100 Notable alumni of
Delft University of Technology
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The Delft University of Technology is 568th in the world, 210th in Europe, and 7th in the Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Delft University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Occupations
- academicmetallurgistnuclear physicistscientisttheoretical physicist
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Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI, HI, FPAS, known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".
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Prince Friso of the Netherlands
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- 1988-1994 graduated with engineer's degree in aeronautics
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau was the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg, and younger brother of King Willem-Alexander. Friso was a member of the Dutch Royal Family, but because of his marriage without an Act of Consent in 2004, he lost his membership of the Dutch Royal House and was no longer in the line of succession to the throne.
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Han van Meegeren
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- painterart forgerrestorercollector
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Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed that he had sold a forged painting to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
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Walter Lewin
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- In 1965 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- university teacherastrophysicistastronomerphysicist
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Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin is a Dutch astrophysicist and retired professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technology and was a member of MIT's physics faculty for 43 years beginning in 1966 until his retirement in 2009.
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Boyan Slat
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- entrepreneurenvironmentalistinventor
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Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur. A former aerospace engineering student, he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.
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Anton Mussert
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- engineercivil engineerpoliticianwriternon-fiction writer
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Anton Adriaan Mussert was a Dutch politician who co-founded the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) in 1931 and served as its leader until the party was banned in 1945. As such, he was the most prominent Dutch leader of the movement before and during World War II. Mussert collaborated with the German occupation government, but was granted little actual power and held the nominal title of Leider van het Nederlandsche Volk ("Leader of the Dutch People") from 1942 onwards. In May 1945, as the war came to an end in Europe, Mussert was captured and arrested by Allied forces. He was charged and convicted of treason, and was executed in 1946.
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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
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- stereochemistchemistphysicistprofessoruniversity teacher
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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist of his time, van 't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His pioneering work helped found the modern theory of chemical affinity, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, and chemical thermodynamics. In his 1874 pamphlet, Van 't Hoff formulated the theory of the tetrahedral carbon atom and laid the foundations of stereochemistry. In 1875, he predicted the correct structures of allenes and cumulenes as well as their axial chirality. He is also widely considered one of the founders of physical chemistry as the discipline is known today.
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Theo Jansem
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- design engineervisual artistkinetic artistpaintersculptor
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Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own and, collectively, are titled Strandbeest. The kinetic sculptures appear to walk. His animated works are intended to be a fusion of art and engineering. He has said that "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds." Some of his creations are reported to incorporate primitive logic gates for collision detection with obstacles such as the sea.
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Abraham Kuyper
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- politicianjournalistjuristChristian ministeruniversity teacher
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Abraham Kuyper was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905, an influential neo-Calvinist pastor and a journalist. He established the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, which upon its foundation became the second largest Reformed denomination in the country behind the state-supported Dutch Reformed Church.
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Ben van Beurden
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Graduated with Master of Science in chemical engineering
- Occupations
- businesspersonengineer
- Biography
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Bernardus Cornelis Adriana Margriet "Ben" van Beurden is a Dutch businessman who was the CEO of Shell plc from 2014 to 2022. He joined Shell in 1983, after earning a master's degree in chemical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
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Eric Wiebes
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- politician
- Biography
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Eric Derk Wiebes is a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet since 26 October 2017 until 15 January 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
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Gerard Philips
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- businesspersoninstrument makerengineer
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Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist and co-founder, with his father Frederik Philips, of Philips as a family business in 1891. In 1912, Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips converted the business to a corporation by founding NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken.
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Bram Moolenaar
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- In 1985 studied electrical engineering
- Occupations
- programmerelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Bram Moolenaar was a Dutch software engineer and activist who was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor. He advocated for ICCF Holland, a non-governmental organization supporting AIDS victims in Uganda, and used the popularity of Vim to encourage donations.
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Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinck
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- botanistentomologistbiologistprofessoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called "contagium vivum fluidum".
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Diederik Samsom
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- politiciannuclear physicistengineerenvironmentalist
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Diederik Maarten Samsom is a Dutch environmentalist and retired politician who was the leader of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) from 2012 to 2016. He was the first leader in the 70-year history of the PvdA to have been voted out of his position by party members. He later served as head of cabinet for First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and his successor Wopke Hoekstra.
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Jan Toorop
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- graphic artistpainterdraftspersonpostage stamp designerceramicist
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Johannes Theodorus "Jan" Toorop was a Dutch painter who worked in various styles, including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Pointillism. His early work was influenced by the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.
