De Groot
Origin
De Groot (Dutch pronunciation: /ˌdəˈχʁoʊt/) is a surname of Dutch origin that means the big or the great. It was originally a nickname for a tall person and comes from middle Dutch grote, meaning big or great, preceded by the definite article de, meaning the.
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
- Daan de Groot (1933-1982), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist
- Dick de Groot (born 1920), Dutch painter and sculptor
- Francis de Groot (1888-1969), Irish Colonel who "upstaged" New South Wales Premier, Jack Lang
- Frederik de Groot (born 1946), Dutch actor
- Hugo de Groot (aka Huig de Groot), a Dutch jurist and poet
- Hugo de Groot (music) (1897-1986), a Dutch composer and conductor
- Lucas de Groot (born 1963), a Dutch type designer
- Myra De Groot (1937-1988), English-Australian actress
- Nicholas de Groot (born 1975), Canadian cricket player
- 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
- Donny de Groot, Dutch football player for Newcastle Jets
See also
References
This page lists people with the surname De Groot, De Grooth, Degroot.
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