Jeroen
Encyclopedia
Jeroen is a common Dutch
male given name
originating from the Greek Hieronymus
, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome
. In The Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are called Jeroen.
People named Jeroen include:
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
originating from the Greek Hieronymus
Hieronymus
Hieronymus, pronounced , the Greek and Latin form of the name Jerome, means "sacred name."It may refer to several people:* Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as Saint Jerome * Hiëronymus Emiliani, better known as St...
, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome
Jerome (given name)
Jerome is a masculine name of Greek origin. It derived from the Greek name Hieronymos meaning "sacred name". It is the name of a well-known saint, Saint Jerome. Jerome ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1903 and 1985...
. In The Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are called Jeroen.
People named Jeroen include:
- Jeroen BleekemolenJeroen BleekemolenJeroen Bleekemolen is a Dutch racing driver.In a Chrysler Viper GTS-R he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great success. He competed in the very competitive German Formula 3 Championship and drove a number of times at the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Zandvoort, the unofficial F3 World...
- Jeroen BlijlevensJeroen BlijlevensJeroen Johannes Hendrikus Blijlevens is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004....
- Jeroen DelmeeJeroen DelmeeJeroen Petrus Maria Delmee is a field hockey player from The Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000.-External links:*...
- Jeroen DijsselbloemJeroen DijsselbloemJeroen René Victor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the Labour Party he has been again an MP since November 20, 2002. Previously he was a member of the House of Representatives from March 28, 2000 to May 23, 2002...
, Dutch politician - Jeroen DuysterJeroen DuysterJeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a the gold medal with the Holland Acht as a coxswain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
- Jeroen GroenendijkJeroen GroenendijkJeroen Groenendijk is a Dutch logician, linguist and philosopher, working on philosophy of language, formal semantics, pragmatics, and semantics of questions. His current work is mainly focused on studying and developing the recently founded framework of Inquisitive Semantics.He is a member of the...
- Jeroen KrabbéJeroen KrabbéJeroen Aart Krabbé is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in many Dutch and international films.-Biography:...
, Dutch actor - Jeroen RecourtJeroen RecourtJeroen Recourt is a Dutch politician and former judge. As a member of the Labour Party he has been an MP since June 17, 2010. He focuses on matters of the judiciary and the Netherlands Antilles....
, Dutch politician - Jeroen SmitsJeroen SmitsJeroen Smits is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper....
- Jeroen TelJeroen TelJeroen Godfried Tel is a Dutch composer. Best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64, Tel is a founding member of the computer music group Maniacs of Noise....
- Jeroen van Aken (also Jeroen Bosch or Hieronymus Bosch)
- Jeroen van der VeerJeroen van der VeerJeroen van der Veer was the CEO of the petroleum corporation Royal Dutch Shell until 30 June 2009....
- Jeroen Van HerzeeleJeroen Van HerzeeleJeroen Van Herzeele is a Belgian jazz saxophonist. He was born in Zottegem. He plays in various bands such as Greetings From Mercury, Maak's Spirit, Octurn, Tomas and Co, Ivan Paduart etc... He won the Belgian Golden Django in 1999 for best Flemish artist.-References:*...
- Jeroen WiedenhofJeroen WiedenhofJeroen Maarten Wiedenhof is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert on Sino-Tibetan languages. He is a leading member of both the Himalayan Languages Project and the Leiden School of linguistic theory.-External links:*...