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===Arts and literature=== |
===Arts and literature=== |
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*[[Willem De Kooning]] (1904 - 1997), famous abstract expressionist painter |
*[[Willem De Kooning]] (1904 - 1997), famous abstract expressionist painter |
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*[[Barthold Fles]] (1902-1989), literary agent, author, editor, translator and publisher |
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*[[Charles Fort]] (1874 - 1932), author, wrote ''Book of the Damned'', father of ufology, cryptozoology and critic/satirist of mainstream, dogmatic science. |
*[[Charles Fort]] (1874 - 1932), author, wrote ''Book of the Damned'', father of ufology, cryptozoology and critic/satirist of mainstream, dogmatic science. |
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*[[Frederick Franck]] (1909 - 2006), painter, sculptor, and author of 30 books who was known for his interest in human spirituality<ref>[http://www.tricycle.com/issues/from_archive/3430-1.html] Dutch born</ref>* |
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* [[Herman Melville]] (1819 - 1891), author and poet, wrote ''Moby Dick'' <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/126] Melville "came from Dutch and English stock"</ref> |
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* [[Piet Mondrian]] (1872 - 1944), painter |
* [[Piet Mondrian]] (1872 - 1944), painter |
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* [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924- ), artist and socialite <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888742/bio] Vanderbilt "is of Dutch, Chilean, Spanish, and Irish descent."</ref> |
* [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924- ), artist and socialite <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888742/bio] Vanderbilt "is of Dutch, Chilean, Spanish, and Irish descent."</ref> |
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* [[Janwillem van de Wetering]] (1931-), Dutch-American author of police procedurals, Zen autobiographies and children's books |
* [[Janwillem van de Wetering]] (1931-), Dutch-American author of police procedurals, Zen autobiographies and children's books |
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* [[Walt Whitman]] (1819 - 1892), poet <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/126] Whitman "came from Dutch and English stock"</ref> |
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* [[Edward W. Bok]] (1863 - 1930), author, publisher, editor of Ladies Home Journal |
* [[Edward W. Bok]] (1863 - 1930), author, publisher, editor of Ladies Home Journal |
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===Entertainment=== |
===Entertainment=== |
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* [[Pamela Anderson]] <ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19328845/ Pamela Anderson: Master of illusion? - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] (1972 - ) singer of [[Green Day]] {{Fact|date=May 2007}} |
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* [[Reiko Aylesworth]] (1972 - ) actress, best known for playing [[Michelle Dessler]] in the television series ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''{{Fact|date=May 2007}} |
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* [[Michelle Branch]] (1983 - ) American singer (Dutch through her maternal grandfather) |
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* [[Marlon Brando]] (1924 - 2004) Hollywood film actor |
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* [[Clint Eastwood]] (1930 - ) film actor and director |
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* [[Nina Foch]] (1924 - ) film actress |
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* [[Henry Fonda]] (1905 – 1982) film actor |
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* [[Janina Gavankar]] (1980 - ) American actress of Indian and Dutch ancestry. |
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* [[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]] (1974 - ) actor, perhaps best known for his role as [[Zack Morris]] on NBC's ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''<ref>Referred to as "Indonesian-Dutch" at [http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=7a21b45cdf57eab83ea19a4d48009c42], [http://www.mixedfolks.com/aactors2.htm] father is Dutch and mother is Indonesian</ref> |
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* [[Betty Grable]] (1916 - 1973) actress, singer, dancer and [[pin-up girl]] whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the [[World War II]] era<ref>[http://grableonline.tripod.com/faq-2.html] Grable describes herself as "Dutch, German, Irish and English"</ref> |
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* [[Rutger Hauer]] - actor |
* [[Rutger Hauer]] - actor |
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* [[Audrey Hepburn]] (1929 - 1993) award winning Hollywood film actress, model, and humanitarian (born in Brussels to a Dutch mother and grew up in Netherlands) |
* [[Audrey Hepburn]] (1929 - 1993) award winning Hollywood film actress, model, and humanitarian (born in Brussels to a Dutch mother and grew up in Netherlands) |