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Nicholas John Spykman
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- university teachergeopolitical analystjournalistdiplomat
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Nicholas John Spykman was an American political scientist who was Professor of International Relations at Yale University from 1928 until his death in 1943. He was one of the founders of the classical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought to the United States.
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Barbara Baarsma
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- university teachereconomist
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Barbara Elisabeth Baarsma is a Dutch economist, and Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
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Adrian van Hooydonk
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- car designer
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Adrian van Hooydonk, is a Dutch automobile designer and BMW Group's Design Director. He is based in Munich, Germany.
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Cornelis Lely
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- politiciancivil engineer
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Cornelis Lely was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union and civil engineer. He oversaw the passage of an act of parliament authorising construction of the Zuiderzee Works, a huge project – designed to his own plans – that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake and made possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land. Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland, is named after him.
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Simon van der Meer
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- physicistinventor
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Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction.
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Ashwin Adhin
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- politician
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Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin is a Surinamese educator, politician, and was the Vice President of Suriname between 2015 and 2020. He is a member of the National Democratic Party. At the age of 35, he became the youngest vice president in the history of Suriname to lead the Council of Ministers. Adhin is a Hindu of Indian descent.
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Bořek Šípek
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- ceramicistpedagoguearchitectglass artistuniversity teacher
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Bořek Šípek was a Czech architect and designer.
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Hubertus van Mook
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- writerpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948. Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.
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Lou Ottens
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- inventormanagerengineer
- Biography
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Lodewijk Frederik Ottens, known as Lou Ottens, was a Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape, and for his work in helping to develop the compact disc. Ottens was employed by Philips for the entirety of his career.
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Karien van Gennip
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- 1987-1993 studied physics
- Occupations
- columnistpolitician
- Biography
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Catharina Elisabeth Godefrida "Karien" van Gennip is a Dutch businesswoman and politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 until 2 July 2024. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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Lodewijk van den Berg
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- In 1961 graduated with Master of Science in chemical engineering
- Occupations
- astronautchemist
- Biography
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Lodewijk van den Berg was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a payload specialist.
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Laurens van den Acker
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- business executivecar designerdesigner
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Laurens van den Acker is a Dutch automobile designer. He is the Chief Design Officer of the Renault Group.
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Kazimierz Leski
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- engineerscientistspymilitary officer
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Kazimierz Leski, nom de guerre Bradl, was a Polish engineer, co-designer of the Polish submarines ORP Sęp (1938) and ORP Orzeł, a fighter pilot, and an officer in World War II Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence.
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Jeroen van der Veer
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- entrepreneurengineer
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Jeroen van der Veer is a Dutch businessman. He was the chairman of Philips, and previously a chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Shell.
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Herman Hertzberger
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- university teacherarchitect
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Herman Hertzberger is a Dutch architect, and a professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. In 2012 he received the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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George Uhlenbeck
- Years
- 1900-1988 (aged 88)
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1918-1919
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist, known for his significant contributions to quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. He is most famous for co-developing the concept of electron spin, alongside Samuel Goudsmit, in 1925. The formalization of Langevin equation for the Brownian motion as a stochastic process, is known as the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, derived in 1930 from his work with Leonard Ornstein.
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Francine Houben
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- university teachertextile artistarchitect
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Francine Marie Jeanne Houben is a Dutch architect. She graduated with cum laude honours from the Delft University of Technology. She is the founding partner and creative director of Mecanoo architecten, based in Delft, The Netherlands.
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Harm Lagaay
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- engineer
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Harm Lagaay is a Dutch automobile designer.
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Winy Maas
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- scientistuniversity teacherlandscape architectarchitecturban planner
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Wilhelmus "Winy" Maas is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. In 1993 together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV.
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Bas van der Vlies
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Engineering
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticianteacher
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Bastiaan Johannis "Bas" van der Vlies was a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) and teacher.
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Wim Schermerhorn
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- politiciancivil engineercartographerresistance fighteruniversity teacher
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Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. He was a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA). According to Harry W. Laidler, the government under Schermerhorn's premiership "achieved important results in the fields of labor, finance, housing, old age pensions, and the social services".
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Piet Zwart
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- postage stamp designerceramicisttextile artisttypographergraphic designer
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Piet Zwart was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer.
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Joachim Coens
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- politician
- Biography
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Joachim Coens is a Belgian politician and businessman who has served as the leader of Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, a Christian democratic political party, since December 2019. Before politics, he had been managing director of the holding company for the Port de Bruges-Zeebruges.
