Vos (surname)
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Vos is a surname, and may refer to:
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Persons
- André VosAndré VosAndré Neal Vos is a former South African rugby union player who played as back row for Eastern Province , Queensland Reds , The Cats , The Lions and Harlequins until his retirement in 2007.He also captained the Springboks.André Vos graduated from Selborne College in East London, South Africa in...
(contemporary), professional football player - Geerhardus VosGeerhardus VosGeerhardus Johannes Vos was an American Calvinist theologian and one of the most distinguished representatives of the Princeton Theology. He is sometimes called the father of Reformed Biblical Theology.-Biography:...
(1862–1949), American Reformed theologian - Geoffrey Vos (born 1955), QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
& High Court Judge - Hubert VosHubert VosHubert Vos was a Dutch painter who was born in Maastricht on February 15, 1855. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and with Fernand Cormon in Paris. He exhibited widely in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dresden and Munich. From 1885 to 1892, he worked in England, where...
(1855–1935), Dutch painter - Ida VosIda VosIda Vos was a Dutch author. She wrote books for adults and children. In most of her books, Vos wrote about her experiences as a Jewish girl during the Second World War...
(1931–2006), Dutch author - Marianne VosMarianne VosMarianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...
(born 1987), Dutch cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer - Marijke VosMarijke VosMaria Bernadina Vos is a Dutch politician.-Pre-political career:Vos's father was a judge in 's-Hertogenbosch. Her grandfather, A.H.J. Engels was member of parliament for the Roman-Catholic RKSP....
(born 1957), Dutch politician - Mark VosMark VosMark Vos , also known as 'pokerbok', is a professional poker player from Australia. Vos was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended Waldorf High School in Constantia. He excelled at mathematics olympiads while in high school, and represented his province in the interprovincial olympiad...
(contemporary), Australian professional poker player - Rich VosRich VosRichard Ira "Rich" Vos is an American comedian. Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, Vos has been a working stand-up for decades. Colin Quinn described Vos in his early days as a "Jersey Hack"....
(born 1957), American comedian - Roelf VosRoelf VosRoelf Vos was a wealthy Tasmanian businessman who, amongst other achievements, established a supermarket chain carrying his name initially in Launceston, but later expanded throughout the whole of northern Tasmania. The equivalent in the south of the state was Purity Supermarkets.Vos initially...
(died 1992), Tasmanian businessman; founder of a supermarket chain - Suzanne VosSuzanne VosSuzanne Vos was a South African politician. She was a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party and Parliament.Vos was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament and rappoteur of the Committee on Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science and Technology, one of its Permanent Committees...
(contemporary), South African politician - Uli VosUli VosUli Vos is a former German field hockey player. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Vos was a member of the gold-medal winning West German field hockey team.He also played at club level for Gladbacher HTC.-References:...
(born 1946), German field hockey player in the 1972 Olympics - Vincent de Vos, Belgium artist
- Willem VosWillem VosWillem Lambertus Vos is a Dutch scientist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Twente and Groupleader at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics "" In 2004, with his group members, Peter Lodahl et al. they succeeded in controlling the pace of light emission, varying from a...
(contemporary), Dutch scientist and professor
Fictional person
- Quinlan Vos, character in the Star Wars universe