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* [[Dexter Holland]] (1965 - ) singer of [[The Offspring]]{{Fact|date=May 2007}} |
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* [[Famke Janssen]] (1965 - ) actress and former fashion model, best known for her role as [[Jean Grey]] from X-Men |
* [[Famke Janssen]] (1965 - ) actress and former fashion model, best known for her role as [[Jean Grey]] from X-Men |
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* [[Rebecca Romijn]] (1972 - ) actress and former fashion model<ref>[http://www.rebecca-fanpage.com/content-2.html] described as "Dutch" by ethnicity [http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/1243.asp] notes that her mother, Elizabeth Kuizenga, was a second-generation Dutch American who met her father, Jaap Romijn, who was Dutch, on a trip to Holland</ref> |
* [[Rebecca Romijn]] (1972 - ) actress and former fashion model<ref>[http://www.rebecca-fanpage.com/content-2.html] described as "Dutch" by ethnicity [http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/1243.asp] notes that her mother, Elizabeth Kuizenga, was a second-generation Dutch American who met her father, Jaap Romijn, who was Dutch, on a trip to Holland</ref> |
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* [[Thelma Schoonmaker]], an Academy Award-winning film editor |
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* [[Paul Schrader]], screenwriter and film director |
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* [[Paul Schrier]] (1970 - ) actor best known for playing Bulk on ''[[Power Rangers]]''. |
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* [[Cobie Smulders]] actress |
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* [[Bruce Springsteen]] (1949 - ) singer, songwriter |
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* [[Mary Steenburgen]] (1953 - ) Hollywood film actress |
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* [[Meryl Streep]] (1949- ) Hollywood film actress |
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* [[Lou Tellegen]] (1881 - 1934) film actor<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=70214] Dutch-born</ref> |
* [[Lou Tellegen]] (1881 - 1934) film actor<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=70214] Dutch-born</ref> |
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* [[Egbert Van Alstyne]] (1878 - 1951) songwriter and pianist |
* [[Egbert Van Alstyne]] (1878 - 1951) songwriter and pianist |
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* [[James Van Der Beek]] (1977 -) television and film actor, best known as Dawson from [[Dawson's Creek]] |
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* [[Anneliese van der Pol]] (1984 - ) television actress, perhaps best known for her role as [[Chelsea Daniels]] in the [[Disney Channel]] original comedy series, ''[[That's So Raven]]''<ref>[http://www.starglimpse.com/celebs/pages/anneliese_van_der_pol/anneliese_van_der_pol.shtml] born in [[Amsterdam]] to Dutch father and American mother, moved to the U. S. in 1987; also Jewish by heritage</ref> |
* [[Anneliese van der Pol]] (1984 - ) television actress, perhaps best known for her role as [[Chelsea Daniels]] in the [[Disney Channel]] original comedy series, ''[[That's So Raven]]''<ref>[http://www.starglimpse.com/celebs/pages/anneliese_van_der_pol/anneliese_van_der_pol.shtml] born in [[Amsterdam]] to Dutch father and American mother, moved to the U. S. in 1987; also Jewish by heritage</ref> |
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* [[Heather Vandeven]] (1981-), model and Pet of the Year 2007 |
* [[Heather Vandeven]] (1981-), model and Pet of the Year 2007 |
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* [[Dick Van Dyke]] (1925 - ) famous television and film star and his brother, television actor [[Jerry Van Dyke]] (1931 - ) {{Fact|date=May 2007}} |
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* [[Alex Van Halen]] (1953 - ) drummer and founding member of the hard rock band [[Van Halen]]<ref> "Formed around 1975 in Pasadena, California by Dutch brothers Eddie and Alex..."</ref> |
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* [[Eddie Van Halen]] (1955 - ) guitarist and founding member of the hard rock band [[Van Halen]]<ref> "Formed around 1975 in Pasadena, California by Dutch brothers Eddie and Alex..."</ref> |
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* [[Billy Van Zandt]] (1957- ) playwright, actor |
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* [[Philip Van Zandt]] (1904 - 1958), Broadway and Hollywood actor, played in ''Citizen Kane'' |
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* [[Donnie Van Zant]] (1952 - ) founder and singer of [[.38 Special (band)|.38 Special]] |
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* [[Johnny Van Zant]] (1959 - ) lead singer of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] since 1987 |
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* [[Ronnie Van Zant]] (1948 - 1977) lead singer of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] from 1970-1977 |
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* [[Paul Verhoeven]] (1938 - ) film director |
* [[Paul Verhoeven]] (1938 - ) film director |
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* [[Don van Vliet]] (1941 - ) musician, better known as Captain Beefheart |
