Dutch Americans
Index by Alphabet
When Dr. Carl Pegels retired as a management professor, he turned his research to prominent Dutch-Americans. His profiles now number around 300. The New Netherland Institute is grateful to Professor Pegels for providing these biographies. In appreciation, NNI awarded him the Alice P. Kenney Memorial Award in 2009.
Get Dr. Pegels' books: Prominent Dutch-American Entrepreneurs (paperback); Dutch-American Achievers: Arts, Sciences and Sports (for Kindle); Dutch-American Achievers: Government, Military, History and Phlisophy (for Kindle).
Please refer questions and comments to Professor Pegels directly.
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- David Birkhoff [1884-1944]
- William J. Bouwsma [1923-2004]
- William Klaas Frankena [1908-1994]
- Roger W. Heyns [1918-1995]
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. [1809-1894]
- Hendrik Samuel Houthakker [1924-2008]
- Richard John Mouw [1940]
- Heiko Augustinus Oberman [1930-2001]
- C. Carl Pegels [1933]
- Alvin C. Plantinga [1937]
- Cornelius Plantinga [1947]
- Robert P. Swierenga [1935]
- Cornelius van Til [1895-1987]
- Dale K. Vankley [1941]
- Edward Burr van Vleck [1863-1943]
- John Monroe van Vleck [1833-1912]
- Frans B. M. de Waal [1948]
- Nicholas Wolterstorff [1932]
- Arnold John Ferdinand (A.J.F.) Van Laer [1869-1955]
- Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen [1691-1747]
- Barrett Wendell [1855-1921]
- Leon Plantinga [1936]
- Erik Barnouw [1908-2001]
- Ivo H. Daalder [1960]
- Charles W. Wendell [1930-2015]
- David W. Voorhees [1947]
- Saskia Sassen [1947]
Arts and Letters
- Van Wyck Brooks [1886-1963]
- Ted Dekker [1962]
- Carl Clinton van Doren [1885-1950]
- Mark van Doren [1894-1972]
- Mona van Duyn [1921-2004]
- Charles Hoyt Fort [1874-1932]
- Bret Harte [1836-1902]
- Jan de Hartog [1914-2002]
- Meindert De Jong [1906-1991]
- Hans Koning [1921-2007]
- Hendrik Willem van Loon [1882-1944]
- Frederick Manfred [1912-1994]
- Herman Melville [1819-1891]
- John Watts de Peyster [1821-1907]
- James Marcus Schuyler [1923-1991]
- Peter Spier [1927]
- Glendon Swarthout [1918-1992]
- John Hoyer Updike [1932-2009]
- Captain Beefheart (Don Glen van Vliet) [1941-2010]
- Peter de Vries [1910-1993]
- Janwillem van de Wetering [1931-2008]
- Walter (Walt) Whitman [1819-1892]
- Leo Vroman [1915-2014]
Astronaut
- Lodewijk van den Berg [1932]
- James Douglas Adrianus van Hoften [1944]
- David Cornell Leestma [1949]
- Jack Robert Lousma [1936]
- Shannon Lucid [1943]
Astronomer
- James van Allen [1914-2006]
- Bart Jan Bok [1906-1983]
- Dirk Brouwer [1902-1966]
- Anton (Tom) Gehrels [1925-2011]
- Gerard Peter Kuiper [1905-1973]
- Willem Jacob Luyten [1899-1994]
- Maarten Schmidt [1929]
College and University Philanthropist
- William F. Hofstra [1861-1932]
- Stephen van Rensselaer III [1765-1839]
- Henry Rutgers [1745-1830]
- Ralph Voorhees [1835-1907]
- Ralph Whitaker Voorhees [1926-2013]
Director of New Netherland
- Peter Minuit [1580-1638]
- Willem Kieft [1597-1647]
- Cornelius Jacobsen Mey []
- Wouter van Twiller [1580-1646]
- Willem Verhulst []
Early Founder/Historic Leader
- Theodore J. van den Broek [1783-1851]
- DeWitt Clinton [1769-1828]
- Jacobus van Cortlandt [1658-1739]
- Philip van Cortlandt [1749-1831]
- Pierre van Cortlandt [1721-1814]
- Stephanus van Cortlandt [1643-1700]
- Willis van Devanter [1859-1941]
- Adriaen van der Donck [1620-1655]
- Peter Gansevoort [1749-1812]
- John Jay [1745-1829]
- John Lansing, Jr. [1754-1829]
- Philip Livingston [1716-1778]
- William Livingston [1723-1790]
- Gouverneur Morris [1752-1816]
- Lewis Morris [1726-1798]
- John Peter van Ness [1770-1846]
- Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer [1645-1688]
- Pieter Schuyler [1657-1724]
- Peter Stuyvesant [1610-1672]
Graphic Artist
- Anthony B. Heinsbergen [1894-1981]
- Edward Hopper [1882-1967]
- Willem de Kooning [1904-1997]
- Piet Mondrian [1872-1944]
- John Vanderlyn [1776-1852]
- Pieter Vanderlyn [1687-1778]
- Carl van Vechten [1880-1964]
- Emilie Boon [1959]
- Johan Hagemeyer [1884-1962]
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