Van Leeuwen
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Van Leeuwen is a Dutch
surname. It refers to people from Leeuwen
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
surname. It refers to people from Leeuwen
Leeuwen
Leeuwen is a former village and municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is now divided into the two villages of Beneden-Leeuwen and Boven-Leeuwen.Leeuwen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Wamel....
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- Arthur Docters van LeeuwenArthur Docters van LeeuwenArthur Docters van Leeuwen is a Dutch politician, jurist and civil servant. He is member of the liberal political party VVD. Between 1999 and 2007 he was chairman of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, an agency of the Dutch government, which supervises Dutch financial...
, Dutch jurist - Boeli van Leeuwen, Netherlands Antilles writer
- Bram van Leeuwen (1918 - 2001), a Dutch businessman
- Gummbah pseudonym of Gertjan van Leeuwen, Dutch cartoonist
- Herman van LeeuwenHerman van LeeuwenHermanus "Herman" Nicolaas van Leeuwen was a Dutch gymnast and high jumper who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event...
, Dutch gymnast and high jumper - Jaap van Leeuwen (1892 - 1977), Dutch resistance fighter during World War II and leader of the emancipation struggle of homosexuals.
- Jan van LeeuwenJan van LeeuwenJan van Leeuwen is a Dutch computer scientist, a professor at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at the Utrecht University....
, Dutch scientist on computer science - Jan Willem Storm van LeeuwenJan Willem Storm van LeeuwenJan Willem Storm van Leeuwen is a consultant in chemistry and energy systems with more than thirty years experience in technology assessment.Storm van Leeuwen received his Masters in Science, physical chemistry, at the Technical University Eindhoven. He is a senior scientist at Ceedata...
, an American scientist - Jean van LeeuwenJean Van LeeuwenJean Van Leeuwen is the author of over forty children's books, including the Oliver Pig series. She currently lives in Chappaqua, New York.-The Great Mouse Gang Series:...
(b. 1937), American author of children's books - Joke van Leeuwen (b. 1952), Dutch author of children's books
- Laura van LeeuwenLaura van LeeuwenLaura Antoinette van Leeuwen is a Dutch gymnast. Van Leeuwen is allround, however the uneven bars and the vault are her best disciplines....
(b. 1986), Dutch gymnast - Martin van LeeuwenMartin van LeeuwenMartin van Leeuwen is a retired Dutch football defender. He made his debut in Dutch professional football on 2002-08-30 for Sparta Rotterdam in a competition match against FC Volendam .-References:**...
(b. 1981), Dutch footballer - Robbie van LeeuwenRobbie van LeeuwenRobbie van Leeuwen is a Dutch musician who used to be the guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for the Dutch bands The Motions, Shocking Blue and Galaxy-Lin. His most well-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs, Venus, which was an American no...
, member of the pop band Shocking BlueShocking BlueShocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus", went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974.-Members:... - Steven van Leeuwen, President and Founder of Bartleby.com
- Theo Van LeeuwenTheo Van LeeuwenTheo Van Leeuwen is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.Van Leeuwen studied linguistics at the University of Sydney, and taught communication theory at Macquarie University and the London College of Printing. He is one of the main...
, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney - Troy Van LeeuwenTroy Van LeeuwenTroy Dean Van Leeuwen is an American musician and producer. Van Leeuwen began playing music at young age and started playing guitar at age 13. Soon Van Leeuwen was playing in various local bands such as Jester, 60 Cycle and later Failure...
(b. 1968), American musician and producer.