of Willem van Hanegem *

Willem van Mieris Willem van Mieris (3 June 166226 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography Willem van Mieris was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He was born in Leiden and studied under his father Frans van M ...

(1662–1747), Dutch painter *

Willem van Otterloo Jan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cello, cellist and composer. Biography Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspe ...

(1907–1978), Dutch conductor, cellist and composer *

Willem Verhulst Willem Verhulst or Willem van Hulst was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the second (provisional) Director of the New Netherland colony in 1625–26. Nothing can be verified about his life before and after this period. Verhulst m ...

(ca. 1625), the second director of the Dutch West India Company *

Willem Verstegen Willem Verstegen (c. 1612 – 1659) was a merchant in service of the Dutch East India Company and VOC Opperhoofden in Japan, chief trader of factory in Dejima. Life Willem Verstegen was born around 1612 in Vlissingen, Netherlands. In 1629 ...

(ca. 1612—1659), merchant of the Dutch East India Company and chief of factory in Deshima *

Willem Willink Willem Willink (sometimes Wilhelm, Wilheim, or Wilhem) (1750 – 1841) was a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, and one of the investors in the Holland Land Company,Evans, Paul D (1924). ''The Holland Land Company.'' Buffalo Historical Society Publi ...

(1750–1841), Dutch merchant *

Willem Wilmink Willem Wilmink (; 25 October 1936 – 2 August 2003) was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry. Life and career Wilmink was bor ...

(1936–2003), Dutch poet and writer *

Willem Wissing Willem Wissing, known in England as William Wissing (1656 – 10 September 1687), was a Dutch portrait artist who worked in England. Biography He was born in either Amsterdam or The Hague, and studied at The Hague under Willem Doudijns (1630� ...

(1656–1687), Dutch portrait artist *

Willem Witsen Willem Arnoldus Witsen (13 August 1860 – 13 April 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Witsen's work, influenced by James McNeill Whistler, often portrayed calm urban lands ...

(1860–1923), Dutch painter and photographer * Willem Zwalve (b. 1949), Dutch legal historian

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Evert Willem Beth Evert Willem Beth (7 July 1908 – 12 April 1964) was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics. He was a member of the Significs Group. Biography Beth was born in Almelo, a small to ...

(1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician *

Pieter Willem Botha Pieter Willem Botha, ( , ; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician who served as the last Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and as the first executive State President of South Africa from 1984 until ...

(1916–2006), former prime minister and president of South Africa *

Schalk Willem Burger Schalk Willem Burger (6 September 1852 – 5 December 1918) was a South African military leader, lawyer, politician, and statesman who was acting president of the South African Republic from 1900 to 1902, whilst Paul Kruger was in exile.Na ...

(1852–1918), South African military leader, lawyer, and statesman *

Herman Willem Daendels Herman Willem Daendels (21 October 1762 – 2 May 1818) was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator who served as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1808 to 1811. Early life Herman Willem Daendels was born on 21 October 1 ...

(1762–1818), 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies * Bernard Willem Holtrop, Dutch cartoonist who uses Willem as his professional name *

Jan Willem Janssens ''Jonkheer'' Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO (12 October 1762 – 23 May 1838) was a Dutch military officer, colonial administrator and statesman who served both as the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies ...

(1762–1838), Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman *

Frederik Willem de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk ( , ; 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as the seventh and final state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president alongside Thabo Mbeki under Preside ...

(1936–2021), State President of South Africa *

Pieter Willem Korthals Pieter Willem Korthals (September 1, 1807, Amsterdam – March 1892, Haarlem) was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East Indies#Government, Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836. Among his many discoveries ...

(1807–1892), Dutch botanist * Hendrik Willem Lenstra, Jr. (b. 1949), Dutch mathematician *

Hendrik Willem van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Life Van Loon was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna H ...

(1882–1944), Dutch-American historian and journalist *

Vincent Willem Van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artwork ...

, Dutch post-impressionist painter * Dale Willem Steyn, South African cricketer

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Christophe Willem Christophe Frédéric Durier (; born 3 August 1983), better known by his stage name Christophe Willem (), is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of ''Nouvelle Star'' (French version of ''Pop Idol'') in 2006. Early life Willem ...

, contemporary French singer *

Jean-Pierre Willem Jean-Pierre Willem, born 24 May 1938 at Sedan, France, is a doctor and founder of Médecins Aux Pieds Nus. He led numerous humanitarian missions to help victims of catastrophes and conflicts. Willem also was a doctor of medicine and president o ...

, founder of

Medecins Aux Pieds Nus Barefoot doctors () were healthcare providers who underwent basic medical training and worked in rural villages in China. They included farmers, Folk healer, folk healers, rural healthcare providers, and recent middle or secondary school graduat ...

translatable as ''Barefoot Doctors''

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