* [[Don van Vliet]] (1941 - ) musician, better known as Captain Beefheart |
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* [[Donald Voorhees]] (1903 - 1989) composer and conductor |
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===Politics=== |
===Politics=== |
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*[[Eugene DeBruin]] (1933 - ?) USAF Sergeant, disappeared over [[Laos]] in 1968 |
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*[[Harry DeBoer]] (1905-1991) Trotskyist trade union leader |
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*[[Dick DeVos]] (1955 - ) Republican candidate for governor of Michigan. |
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*[[Pete Hoekstra]] (1953 - ) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan. |
*[[Pete Hoekstra]] (1953 - ) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan. |
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*[[Martin Kalbfleisch]] (1804 - 1873) United States Representative from New York |
*[[Martin Kalbfleisch]] (1804 - 1873) United States Representative from New York |
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*[[A. J. Muste]] (1885 - 1967) socialist active in the pacifist movement, labor movement and the US civil rights movement |
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*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882 - 1945) Democratic President of the U. S. |
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*[[Theodore Roosevelt]] (1858 - 1919) Republican President of the U. S. |
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*[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] (1884 - 1962), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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*[[Philip Schuyler]] (1733 - 1804) a general in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and a United States Senator from [[New York]]<ref>Described as "Dutch New Yorker" at [http://www.fortklock.com/schuylermansion.htm]</ref> |
*[[Philip Schuyler]] (1733 - 1804) a general in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and a United States Senator from [[New York]]<ref>Described as "Dutch New Yorker" at [http://www.fortklock.com/schuylermansion.htm]</ref> |
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*[[Peter Stuyvesant]] (1612 - 1672) Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (later New York) |
*[[Peter Stuyvesant]] (1612 - 1672) Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (later New York) |
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*[[Martin Van Buren]] (1782 - 1862) the eighth President of the United States, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, or Scottish descent; Dutch was spoken in his house when he was a boy<ref>Described as a "short, jolly Dutchman" at [http://www.juntosociety.com/uspresidents/vanburen.html]</ref> |
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*[[Arthur H. Vandenberg]] (1884 - 1951) Republican senator from Michigan. |
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*[[Guy Vander Jagt]] (1931 - 2007) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan<ref>[http://www.bakerlaw.com/FindLawyers.aspx?Abs_Ppl_ID=af961b8c-51bd-4b4e-b726-5bddb352f9ad] "Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded Congressman Vander Jagt a Knighthood in the House of Orange in 1986. The Netherlands Amity Trust Association in 1991 named him the Outstanding Dutch-American of the Year."</ref> |
*[[Guy Vander Jagt]] (1931 - 2007) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan<ref>[http://www.bakerlaw.com/FindLawyers.aspx?Abs_Ppl_ID=af961b8c-51bd-4b4e-b726-5bddb352f9ad] "Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded Congressman Vander Jagt a Knighthood in the House of Orange in 1986. The Netherlands Amity Trust Association in 1991 named him the Outstanding Dutch-American of the Year."</ref> |
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===Military=== |
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*[[James Longstreet]] (1821 - 1904) [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] Lieutenant-General in the [[American Civil War]] |
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*[[David Petraeus]] (1952 - ) U.S. four star general. Commander in Iraq in 2007 |
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*[[Isaac Van Wart]] (1759 - 1828) militiaman from the state of New York during the [[American Revolution]]. In 1780, he participated in the capture of Major [[John André]] |
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*[[Alexander Archer Vandegrift]] (1887 – 1973) US four star general. Medal of Honor. 18th Commandant US Marine Corps |
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===Sciences=== |
===Sciences=== |
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*[[Dirk Brouwer]] (1902 - 1966) astronomer<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016671] Dutch-born</ref> |
*[[Dirk Brouwer]] (1902 - 1966) astronomer<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016671] Dutch-born</ref> |
