Christiaan
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Christiaan is a Dutch given name
and may refer to:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and may refer to:
- Christiaan BakkesChristiaan BakkesChristiaan Mathys Bakkes is a noted South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of C. Johan Bakkes....
, South African writer - Christiaan BarnardChristiaan BarnardChristiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.- Early life :...
, South African surgeon - Christiaan Boers, a Dutch resistance fighter
- Christiaan CornelissenChristiaan CornelissenChristiaan Gerardus Cornelissen was a Dutch syndicalist writer, economist, and trade unionist.Cornelissen was the second of five children of Johannes Cornelissen, carpenter in Den Bosch, Noord Brabant, and Mechelina van Wijk. He became a primary school teacher in Middelburg, Zeeland...
, a Dutch syndicalist - Christiaan EijkmanChristiaan EijkmanChristiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of vitamins...
, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist
- Christiaan KuyvenhovenChristiaan KuyvenhovenChristiaan Kuyvenhoven is a Dutch pianist.In April 2005 Kuyvenhoven won Third Prize at the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, which took place in Utrecht for the seventh time. By winning the prize, Kuyvenhoven became the first Dutch pianist in sixteen years to win a prize at...
(born 1985), Dutch pianist. - Christiaan du ToitChristiaan du ToitLieutenant-General Christiaan Ludolph de Wet du Toit DSO was a South African military commander...
, a South African commander - Christiaan de WetChristiaan De WetChristiaan Rudolf de Wet was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician.He was born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State...
, a Boer general - Christiaan De WildeChristiaan De WildeChristiaan De Wilde is a Belgian businessman, and he is at present the Chief Executive Officer of the Belgian biotech company Innogenetics.-Education:...
, a Belgian businessman