Willem

Willem is a Dutch and Low German variant of the masculine name Wilhelm.

  • 2.1 Short forms
  • 2.2 Surname
  • 3.1 nickname of railway lines

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Willem Barents (around 1550-1597 ), Dutch navigator and explorer
  • Willem Boerdam (1883-1966), a Dutch footballer
  • Willem Buytewech (1591/1592-1624), Dutch painter, draftsman and etcher
  • Willem Dafoe ( born 1955 ), American actor
  • Willem Frederik Donath (1889-1957), a Dutch physiologist and hygienist
  • Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Dutch physician
  • Willem Hesselink (1878-1973), a Dutch footballer
  • Willem Jansz aka " Willem Janssen " (around 1570-1630 ), Dutch seafarer, official discoverer of Australia
  • Willem Kolff (1911-2009), Dutch Internist
  • Willem Karel Mertens (1893-1945), Dutch physician and hygienist
  • Willem- Alexander ( born 1967), King of the Netherlands
  • Willem Schuth (born 1954 ), Dutch - German politician, MEP
  • Willem Slijkhuis (1923-2003), Dutch middle and long distance runners
  • Willem van de Velde the Elder ( ~ 1611-1689 ), Dutch painter
  • Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707), Dutch painter

Artist Name

  • Wilken F. Dincklage (1942-1994), German musician, radio presenter and actor
  • Bernard Willem Holtrop ( b. 1941 ), French-Dutch draftsman and caricaturist
  • Christophe Willem (actually Christophe Durier; b. 1983 ), French singer

Variants

Short forms

Family name

Others

  • " Willem De ", a theater in the Netherlands Papendrecht

Nickname from railway lines

  • Haller Willem from Osnabrück to Bielefeld
  • Zorger Willem of Ellrich to Zorge
  • Wallücker Willem, former narrow gauge railway in North Rhine -Westphalia
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