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.
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 351-372 of 372 Results
- 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]