De Groot

De Groot

De Groot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌdəˈχʁoʊt]) is a surname of Dutch origin. It is sometimes Latinized as Grotius.

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Origin

It is composed of the adjective groot, from middle Dutch grote, meaning big or great, preceded by the definite article de, meaning the. It was originally a nickname for a tall person.

In 2007, there were 37,221 people in the Netherlands with this surname.[1]

Famous bearers

  • Adriaan de Groot (1914-2006), Dutch chess master and psychologist
  • Bob de Groot (born 1941), Belgian comic book writer
  • Boudewijn de Groot (born 1944), Dutch singer and songwriter
  • Cor de Groot (1914-1993), Dutch pianist and composer
  • Daan de Groot (1933-1982), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist
  • Dick de Groot (born 1920), Dutch painter and sculptor
  • Donny de Groot (b. 1979), Duch footballer
  • Francis de Groot (1888-1969), Irish Colonel who "upstaged" New South Wales Premier, Jack Lang
  • Frederik de Groot (born 1946), Dutch actor
  • Guillaume de Groot (1836 - 1922), Belgian sculptor
  • Hugo de Groot (aka Huig de Groot), a Dutch jurist and poet
  • Hugo de Groot (music) (1897-1986), a Dutch composer and conductor
  • Jan Jakob Maria de Groot (1854-1921), a Dutch Sinologist and historian of religion
  • Johannes de Groot (1914 -1972), Dutch Mathematician (topology)
  • Lucas de Groot (born 1963), a Dutch type designer
  • Myra De Groot (1937-1988), English-Australian actress
  • Nicholas de Groot (born 1975), Canadian cricketer
  • Petrus Hofstede de Groot (1802-1886), Dutch theologian
  • Robin De Groot, Canadian designer
  • Silvia De Groot (1918-2009), Dutch Surinamist
  • Sybren Ruurds De Groot (1916-1994), Dutch Theoretical Physicist
  • Roy Andries De Groot (1910-1983), British and American food writer

Games

  • In official lore surrounding the game Team Fortress 2, Tavish DeGroot is mentioned as the actual name of the Demoman character, an African-Scottish explosives expert. Team Fortress 2 also has a special medieval themed map called "Degroot Keep", which takes place at the castle of the Demoman's ancestors.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Groot, de

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