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Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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Thomas Joannes Stieltjes was a Dutch mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of moment problems and contributed to the study of continued fractions. The Thomas Stieltjes Institute for Mathematics at Leiden University, dissolved in 2011, was named after him, as is the Riemann–Stieltjes integral.
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Hans van der Laan
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- designertextile designerarchitect
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Dom Hans van der Laan was a Dutch Benedictine monk and architect.
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Nienke Brinkman
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 2016-2018
- Occupations
- marathon runnergeophysicistlong-distance runnertrail runner
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Nienke Brinkman is a Dutch long-distance runner, both on the road as well as on trails. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, which was her first international medal, and has a personal best of 2:22:51 which she ran at the Rotterdam Marathon.
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Jo Ritzen
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistcivil engineer
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Jozef Marie Mathias "Jo" Ritzen is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.
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Adriaan van Wijngaarden
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- engineerprogrammeruniversity teachercomputer scientistmathematician
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Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Van Wijngaarden emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.
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Erick van Egeraat
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- architect
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Erick van Egeraat is a Dutch architect and author. He heads the architectural practice based in Rotterdam with offices in Moscow, Budapest and Prague. He is best known for his projects of ING Group Headquarters in Budapest, Drents Museum in Assen, The Rock tower in Amsterdam, Incineration line in Roskilde, Main building and Auditorium in Leipzig University and the Corporate University of Sberbank in Moscow. He is the winner of RIBA Award 2007, Best Building Award 2011&2012 and European Property Award 2013.
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Ionica Smeets
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- television presenteruniversity teachermathematicianjournalistblogger
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Ionica Smeets is a Dutch mathematician, science journalist, columnist, television presenter and professor in science communication at Leiden University.
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Adriaan Daniel Fokker
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- inventorphysicistcomposeruniversity teachermusicologist
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Adriaan Daniël Fokker was a Dutch physicist. He worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. He was the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ.
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Rik Grashoff
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- politiciantrade unionistengineercivil engineer
- Biography
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Hendrik Johannes "Rik" Grashoff is a Dutch engineer and politician. He is a member of the political party GreenLeft. From 23 November 2010 to 19 September 2012 he was a member of the House of Representatives. He focused on matters of agriculture, defense and public administration. On 20 May 2015 he returned to the House and took up the seat of Bram van Ojik.
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Kees Boeke
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- peace activistpedagogueteacher
- Biography
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Cornelis "Kees" Boeke was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist. He is best known for his popular essay/book Cosmic View (1957) which presents a seminal view of the universe, from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and which inspired several films.
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Wiebe Draijer
- Occupations
- business theorist
- Biography
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Wiebe Draijer is a Dutch engineer, civil servant and management consultant who served as Chairman of the Social and Economic Council from 2012 to 2014. Since 1 October 2014, he has been CEO of the Rabobank.
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Henk Badings
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- composermusic educatormining engineerengineermusicologist
- Biography
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Henk Badings was an Indonesian-Dutch composer.
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Ruud Vreeman
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- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Rudolf Lourens "Ruud" Vreeman is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.
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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- 2001-2005 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is a Spanish physicist and current Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Sybold van Ravesteyn
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- photographerarchitect
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Sybold van Ravesteyn was a Dutch architect. He designed many train stations, many now demolished, a zoo, public buildings such as theatres, as well as residences, interiors and furniture.
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Johan van Veen
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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Johan van Veen was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He is considered the father of the Delta Works.
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Frans Otten
- Occupations
- top official
- Biography
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Pieter Franciscus Sylvester "Frans" Otten was a Dutch business executive, who served as the CEO of the international electronics firm Philips from 1939 to 1961. He was the son-in-law of the co-founder of the company, Anton Philips. He was married to Anna Elisabeth Cornelia Philips (1899-1996) and they had two sons, Diek and Franz. His brother-in-law was Frits Philips.
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Leo Kouwenhoven
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Leo Kouwenhoven is a Dutch physicist known for his research on quantum computing, specifically in topological quantum computing experiments.
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Wiebe Bijker
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- engineerphysicisthistoriansociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Wiebe E. Bijker is a Dutch professor Emeritus, former chair of the Department of Social Science and Technology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
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Dirk Coster
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- engineerphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Dirk Coster was a Dutch physicist. He was a professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen.
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Egbert Schuurman
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- university teacherpoliticianphilosophercivil engineer
- Biography
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Egbert Schuurman is a Dutch engineer, philosopher, politician for the Christian Union, and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the Netherlands.
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Lars Spuybroek
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- architectlecturerfurniture designerlaborer
- Biography
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Lars Matthias M. Spuybroek is a Dutch architect and theorist who lives and works in Atlanta, where he is professor of architecture.
