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WELL-KNOWN DUTCH -AMERICANS
They accomplished much and contributed to American society,
culture, politics, government and economy.
NEW NETHERLANDS AND ITS DIRECTORS TELEVISION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
Willem Kieft [1597-1647] Tom Brokaw [1940-]
Cornelis Jacobszoon Mey [?-?] Anderson Cooper [1967-]
Peter Minuit [1580-1638] Walter Cronkite [1916-]
Peter Stuyvesant [1610-1672] Greta Van Susteren [1954-]
Wouter Van Twiller [1580-1646] EARLY FOUNDERS AND HISTORIC LEADERS
Willem Verhulst [?-?] Theodore J. Van Den Broek [1783-1851]
US PRESIDENTS AND RELATED PERSONS DeWitt Clinton [1769-1828]
Martin van Buren [1782-1862] Jacobus Van Cortlandt [1658-1739]
Eleanor Roosevelt [1884-1962] Pierre Van Cortlandt [1721-1814]
Franklin D. Roosevelt [1882-1945] Stephen Van Cortlandt [1643-1700]
Theodore Roosevelt [1858-1919] Adriaen van der Donck [1620-1655]
U.S. SENATORS Nicholas Van Dyke [1738 - 1789]
Chauncey M. Depew [1834-1928] Peter Gansevoort [1749-1812]
Nicholas Van Dyke [1770 - 1826] John Jay [1745-1839]
Frederick Frelinghuysen [1753-1804 John Lansing [1754-1829]
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen [1817-1865] Philip Livingston [1716 - 1778]
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen [1869-1948] William Livingston [1723 - 1790]
Theodore Frelinghuysen [1787-1862] Gouverneur Morris [1726 - 1816]
Frederick Van Nuys [1874-1944] Lewis Morris [1726 - 1798]
Karl C. Schuyler [1877-1933] Killean van Rensselaer [1595-1644]
Arthur Vandenberg [1881-1951] Stephen van Rensselaer [1765-1839]
Peter G. Van Winkle [1808-1872] Pieter Schuyler [1657-1724]
James De Wolf [1764-1837] LATER FOUNDERS AND LEADERS
Charles H. Van Wyck [1824 - 1895] Edward W. Bok [1863-1930]
U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Gompers [1850-1924]
Henry R. Brinkerhoff [1787-1844] William S. Hofstra [1861-1932]
Jacob Brinkerhoff [1810-1880] Albertus van Raalte [1811-1876]
Vernon J. Ehlers [1934-] Hendrik Scholte [1805-1868]
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr. [1916-] Robert Schuller [1926-]
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen [1946-] MILITARY LEADERS
Barent Gardenier [1762-1822] Abraham Ten Broeck [1734-1810]
Christopher Van Hollen [1959-] Philip Van Cortlandt [1749-1831]
Peter Hoekstra [1953-] Peter Gansevoort [1749-1912]
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt [1931-] James Longstreet [1821 - 1904]
Herman Knickerbocker [1779-1855] David H. Petraeus [1952 -]
Robert C. Schenck [1809-1890] Henry B. Van Rensselaer [1810 - 1864]
Abraham M. Schermerhorn [1791-1855] Stephen Van Rensselaer [1765-1839]
Richard Franklin Vander Veen [1922-2006] Gozen Van Schaick [1736-1789]
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LEADERS James F. Schenck [1807-1882]
Jay van Andel [1924-2004] Philip John Schuyler [1733-1804]
John Astor [1864-1912] Alexander A. Vandegrift [1887 - 1973]
Herman Baker [1911-1979 Hoyt S., Sr. Vandenberg [1899-1954]
Martin Bekins [c.1860-?] Hoyt S., Jr. Vandenberg [1928]
Oloff Van Cortlandt [1600-1684] James E. Van Zandt [1898 - 1986]
Richard DeVos [1926-] ARTS AND LETTERS
Henry Jansen [1918-2002] Captain Beefheart See Don G. Van Vliet
Peter Kiewit [1900-1979]
 Carl C. Van Doren [1885-1950]
Frederick C. Koch [1900-1967] Mark Van Doren [1894-1972]
Charles G. Koch [1935] Monica Van Duyn [1921-2004]