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*[[Samuel Abraham Goudsmit]] (1902 - 1978) physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with [[George Eugene Uhlenbeck]]<ref>Described as Dutch-American at [http://discounts.shopathome.com/frameset.asp?MID=4092&ruleID=50&popupID=&doPopup=yes&version=4.2.1.1&requested=www.powells.com/biblio&CustomerID=&owner=cdt1006&refer=340621305&LastPrefs=2006-05-10%2020:14:30&GUID={8C405371-9141-44FC-9912-0E9C185C8CAB}&UserAgent=Mozilla/4.0%20(compatible%3b%20MSIE%206.0%3b%20Windows%20NT%205.1%3b%20SV1%3b%20FunWebProducts)&validate={0314051C-8900-4CF8-88B0-3B3F7AB0971B}&spv=155&tim=1147898256&global=click.linksynergy.com&afsrc=1]</ref> |
*[[Samuel Abraham Goudsmit]] (1902 - 1978) physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with [[George Eugene Uhlenbeck]]<ref>Described as Dutch-American at [http://discounts.shopathome.com/frameset.asp?MID=4092&ruleID=50&popupID=&doPopup=yes&version=4.2.1.1&requested=www.powells.com/biblio&CustomerID=&owner=cdt1006&refer=340621305&LastPrefs=2006-05-10%2020:14:30&GUID={8C405371-9141-44FC-9912-0E9C185C8CAB}&UserAgent=Mozilla/4.0%20(compatible%3b%20MSIE%206.0%3b%20Windows%20NT%205.1%3b%20SV1%3b%20FunWebProducts)&validate={0314051C-8900-4CF8-88B0-3B3F7AB0971B}&spv=155&tim=1147898256&global=click.linksynergy.com&afsrc=1]</ref> |
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*[[Thomas Edison]] (1847 – 1931) inventor and businessman |
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*[[Anthony Heinsbergen]] (1894 - 1981) muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors<ref>[http://historicfresno.org/bio/heinsber.htm] Dutch-born, naturalized U. S. citizen</ref> |
*[[Anthony Heinsbergen]] (1894 - 1981) muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors<ref>[http://historicfresno.org/bio/heinsber.htm] Dutch-born, naturalized U. S. citizen</ref> |
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*[[Harlan Kredit]] (1938 – ) award-winning science teacher and ecologist |
*[[Harlan Kredit]] (1938 – ) award-winning science teacher and ecologist |
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*[[Maarten Schmidt]] (1929 - ) Dutch born astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars |
*[[Maarten Schmidt]] (1929 - ) Dutch born astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars |
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*[[Hubert Schoemaker]] (1950 - 2006) chemist and biotechnological pioneer<ref>[http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/08/19/story2.html] Dutch born</ref> |
*[[Hubert Schoemaker]] (1950 - 2006) chemist and biotechnological pioneer<ref>[http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/08/19/story2.html] Dutch born</ref> |
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*[[James Van Allen]] (1914 - 2006) astronomer for whom the [[Van Allen belt]] is named. |
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*[[Robert J. Van de Graaff]] (1901 - 1967) physicist, developed the [[Van de Graaff generator]] |
*[[Robert J. Van de Graaff]] (1901 - 1967) physicist, developed the [[Van de Graaff generator]] |
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*[[Peter van de Kamp]] (1901 - 1995) astronomer<ref>Described as Dutch-American at [http://www2.jsonline.com/news/gen/dec02/101840.asp]</ref> |
*[[Peter van de Kamp]] (1901 - 1995) astronomer<ref>Described as Dutch-American at [http://www2.jsonline.com/news/gen/dec02/101840.asp]</ref> |
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===Sports=== |
===Sports=== |
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* [[Bas Rutten]] (1965 - ) MMA fighter and color commentator |
* [[Bas Rutten]] (1965 - ) MMA fighter and color commentator |
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* [[Keith Van Horn]] (1975 - ) NBA player |
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*[[Lenny Dykstra]] (1963 - ) award winning professional baseball player |
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*[[Shea Hillenbrand]] (1975 - ) Major League baseball player currently with the Anaheim Angels |
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*[[Curt Schilling]] (1966 - ) Major League baseball player currently with the Boston Red Sox |
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*[[Earnie Stewart]] (1969 - ) soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U. S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005<ref>[http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/players/bio.jsp?team=dcu&player=stewart_e&playerId=ste701428] dual Dutch-American citizen</ref> |
*[[Earnie Stewart]] (1969 - ) soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U. S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005<ref>[http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/players/bio.jsp?team=dcu&player=stewart_e&playerId=ste701428] dual Dutch-American citizen</ref> |
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*[[Johnny Vander Meer]] (1914 - 1997), baseball player, the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters |
*[[Johnny Vander Meer]] (1914 - 1997), baseball player, the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters |
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*[[John Vander Wal]] (1966 - ), Major League baseball player |
*[[John Vander Wal]] (1966 - ), Major League baseball player |
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*[[Bert Blyleven]] (1951 -), Retired Major League baseball player, born in the Netherlands |
