- Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R. and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement, as well as being the youngest President in United States history, at age 42. He served in many roles including Governor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war, … - Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. - Gerard Kuiper
Gerard Peter Kuiper, born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper (Dec 7 1905, Harenkarspel (Tuitjenhorn) - Dec 23 1973, Mexico City) was a Dutch American astronomer who became a naturalized citizen of the United States and lived most of his life in his new homeland. Kuiper, the son of a tailor in a rural village in North Holland, had an early interest in astronomy. He was blessed with an extraordinarily sharp eyesight, … - Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 - October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, … - Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11 1884 - November 7 1962) was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. - Martin van Buren
Martin Van Buren (December 5 1782 - July 24 1862), nicknamed "Old Kinderhook", was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency he served as the eighth Vice President (1833-1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, Welsh, or Scottish descent. - Janwillem van de Wetering
Janwillem van de Wetering (middle name: Lincoln), born 12 February 1931, is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He is particularly noted for his detective fiction., his most popular creations being Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories. The mysteries are rich with images from Amsterdam, where they take place; some also feature a cat named Oliver. - Rebecca Romijn
Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom furniture maker; her mother was American-born, of Dutch descent, and was an English teacher. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was the "Jolly Blond Giant". Then, she attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where she majored in Music, but left in 1995. Rebecca (in her own words): "I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz, really poor and restless to see the world. - Eddie Van Halen
Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being leader and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. - William Penn
William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Well ahead of his time, Penn wrote and urged for a Union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. - Alex van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen (born on May 8, 1953) is a drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, along with his brother Eddie Van Halen who plays lead guitar and keyboards. - David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus (born November 7, 1952) is a general in the United States Army and commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), the four-star post that oversees all U.S. forces in the country. He was confirmed to that position by the Senate in a vote of 81-0 on January 26 2007. He replaced General George Casey who was subsequently confirmed as Chief of Staff of the United States Army. - Edward Stratemeyer
Edward Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862-May 10, 1930). Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was an American publisher and writer of books for children. He wrote 150 books himself, and created the most famous of the series books for juveniles, including the "Rover Boys" (1899 and after), "Bobbsey Twins" (1904), "Tom Swift" (1910), "Hardy Boys" (1927), and "Nancy Drew" (1930) series, among others. - Charles Fort
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. (According to some sources he was born on 9 August.) Jerome Clark writes that Fort was "Essentially a satirist hugely skeptical of human beings' — especially scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge". (Clark 2000, 123) (see Pyrrhonism for a type of skepticism strongly reminiscent of Fort's). Clark describes Fort's writing style as a "distinctive blend of mocking humor, penetrating insight, … - Laura Ingalls
Laura Houghtaling Ingalls was a female pilot of the 1930s. - Anneliese van der Pol
Anneliese Louise van der Pol (born September 23 1984) is a Dutch-American actress and singer. After an early career in musical theatre, she was cast as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel Original Series "That's So Raven", a role that gained her renown among young audiences. Van der Pol also has a career as a singer, and has recorded several songs for Disney. - Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920) is a Dutch physicist. He received his Ph.D. from University of Leiden in 1948 and then became a professor at Harvard University. Bloembergen left The Netherlands in 1945, due to devastation of Europe from World War II, to pursue graduate studies at Harvard University. - Dick Devos
Dick DeVos (born Richard DeVos, Jr. October 21, 1955) is a businessman and Republican politician from Michigan. The son of billionaire Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, he served as CEO of the multi-level marketing consumer goods distribution company from 1993-2002. In 2005, DeVos launched the most expensive gubernational campaign in the history of Michigan, totaling more than $41 million dollars. - Peter Debye
Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije (March 24 1884 - November 2 1966) was a Dutch physical chemist. He later legally changed his name to Peter Joseph William Debye. - Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27 1794 - January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets "The Commodore" or "Commodore Vanderbilt", was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family. Vanderbilt was the fourth of nine children of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Phebe Hand, a family of modest means in Port Richmond on Staten Island in New York City. - James Longstreet
James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 - January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War, the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, but also with Gen. Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater. - Cornelius van Til
Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 - April 17, 1987), born in Grootegast, the Netherlands, was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist. - Pete Hoekstra
Peter "Pete" Hoekstra (born October 30, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. A Republican, Hoekstra has represented the Michigan's 2nd congressional district since taking office in 1993 following his win in the 1992 election. Born in Groningen in the Netherlands, Hoekstra emigrated to Holland, Michigan, USA, at the age of three with his family. - Adriaen van der Donck
Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (ca. 1618 - 1655) was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland after whose honorific "Jonkheer" the city of Yonkers, New York is named. In addition to being the first lawyer in the Dutch colony, he was a leader in the political life of New Amsterdam (modern New York City), and an activist for Dutch-style republican government in the Dutch West India Company-run trading post. Enchanted by his new homeland of New Netherland, … - Casper van Dien
Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. (born December 18 1968, in Milton, Florida or Ridgefield, New Jersey) is an American actor, best known for his role as Johnny Rico in "Starship Troopers" and most recently as bodyguard Andre in My Network TV's "Watch Over Me". - Wouter van Twiller
Wouter van Twiller (Nijkerk, May 22 1606 - 1654) was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the director-general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1633 until 1637. During that time he lived in New Amsterdam, the largest settlement in the colony, which later became New York City. During his term in office, Van Twiller purchased what is now Governors Island from a tribe of Indians. - Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is best known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson, who is also a well-known, Oscar-nominated actress. Her son, Oliver Hudson, is a television and film actor as well. - Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (born July 11, 1902 Den Haag, The Netherlands, died December 4, 1978 in Reno, Nevada) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck. He studied physics at the University of Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1927. After receiving his Phd, Goudsmit served as a Professor at the University of Michigan between 1927 and 1946. - Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. - Andreas Everardus Van Braam Houckgeest
Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (born 1 November 1739 in Werkhoven, died 8 July 1801 in Amsterdam) Dutch-American merchant who is mostly known for his participation in the last Dutch embassy to China under the tributary system. - Edward W. Bok
Edward William Bok, American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born on October 9, 1863, in Den Helder, The Netherlands. At the age of six, he immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, USA, and became an office boy with the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1876. In 1882, he began work with Henry Holt and Company, and then, in 1884, he became involved with Charles Scribner's Sons, where he eventually became advertising manager. - Wolfgang van Halen
Wolfgang William Van Halen (aka "Wolfie") (born March 16, 1991) is an American guitarist and bassist. He is the son of Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli, the nephew of Alex Van Halen, and the current bassist for Van Halen, replacing Michael Anthony in 2006. Despite non-participation in the band itself, Wolfgang has been a part of his father's vision for it for some time. The instrumental "316" was named in his honour, after Wolfgang's birthday. - Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (November 20, 1733-November 18, 1804) was a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler. - Richard Devos
Richard DeVos, Sr., (born March 4, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a billionaire co-founder of Amway (restructured as Alticor in 2000). In 2006, "Forbes" magazine listed him as the 73rd wealthiest person in the United States with an estimate net worth of USD$ 3.5 billion. In 2007, Forbes ranked him as the 249th richest person in the world. DeVos is a heart transplant recipient and is the owner of pro basketball's Orlando Magic. - Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller (born June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series "Prison Break". - Dirk Brouwer
Dirk Brouwer (Sep 1 1902, Rotterdam - Jan 31 1966, New Haven) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then went to Yale University. From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the "Astronomical Journal". He specialized in celestial mechanics and wrote the textbook "Methods of Celestial Mechanics". - Bertram van Munster
Bertram van Munster is a Dutch-American television producer. He co-created the reality television show "The Amazing Race" with his wife, Elise Doganieri. Previously, he was a field producer to the TV series COPS during its early years up to season nine. Van Munster was born and raised in the Netherlands and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. - Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale, California, USA) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. His musical work was mainly conducted with a rotating assembly of musicians called the Magic Band, which was active from the mid-1960s through to the early 1980s. Van Vliet was chiefly a singer and harmonica player, occasionally playing noisy, … - Nicholas J. Spykman
Nicholas John Spykman (b.1893 - d.1943) was a Dutch-American geostrategist, known as the "godfather of containment." As a political scientist he was one of the founders of the classical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought into the United States. A Sterling Professor of International Relations, teaching as part of the Institute for International Studies at Yale University, …
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