100 Notable alumni of
Delft University of Technology
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The Delft University of Technology is 580th in the world, 220th in Europe, and 8th 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
- scientisttheoretical physicistphysicistengineeracademic
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Abdul Qadeer Khan NI & BAR, HI, FPAS was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He 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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- art forgerwatercoloristcopyistpainterrestorer
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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
- astrophysicistastronomerphysicistuniversity teacher
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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. Lewin taught the three core classes in physics at MIT for more than thirty years and made major discoveries in the area of X-ray astronomy. His physics lectures have been the subject of great acclaim, including a 60 Minutes feature, stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Newsweek and US News and World Report. They have also been top draws on YouTube and iTunes University.
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Boyan Slat
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- inventorentrepreneurenvironmentalist
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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
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1918
- Occupations
- politicianwriternon-fiction writerengineercivil engineer
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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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- geologiststereochemistuniversity teacherengineerphysicist
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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist, in 1901 Van 't Hoff won the first the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for his] discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions". 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 Jansen
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- painterwriterdesign engineersculptorkinetic artist
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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 (Dutch for 'beach beast'). 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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- juristChristian ministeruniversity teachertheologianpolitician
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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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Gerard Philips
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- art collectorengineerbusinesspersoninstrument makerindustrialist
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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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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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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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- botanistbiologistuniversity teachermicrobiologistentomologist
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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
- Occupations
- engineerenvironmentalistpoliticiannuclear physicist
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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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Kader Abdolah
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- writerpoetnovelistcolumnist
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Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani, better known by his pen name Kader Abdolah (Persian: قادر عبدالله) (Arak, 12 November 1954), is an Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist. His books, written in Dutch, often contain Persian literary themes. He regularly appears on Dutch television as well.
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Jan Toorop
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- wood engravermuralistdesignerengraverceramicist
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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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- geopolitical analystjournalistdiplomatuniversity teacher
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Nicholas John Spykman was a Dutch-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
- Biography
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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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Cornelis Lely
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- civil engineerpoliticianhydraulic engineer
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Cornelis Lely was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union and civil engineer who was Minister of Water Management and Governor of Suriname. The designer of Afsluitdijk, the largest dam and causeway at its time of construction, in 1932, he oversaw the Zuiderzee Works as Minister, turning the Zuiderzee into a lake and making possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land. His plan deeply transposed and influenced the current geography of the Netherlands. Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland, is named after him.
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Adrian van Hooydonk
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- industrial designercar 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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Ashwin Adhin
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- politician
- Biography
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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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Simon van der Meer
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- physicistinventor
- Biography
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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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Hubertus van Mook
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- university teacherwriterpolitician
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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
- engineerinventormanager
- 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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Bořek Šípek
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- university teacherindustrial designerceramicistgoldsmithpedagogue
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Bořek Šípek was a Czech architect and designer.
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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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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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Lodewijk van den Berg
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- In 1961 graduated with Master of Science in chemical engineering
- Occupations
- astronautchemist
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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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- designerbusiness executivecar designer
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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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Herman Hertzberger
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- university teacherarchitectural firmcollagistarchitectinterior designer
- Biography
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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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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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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 co-developed 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. I. I. Rabi said that Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit's omission for the Nobel Prize in Physics "will always be a mystery to me".
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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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- engineerdesigner
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Harm Lagaaij 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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Wim Schermerhorn
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- civil engineercartographerresistance fighteruniversity teacherscenographer
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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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Bas van der Vlies
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Engineering
- Occupations
- teacherengineerpolitician
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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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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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Piet Zwart
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- photographerpostage stamp designertypographertextile artistindustrial designer
- Biography
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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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Hans van der Laan
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- designertextile designerfurniture designerarchitect
- Biography
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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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- economistcivil engineeruniversity teacherpolitician
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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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Erick van Egeraat
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Erick van Egeraat is a Dutch architect and author. He heads the architectural practice Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects (EEA), 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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Adriaan van Wijngaarden
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- university teachercomputer scientistmathematicianengineerprogrammer
- Biography
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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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Adriaan Daniel Fokker
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- composeruniversity teachermusicologistmusic theoristinventor
- Biography
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Adriaan Daniël Fokker was a Dutch physicist and musicologist who worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. He is the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ.