*[[Bert Blyleven]] (1951 -), Retired Major League baseball player, born in the Netherlands |
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*[[Andruw Jones]] (1977 - ), Major League baseball player currently with the Atlanta Braves |
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*[[Justin Verlander]] (1983 - ), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
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*[[Tiger Woods]] (1975 - ), one of the most successful golf players of all time <ref>[http://www.lycos.co.uk/sport/tiger-woods.html] Woods "also has Chinese and Dutch ancestry"</ref> |
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*[[Mark Mulder]] (1977 - ), Major League baseball player currently with the St.Louis Cardinals |
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*[[Arie Luyendijk]] (1953 - ), racing driver |
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*[[Rik Smits]] (1966 - ), former basketball player, played in the NBA for the [[Indiana Pacers]] |
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*[[Jeff Van Gundy]] (1962 - ), former head coach of New York Knicks and Houston Rockets [[NBA]] teams. |
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*[[Andy Van Slyke]] (1960 - ) Retired Major League baseball player, born in the Netherlands |
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=== Journalism === |
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* [[Anderson Cooper]] (1967 - ) [[CNN]] journalist <ref>[http://www.kerberosworld.com/Anac-to-Apc/anderson_cooper-andersen_cooper.php] Cooper "is of mostly English, Irish, and Dutch ancestry"</ref> |
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*[[Greta Van Susteren]] (1954 - ) [[Fox News]] journalist |
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*[[Walter Cronkite]] (1916 - ) [[CBS Evening News]] journalist |
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===Theology=== |
===Theology=== |
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*[[James Olthuis]] (? - ) inter-disciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy at the [[Institute for Christian Studies]] |
*[[James Olthuis]] (? - ) inter-disciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy at the [[Institute for Christian Studies]] |
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*[[Alvin Plantinga]] (1932 - ) philosopher known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion<ref>described as "Dutch American" at [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/008/19.74.html]</ref> |
*[[Alvin Plantinga]] (1932 - ) philosopher known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion<ref>described as "Dutch American" at [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/008/19.74.html]</ref> |
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*[[Cornelius Plantinga]] president of Calvin Theological Seminary |
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*[[Albertus van Raalte]] (1811-1876), calvinist preacher and leader of Dutch immigrants to [[Michigan]] |
*[[Albertus van Raalte]] (1811-1876), calvinist preacher and leader of Dutch immigrants to [[Michigan]] |
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*[[Robert H. Schuller]] (1926 - ) [[televangelist]] and pastor known around the world through his weekly broadcast ''[[The Hour of Power]]''<ref>[http://www.johnsoderberg.com/gallery.php?sc=11] raised in Dutch-American community in Dutch Reformed Church</ref> |
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*[[Robert A. Schuller]] (1954 - ) [[televangelist]] and pastor of the [[Crystal Cathedral]] in Garden Grove, California, son of [[Robert H. Schuller]] |
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*[[Lewis B. Smedes]] (1921 - 2002) renowned Christian author, ethicist, and theologian at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] |
*[[Lewis B. Smedes]] (1921 - 2002) renowned Christian author, ethicist, and theologian at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] |
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*[[Cornelius Van Til]] (1895 - 1987) Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist<ref>[http://www.two-age.org/redemptive_historians/Van%20Til%20bio.htm] "the young Van Til studied the works of fellow Dutchman, Abraham Kuyper..."</ref> |
*[[Cornelius Van Til]] (1895 - 1987) Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist<ref>[http://www.two-age.org/redemptive_historians/Van%20Til%20bio.htm] "the young Van Til studied the works of fellow Dutchman, Abraham Kuyper..."</ref> |
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*[[Geerhardus Vos]] (1888 - 1946) professor of Biblical Theology at [[Calvin Theological Seminary]] and at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] |
*[[Geerhardus Vos]] (1888 - 1946) professor of Biblical Theology at [[Calvin Theological Seminary]] and at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] |
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===Musical Entertainment=== |
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*[[Carmit Bachar]], member of the [[Pussycat Dolls]], born to an [[Israeli]] father and [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]]-[[Indonesian]] mother |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 03:31, 13 September 2008
This is a list of notable Dutch-Americans.
