Subj : Dutch Notables
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Mon Jun 02 2025 09:25:28

This post is about famous people from the Netherlands.   Per wikitree.com. I am:

23 degrees from Vincent Willem van Gogh
28 degrees from Dick Bruna
15 degrees from Rom˙o Dallaire
25 degrees from M. C. Escher
26 degrees from Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker
26 degrees from Greetje Zelle
23 degrees from Gerard Adriaan Heineken
27 degrees from Wubbo Johannes Ockels
27 degrees from Maria Johanna Philipsen-Braun
28 degrees from Corrie ten Boom
19 degrees from Johannes Diderik van der Waals
20 degrees from Willem van Oranje Nassau

More about them:
Vincent van Gogh, Impressionist painter

Vincent van GoghDick Bruna, children's book author and illustrator known for "Miffy"

Rom˙o Dallaire, humanitarian

MC Escher, mathematically-inspired graphic artist

Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation pioneer and entrepreneur

Mata Hari, dancer, courtesan, and World War I spy

Gerard Heineken, founder of one the largest breweries in the world

Wubbo Ockels, astronaut

Maria Braun, Olympic swimmer

Corrie ten Boom, "Righteous Among Nations" World War II resistance fighter

Johannes van der Waals, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Prince William I van Oranje Nassau, leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish


I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, black, bank robbers,
boxers, comedians, detectives, singers and musicians, painters. physicians, politicians,
poets, popes, writers.  I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving 
me some basic information by going to:

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and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.

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