Dutch Americans
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.
This alphabetical index uses the Dutch approach. Names with van are sorted by the name following the van rather than grouping the "vans" together.
Showing 301-372 of 372 Results
Show All- John Hoyer Updike [1932-2009]
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh [1821-1888]
- John Vanbiesbrouck [1963]
- Alexander A. Vandegrift [1887-1973]
- Arthur Hendrik Vandenberg [1884-1951]
- Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Sr. [1899-1954]
- Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Jr. [1928]
- Richard F. Vander Veen [1922-2006]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877]
- Gloria Laura Vanderbilt [1924]
- William Henry Vanderbilt [1821-1885]
- Harold Stirling Vanderbilt [1884-1970]
- Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt [1880-1925]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt IV [1898-1974]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt III [1873-1942]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II [1843-1899]
- William Kissam Vanderbilt [1849-1920]
- Michael Vanderjagt [1970]
- John Vanderlyn [1776-1852]
- Pieter Vanderlyn [1687-1778]
- Dale K. Vankley [1941]
- Carl van Vechten [1880-1964]
- Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman [1931]
- Ann M. Veneman [1949]
- Paul Verhoeven [1938]
- Willem Verhulst []
- Gary Vermeer [1919-2009]
- Jan Vigne [1624-1689]
- Edward Burr van Vleck [1863-1943]
- John Hasbrouck van Vleck [1899-1980]
- John Monroe van Vleck [1833-1912]
- Captain Beefheart (Don Glen van Vliet) [1941-2010]
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees [1827-1897]
- Charles Stewart Voorhees [1853-1909]
- Foster McGowan Voorhees [1856-1927]
- Tracy Stebbins Voorhees [1890-1974]
- Ralph Whitaker Voorhees [1926-2013]
- David W. Voorhees [1947]
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis [1852-1927]
- Daniel Van Voorhis [1878-1956]
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis [1901-1984]
- Ralph Voorhees [1835-1907]
- Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes [1822-1888]
- Peter de Vries [1910-1993]
- Leo Vroman [1915-2014]
- Frans B. M. de Waal [1948]
- Loudon Wainwright III [1946]
- Barrett Wendell [1855-1921]
- Charles W. Wendell [1930-2015]
- Janwillem van de Wetering [1931-2008]
- Walter (Walt) Whitman [1819-1892]
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney [1875-1942]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney [1899-1992]
- Peter Godwin van Winkle [1808-1872]
- Simeon de Witt [1756-1834]
- James de Wolf [1764-1837]
- Nicholas Wolterstorff [1932]
- Tiger Woods [1975]
- Wright Brothers [Orville, 1871-1848; Wilbur 1867-1912]
- Jane W. Wyatt [1910-2006]
- Charles Henry van Wyck [1824-1895]
- William William Van Wyck [1777-1840]
- Stephen Gregory (Steve) Yzerman [1965]
- James E. van Zandt [1898-1986]
- John Townes van Zandt [1944-1997]
- Steven Van Zandt [1950]
- William (Billy) Van Zandt [1957]
- Darryl Frances Zanuck [1902-1979]
- Richard D. Zanuck [1934-2012]
- Dean Zanuck [1972]
- Bernard (Bernie) Zondervan [1910-1966]
- Peter John (Pat) Zondervan [1909-1993]
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