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By ethnicity or nationality |
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Arts and literature
- Willem De Kooning (1904 - 1997), famous abstract expressionist painter
- Barthold Fles (1902-1989), literary agent, author, editor, translator and publisher
- Charles Fort (1874 - 1932), author, wrote Book of the Damned, father of ufology, cryptozoology and critic/satirist of mainstream, dogmatic science.
- Frederick Franck (1909 - 2006), painter, sculptor, and author of 30 books who was known for his interest in human spirituality[1]*
- Herman Melville (1819 - 1891), author and poet, wrote Moby Dick [2]
- Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944), painter
- Gloria Vanderbilt (1924- ), artist and socialite [3]
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-), Dutch-American author of police procedurals, Zen autobiographies and children's books
- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), poet [4]
- Edward W. Bok (1863 - 1930), author, publisher, editor of Ladies Home Journal
Entertainment
- Pamela Anderson [5]
- Billie Joe Armstrong (1972 - ) singer of Green Day [citation needed]
- Reiko Aylesworth (1972 - ) actress, best known for playing Michelle Dessler in the television series 24[citation needed]
- Michelle Branch (1983 - ) American singer (Dutch through her maternal grandfather)
- Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004) Hollywood film actor
- Clint Eastwood (1930 - ) film actor and director
- Nina Foch (1924 - ) film actress
- Henry Fonda (1905 – 1982) film actor
- Janina Gavankar (1980 - ) American actress of Indian and Dutch ancestry.
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar (1974 - ) actor, perhaps best known for his role as Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell[6]
- Betty Grable (1916 - 1973) actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the World War II era[7]
- Rutger Hauer - actor
- Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) award winning Hollywood film actress, model, and humanitarian (born in Brussels to a Dutch mother and grew up in Netherlands)
- Dexter Holland (1965 - ) singer of The Offspring[citation needed]
- Famke Janssen (1965 - ) actress and former fashion model, best known for her role as Jean Grey from X-Men
- Rebecca Romijn (1972 - ) actress and former fashion model[8]
- Thelma Schoonmaker, an Academy Award-winning film editor
- Paul Schrader, screenwriter and film director
- Paul Schrier (1970 - ) actor best known for playing Bulk on Power Rangers.
- Cobie Smulders actress
- Bruce Springsteen (1949 - ) singer, songwriter
- Mary Steenburgen (1953 - ) Hollywood film actress
- Meryl Streep (1949- ) Hollywood film actress
- Lou Tellegen (1881 - 1934) film actor[9]
- Egbert Van Alstyne (1878 - 1951) songwriter and pianist
- James Van Der Beek (1977 -) television and film actor, best known as Dawson from Dawson's Creek
- Anneliese van der Pol (1984 - ) television actress, perhaps best known for her role as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel original comedy series, That's So Raven[10]
- Heather Vandeven (1981-), model and Pet of the Year 2007
- Dick Van Dyke (1925 - ) famous television and film star and his brother, television actor Jerry Van Dyke (1931 - ) [citation needed]
- Alex Van Halen (1953 - ) drummer and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen[11]
- Eddie Van Halen (1955 - ) guitarist and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen[12]
- Billy Van Zandt (1957- ) playwright, actor
- Philip Van Zandt (1904 - 1958), Broadway and Hollywood actor, played in Citizen Kane
- Donnie Van Zant (1952 - ) founder and singer of .38 Special
- Johnny Van Zant (1959 - ) lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1987
- Ronnie Van Zant (1948 - 1977) lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1970-1977
- Paul Verhoeven (1938 - ) film director
- Don van Vliet (1941 - ) musician, better known as Captain Beefheart
- Donald Voorhees (1903 - 1989) composer and conductor
Politics
- Eugene DeBruin (1933 - ?) USAF Sergeant, disappeared over Laos in 1968
- Harry DeBoer (1905-1991) Trotskyist trade union leader
- Dick DeVos (1955 - ) Republican candidate for governor of Michigan.