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Jan D. Achenbach
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Jan Drewes Achenbach was a professor emeritus (Walter P. Murphy Professor and Distinguished McCormick School Professor) at Northwestern University. Achenbach was born in the northern region of the Netherlands, in Leeuwarden. He studied aeronautics at Delft University of Technology, which he finished with a M.Sc. degree in 1959. Thereafter, he went to the United States, Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1962. After working for a year as a preceptor at Columbia University, he was then appointed as assistant professor at Northwestern University.
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Pieter Hofstra
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pieter Hielke Hofstra was a Dutch politician of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
- Occupations
- directorphysicistprofessoruniversity teachermeteorologist
- Biography
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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist. He is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity (gravimetry). Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea, which led him to the discovery of gravity anomalies above the ocean floor. He later attributed these anomalies to continental drift. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Theo Heemskerk
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
- Biography
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Theodorus Heemskerk was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
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Frits Peutz
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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F.P.J. Peutz was a Dutch architect.
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Rein Willems
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rein Willems was President of Shell Nederland from 2003 to 2007. Since 1969, he has held a number of positions at Shell, with postings in Singapore, Australia, the UK, the Philippines and Brazil. In addition, he was a member of the Executive Committee and the Environmental Committee of the Employers Association VNO-NCW and the Innovation Platform. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, member of the Supervisory Board of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers (COA) and the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group B.V. He was Chairman of the national Task Force Energy Transition, which was established to make the Dutch economy more sustainable. He is a member of the supervisory board of FMO, the Dutch development bank.
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Jacob van Rijs
- Occupations
- urban plannerarchitect
- Biography
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Jacob van Rijs Ir. FRIBA is a Dutch architect, urban planner and one of MVRDV’s three founding partners. Besides giving lectures worldwide van Rijs is also professor Entwerfen und Baukonstruktion at Technische Universität Berlin. Moreover, he regularly lectures and takes part in student juriesat universities and institutes worldwide. His teaching experience comprehends TU Munich, TU Delft, University of Wismar, ETSAM University Madrid, Royal Academy of Arts Copenhagen, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Rice University, Houston, amongst others. Within the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) he is chairman of the International Programme, creating a better support and stimulation for Dutch architects in their activities across the border worldwide. He also holds a position in the Dutch Trade and Investment Board (DTIB) from where he represents architects an international trade and investment level.
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Reinier de Graaf
- Occupations
- university teacherurban plannerwriterarchitect
- Biography
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Reinier de Graaf is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and writer. He is a partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and author of the books Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession and The Masterplan.
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Laurens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking
- Occupations
- university teacherbotanical collectorbotanistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking was a Dutch botanist and microbiologist. He is known for the Baas Becking hypothesis, which he originally formulated as "Everything is everywhere, but the environment selects".
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Diederik Korteweg
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Diederik Johannes Korteweg was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries.
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Bernard D. H. Tellegen
- Occupations
- inventoruniversity teacherphysicistprofessorengineer
- Biography
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Bernard D.H. Tellegen was a Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of the pentode and the gyrator. He is also known for a theorem in circuit theory, Tellegen's theorem.
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Carel Visser
- Occupations
- textile designerartistphotographersculptorjewelry designer
- Biography
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Carel Nicolaas Visser was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture.
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Édouard Niermans
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Édouard-Jean Niermans was a famous Dutch-born French architect during the Belle Époque.
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Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jonkheer Pieter Adriaan Cornelis Beelaerts van Blokland was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- volcanologistseismologistuniversity teachergeologist
- Biography
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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, also known as Rein van Bemmelen, was a Dutch geologist whose interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology. He is known for his work on these subjects and the geology of Indonesia.
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Abe Bonnema
- Occupations
- architectdesigner
- Biography
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Abe Bonnema was a Dutch architect.
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Kees Christiaanse
- Occupations
- university teacherlecturerresearcherarchitect
- Biography
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Kees Christiaanse is an architect and urban planner from the Netherlands. After working with Rem Koolhaas, he started two firms, KCAP (Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners, in Rotterdam) in 1989 and Architects and Planners (ASTOC, in Cologne) in 1990, where he was a partner till 2002. Christiaanse has "tackled some of the highest profile urban design schemes in the Netherlands, hosting buildings by" the finest Dutch and several international architects.
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Jan Arnoldus Schouten
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Jan Arnoldus Schouten was a Dutch mathematician and Professor at the Delft University of Technology. He was an important contributor to the development of tensor calculus and Ricci calculus, and was one of the founders of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam.