David H. Koch [1940] Charles H.Fort [1874-1932]
William I. Koch [1940] Jan De Hartog [1914-2002]
Peter Kuyper [c.1900-?] Hans Koning [1921-2007]
Frederick Meijer [1919-] Frederick Manfred [1912-1994]
Hendrik Meijer [1883-1964] Herman Melville [1819-1891
William B. Eerdmans [c.1880-1966 John W. De Peyster [1821-1907]
Wayne Huizenga [1937-] James Schuyler [1923-1991]
Edgar D. Prince [1931-1995] Glendon Swarthout [1918-1972]
Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877] John H. Updike [1932]
William Vanderbilt [1821-1885] Don G. Van Vliet [1941]
Gary Vermeer [c.1900-?] Peter De Vries [1910-1993]
Peter J. Zondervan [1909-1993] Janwillem Vande Wetering [1931-]
INVENTORS AND DEVELOPERS Walter Whitman [1819-1892]
Gilbert C. Van Camp, Sr. [c. 1830-?] STAGE AND SCREEN PERFORMERS
Thomas Edison [1847-1931] June Allyson [1917-]
Lee De Forest [1873-1961] Marlon Brando [1924-2004]
Anthony Fokker [1890-1939] Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957]
Willem J. Kolff [1911-] Dick van Dyke [1925-]
David G. Neeleman [1959 Henry Fonda [1905-1982]
Ray Noorda [1924-2006] Jane Fonda [1937-]
Alfred H. Peet [1920-2007] Peter Fonda [1940-]
John T. Scheepers [1878-1938] Betty Grable [1916-1973]
Hubert Shoemaker [1951-2006] Alex Van Halen [1953-]
ACADEMICS AND SCHOLARS Eddie van Halen [1955]
Robert T. Bakker [1945-] Audrey Hepburn [1929-1993]
Willian J. Bouwsma [1923-2004] Jessica Lange [1949-]
William Klaas Frankena [1908-1994] Bruce Springsteen [1949-]
Richard J. Mouw [c.1940] Mary Steenburgen [1953-]
Heiko A. Oberman [1930-2001] Meryl Streep [1949-]
Alvin C. Plantinga [1932-] Jane W. Wyatt [1910-2001]
Robert P. Swierenga [1935-] STAGE/ SCREEN DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS
Cornelius Van Til [1895-1987] Eastwood, Clint [1930]
Frans B.M. De Waal [1948-] Cecil B. DeMille [1881-1959]
Nicholas Wolterstorff [1932-] Paul Verhoeven [1938-]
NOBEL LAUREATES Darryl F. Zanuck [1902-1979]
Nicolaas Bloembergen [1920-] GRAPHIC ARTISTS
Peter Debye [1918-2000] Anthony B. Heinsbergen [1894-1981]
Tjalling Koopmans [1910-1985] Edward Hopper [1882-1967]
RESEARCH PHYSICISTS Willem de Kooning [1904-1997]
Samuel A. Goudsmit [1902-1978] Piet Mondrian [1872-1944]
Robert J. Van de Graaff [1901-1967] MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FIGURES
Abraham Pais [1918-2000] George H.Allen [1918 - 1990]
George E. Uhlenbeck [1900-1988] Bert Blyleven [1951-]
ASTRONAUTS Willem H. Van Breda Kolff [1922-2007]
Lodewijk van den Berg [1932-] Leonard K. Dykstra <Lenny> [1963]
James D. A. Van Hoften [1944] Arie Luyendyk [1953-]
David C. Leestma [1949] Mark Mulder [1977-]
Jack Robert Lousma [1936-] Joe Nieuwendyk [1966-]
ASTRONOMERS Rik Smits [1966-]
James van Allen [1914 - 2006] Michael Vanderjagt [1970-]
Bart J. Bok [1906-1983] Tiger Woods [1975-]
Dirk Brouwer [1902-1966] Stephen G. <Steve> Yzerman [1965
Gerard P. Kuiper [1905-1973] OTHER NOTABLES
Willem J. Luyten [1899-1994] Frederick Frank [1909-2006]
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PHILANTHPROPISTS Katrina Vanden Heuvel [1949]
William S. Hofstra [1861-1932] Sarah Rapalje [1620-1685]
Henry Rutgers [1745-1830] Erick H. Roelfzema [1917-2007]
Stephen Van Rensselaer [1765-1839] Benjamin Spock [1903-1998]
Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877] Gloria L. Vanderbilt [1924-]
  Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney [1875-1942]
  Ann M. Veneman [1949]
  Jan Vigne [1624-1689]