- Pete Hoekstra (1953 - ) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
- Martin Kalbfleisch (1804 - 1873) United States Representative from New York
- A. J. Muste (1885 - 1967) socialist active in the pacifist movement, labor movement and the US civil rights movement
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) Democratic President of the U. S.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) Republican President of the U. S.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Philip Schuyler (1733 - 1804) a general in the American Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York[13]
- Peter Stuyvesant (1612 - 1672) Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (later New York)
- Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862) the eighth President of the United States, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, or Scottish descent; Dutch was spoken in his house when he was a boy[14]
- Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884 - 1951) Republican senator from Michigan.
- Guy Vander Jagt (1931 - 2007) Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Michigan[15]
Military
- James Longstreet (1821 - 1904) Confederate Lieutenant-General in the American Civil War
- David Petraeus (1952 - ) U.S. four star general. Commander in Iraq in 2007
- Isaac Van Wart (1759 - 1828) militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution. In 1780, he participated in the capture of Major John André
- Alexander Archer Vandegrift (1887 – 1973) US four star general. Medal of Honor. 18th Commandant US Marine Corps
Sciences
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920 - ) physicist[16]
- Bart J. Bok (1906-1983), astronomer, director of Steward Observatory
- Dirk Brouwer (1902 - 1966) astronomer[17]
- Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (1902 - 1978) physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck[18]
- Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) inventor and businessman
- Anthony Heinsbergen (1894 - 1981) muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors[19]
- Harlan Kredit (1938 – ) award-winning science teacher and ecologist
- Willem Jacob Luyten (1899 - 1994) astronomer[20]
- Robert Moog (1934 - 2005) a pioneer of electronic music and inventor of the Moog synthesizer
- Jan Schilt (1894-1982) Dutch born astronomer, inventor of the Schilt photometer, Rutherford Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University
- Maarten Schmidt (1929 - ) Dutch born astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars
- Hubert Schoemaker (1950 - 2006) chemist and biotechnological pioneer[21]
- James Van Allen (1914 - 2006) astronomer for whom the Van Allen belt is named.
- Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901 - 1967) physicist, developed the Van de Graaff generator
- Peter van de Kamp (1901 - 1995) astronomer[22]
- Lodewijk van den Berg (1932 - ) chemical engineer, payload specialist STS-51B Challenger[23]
- Albert Vander Veer (1841 - 1929), surgeon
- Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905 - 1973), astronomer
- Willem Johan Kolff (1911 - ), inventor of hemodialysis treatment
Sports
- Bas Rutten (1965 - ) MMA fighter and color commentator
- Keith Van Horn (1975 - ) NBA player
- Lenny Dykstra (1963 - ) award winning professional baseball player
- Shea Hillenbrand (1975 - ) Major League baseball player currently with the Anaheim Angels
- Curt Schilling (1966 - ) Major League baseball player currently with the Boston Red Sox
- Earnie Stewart (1969 - ) soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U. S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005[24]
- Johnny Vander Meer (1914 - 1997), baseball player, the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters
- Jim Kaat (1938 - ), former Major League baseball pitcher, three-time All Star, 16-time Gold Glove winner, and television broadcaster.
- John Vander Wal (1966 - ), Major League baseball player
- Bert Blyleven (1951 -), Retired Major League baseball player, born in the Netherlands
- Andruw Jones (1977 - ), Major League baseball player currently with the Atlanta Braves
- Justin Verlander (1983 - ), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
- Tiger Woods (1975 - ), one of the most successful golf players of all time [25]
- Mark Mulder (1977 - ), Major League baseball player currently with the St.Louis Cardinals
- Arie Luyendijk (1953 - ), racing driver
- Rik Smits (1966 - ), former basketball player, played in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers
- Jeff Van Gundy (1962 - ), former head coach of New York Knicks and Houston Rockets NBA teams.