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Ionica Smeets
- Occupations
- television presenteruniversity teachermathematicianjournalistblogger
- Biography
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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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Kees Boeke
- Occupations
- peace activistpedagogueteacher
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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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Rik Grashoff
- Occupations
- engineercivil engineerpoliticiantrade unionist
- 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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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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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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Henk Badings
- Occupations
- mining engineerengineermusicologistcomposermusic educator
- Biography
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Henk Badings was an Indonesian-Dutch composer.
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Ruud Vreeman
- Occupations
- 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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Johan van Veen
- Occupations
- engineercivil 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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Sybold van Ravesteyn
- Occupations
- graphic designerarchitectdraftspersoninterior designerfurniture designer
- Biography
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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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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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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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Dirk Coster
- Occupations
- university teacherengineerphysicist
- 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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Wiebe Bijker
- Occupations
- sociologistuniversity teacherphilosopherengineerphysicist
- 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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Egbert Schuurman
- Occupations
- philosophercivil engineeruniversity teacherpolitician
- 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
- Occupations
- furniture designerlaborerwriterlecturerarchitect
- 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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Theo Heemskerk
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerpolitician
- 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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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
- geologistmeteorologistuniversity teacherdirectorengineer
- 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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Jan D. Achenbach
- Occupations
- mathematicianengineerphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jan Drewes Achenbach was a Dutch-American engineer who was on the faculty of Northwestern University from 1963 until his retirement.
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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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Reinier de Graaf
- Occupations
- writerarchitectuniversity teacherurban planner
- 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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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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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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Hester Bijl
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Hester Bijl is a Dutch mathematician and since 15 January 2026 the rector magnificus of Delft University of Technology. From 2021 until 2026 she was the rector magnificus of Leiden University.
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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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Carel Visser
- Occupations
- illustratorphotographerarchitecttextile designergoldsmith
- 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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Bernard D. H. Tellegen
- Occupations
- engineerinventorphysicistuniversity teacher
- 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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Diederik Korteweg
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1865-1869
- 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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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- seismologistuniversity teachergeologistvolcanologist
- 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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Pi de Bruijn
- Occupations
- designerurban plannerarchitect
- Biography
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Pi de Bruijn is a Dutch architect from Losser, Overijssel, the Netherlands. He is a design principal at the Office de Architecten Cie., located in Amsterdam.
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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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Laurens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking
- Occupations
- botanical collectorbotanistmicrobiologistuniversity teacher
- 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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Jan Arnoldus Schouten
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianpolitician
- 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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Kees Christiaanse
- Occupations
- researcherarchitectuniversity teacherlecturer
- 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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Willem van der Poel
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- computer scientistengineerphysicistuniversity teacher
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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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Henri Bal
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineeruniversity teacher
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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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Pandji Soerachman Tjokroadisoerjo
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1920
- Occupations
- civil servant
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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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Anton Colijn
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- explorermountaineer
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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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Peter Newman
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- Studied in 1972-1973
- Occupations
- researcherecologistprofessor
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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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Dirk Roosenburg
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- goldsmitharchitectfurniture designer
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Dirk Roosenburg was a Dutch architect and designer.
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Hein Vos
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- politicianjudgejournalisteconomistcivil engineer
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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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Anne-Marijke Podt
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- politician
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Anne-Marijke Podt is a Dutch politician of the social liberal party Democrats 66 (D66), who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since September 2021. She had previously been a member of the Utrecht municipal council starting in 2014, and she has worked as an aid worker and as an independent adviser for municipalities.
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Wim Dik
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- university teacherpolitician
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Willem "Wim" Dik was a Dutch politician.
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Cornelis Johannes van Doorn
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- civil engineer
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Cornelis Johannes van Doorn was a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan.
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Kwasi Boachi
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- mining engineerbotanical collector
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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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Adriaan Stoop
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- explorer
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Adriaan Stoop was a Dutch oil prospector and mining engineer.
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Jo van den Broek
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- university teacherarchitect
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Johannes Hendrik 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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Felienne F. J. Hermans
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- computer scientistprofessoruniversity teachersecondary school teacher
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Felienne Frederieke Johanna Hermans is a scientist and Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research interests include programming education and end-user computing particularly spreadsheets.
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Johannes Brinkman
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- designerarchitectindustrial designer
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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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Henk van Rossum
- Enrolled in the Delft University of Technology
- 1938-1947 studied civil engineering
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- politician
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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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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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Randal A. Koene
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- neuroscientist
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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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Hubert-Jan Henket
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- architect
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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.