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Willem van der Poel
- Occupations
- university teachercomputer scientistengineerphysicist
- Biography
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Willem Louis van der Poel was a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat (ZEBRA), translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator.
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Peter Newman
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 80)
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1972-1973
- Occupations
- professorresearcherecologist
- Biography
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Peter William Geoffrey Newman AO is an environmental scientist, author and educator based in Perth, Western Australia. He is currently Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University. He is best known for his contributions to the development of Perth's electrified metropolitan rail network through both activist and official consulting roles since the 1980s.
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Henri Bal
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teachercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Henri Elle Bal is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is a well-known researcher in computer systems with a specialization in parallel computer systems, languages, and applications.
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Anton Colijn
- Occupations
- explorermountaineer
- Biography
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Antonie Hendrikus Colijn was a Dutch amateur mountaineer who in 1936 led the Carstensz Expedition, being the first to climb the Carstenszgebergte in New Guinea.
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Hester Bijl
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Hester Bijl is a Dutch mathematician, professor, and the rector magnificus of Leiden University.
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Pandji Soerachman Tjokroadisoerjo
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1920
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo was an Indonesian politician and academic. He served in a number of cabinets during the Indonesian National Revolution, as the Minister of Welfare and later the Minister of Finance.
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Dirk Roosenburg
- Occupations
- architectfurniture designer
- Biography
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Dirk Roosenburg was a Dutch architect and designer.
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Hein Vos
- Occupations
- economistcivil engineerpoliticianjudgejournalist
- Biography
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Hendrik "Hein" Vos was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.
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Ad van der Steur
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Adrianus van der Steur (27 September 1893, Haarlem – 13 December 1953, Rotterdam) was a Dutch architect and a member of a family of architects.
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Cornelis Johannes van Doorn
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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Cornelis Johannes van Doorn was a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan.
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Wim Dik
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Willem "Wim" Dik was a Dutch politician.
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Adriaan Stoop
- Occupations
- explorer
- Biography
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Adriaan Stoop was a Dutch oil prospector and mining engineer.
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Jo van den Broek
- Occupations
- university teacherarchitect
- Biography
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Johannes Hendrik "Jo" van den Broek was a Dutch architect influential in the rebuilding of Rotterdam after World War II. He is known for his work with Jaap Bakema, in their practice as Van den Broek en Bakema, and as one of the founders of Nieuwe Bouwen, the modernist movement in Dutch architecture.
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Johannes Brinkman
- Occupations
- designerarchitectindustrial designer
- Biography
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Johannes Andreas Brinkman, also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of Nieuwe Bouwen, modern architecture in the Netherlands.
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Kwasi Boachi
- Occupations
- mining engineerbotanical collector
- Biography
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Kwasi Boakye or Kwasi Boachi was a Prince of the Ashanti Empire who was sent to the Netherlands together with his cousin, Kwame Poku, in 1837, by his father, King Kwaku Dua Panin, to receive education as part of larger negotiations between the Ashanti and the Dutch about the recruitment of Ashanti soldiers for the Dutch East Indies Army.
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Randal A. Koene
- Occupations
- neuroscientist
- Biography
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Randal A. Koene is a Dutch neuroscientist and neuroengineer. He co-founded carboncopies.org, an organization dedicated to researching Substrate-Independent Minds. From 2008 to 2010, Koene served as the Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at the Fatronik-Tecnalia Institute in Spain. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from McGill University and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory from Delft University of Technology.
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Henk van Rossum
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- 1938-1947 studied civil engineering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hendrik van Rossum was a Dutch politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1986 as a member of the Reformed Political Party. From 1981 to 1986, he was Leader of the Reformed Political Party.
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Hubert-Jan Henket
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Hubert-Jan Henket is a Dutch architect. He is a specialist in the relations between old and new buildings, the redesign of buildings, renovation and restoration. He is the founder of DOCOMOMO international.
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Gerard J. Holzmann
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- In 1979 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in computer science
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Gerard J. Holzmann is a Dutch-American computer scientist and researcher at Bell Labs and NASA, best known as the developer of the SPIN model checker.
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Bert Meerstadt
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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A. Bert Meerstadt is a Dutch businessman. He was chairman of the management Board and CEO of Nederlandse Spoorwegen from January 2009 to October 2013.
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Warner T. Koiter
- Occupations
- university teachermechanical engineerengineerscientist
- Biography
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Warner Tjardus Koiter was an influential mechanical engineer and the Professor of Applied Mechanics at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands from 1949 to 1979.