- Andy Van Slyke (1960 - ) Retired Major League baseball player, born in the Netherlands
Journalism
- Anderson Cooper (1967 - ) CNN journalist [26]
- Greta Van Susteren (1954 - ) Fox News journalist
- Walter Cronkite (1916 - ) CBS Evening News journalist
Theology
- Louis Berkhof (1873 - 1957) Reformed systematic theologian at Calvin Theological Seminary[27]
- Hank Hanegraaff (? - ) Christian Apologist and president of the Christian Research Institute
- Anthony A. Hoekema (1913 - 1988) Reformed systematic theologian at Calvin Theological Seminary[28]
- Herman Hoeksema (1886 - 1965) pastor in the Christian Reformed Church and later in the Protestant Reformed Churches, Reformed systematic theologian at the Protestant Reformed Theological School[29]
- Richard Mouw (? - ) Christian philosopher and apologist and president of Fuller Theological Seminary
- James Olthuis (? - ) inter-disciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy at the Institute for Christian Studies
- Alvin Plantinga (1932 - ) philosopher known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion[30]
- Cornelius Plantinga president of Calvin Theological Seminary
- Albertus van Raalte (1811-1876), calvinist preacher and leader of Dutch immigrants to Michigan
- Robert H. Schuller (1926 - ) televangelist and pastor known around the world through his weekly broadcast The Hour of Power[31]
- Robert A. Schuller (1954 - ) televangelist and pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, son of Robert H. Schuller
- Lewis B. Smedes (1921 - 2002) renowned Christian author, ethicist, and theologian at Fuller Theological Seminary
- Cornelius Van Til (1895 - 1987) Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist[32]
- Geerhardus Vos (1888 - 1946) professor of Biblical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary and at Princeton Theological Seminary
Musical Entertainment
- Carmit Bachar, member of the Pussycat Dolls, born to an Israeli father and Dutch-Indonesian mother
References
- ^ [1] Dutch born
- ^ [2] Melville "came from Dutch and English stock"
- ^ [3] Vanderbilt "is of Dutch, Chilean, Spanish, and Irish descent."
- ^ [4] Whitman "came from Dutch and English stock"
- ^ Pamela Anderson: Master of illusion? - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com
- ^ Referred to as "Indonesian-Dutch" at [5], [6] father is Dutch and mother is Indonesian
- ^ [7] Grable describes herself as "Dutch, German, Irish and English"
- ^ [8] described as "Dutch" by ethnicity [9] notes that her mother, Elizabeth Kuizenga, was a second-generation Dutch American who met her father, Jaap Romijn, who was Dutch, on a trip to Holland
- ^ [10] Dutch-born
- ^ [11] born in Amsterdam to Dutch father and American mother, moved to the U. S. in 1987; also Jewish by heritage
- ^ "Formed around 1975 in Pasadena, California by Dutch brothers Eddie and Alex..."
- ^ "Formed around 1975 in Pasadena, California by Dutch brothers Eddie and Alex..."
- ^ Described as "Dutch New Yorker" at [12]
- ^ Described as a "short, jolly Dutchman" at [13]
- ^ [14] "Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded Congressman Vander Jagt a Knighthood in the House of Orange in 1986. The Netherlands Amity Trust Association in 1991 named him the Outstanding Dutch-American of the Year."
- ^ Dutch Nobel Prize Winners quiz - free game
- ^ [15] Dutch-born
- ^ Described as Dutch-American at [16]
- ^ [17] Dutch-born, naturalized U. S. citizen
- ^ [18] Listing under "Famous Dutch Astronomers & Physicists"
- ^ [19] Dutch born
- ^ Described as Dutch-American at [20]
- ^ [21] "van den Berg, Lodewijk, born in 1932, Dutch-American astronaut."
- ^ [22] dual Dutch-American citizen
- ^ [23] Woods "also has Chinese and Dutch ancestry"
- ^ [24] Cooper "is of mostly English, Irish, and Dutch ancestry"
- ^ [25] "Louis Berkhof was born in Emmen, Netherlands October 13, 1873."
- ^ [26] "Anthony A. Hoekema was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States in 1923."
- ^ [27] "Herman Hoeksema was born on March 12, 1886 from Johanna Bakema and Tiele Hoeksema in Hoogezand, in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands."
- ^ described as "Dutch American" at [28]
- ^ [29] raised in Dutch-American community in Dutch Reformed Church
- ^ [30] "the young Van Til studied the works of fellow Dutchman, Abraham Kuyper..."