Willem

Willem is a Dutch given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Wilhelm in German and Vilhelm in Danish.

People

• Willem I, Willem II and Willem III, Kings of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Willem of the Netherlands, eldest son of King Willem III
• Christophe Willem, contemporary French singer nicknamed 'The Turtle' (La Tortue)
• Willem Adelaar, Dutch linguist
• Willem Barents, Dutch navigator and explorer
• Willem Brouwer, Dutch football (soccer) player
• Willem de Kooning, Abstract expressionist painter
• Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer
• Jean-Pierre Willem, founder of Medecins Aux Pieds Nus translatable as Barefoot Doctors
• William "Willem" Dafoe, American actor
• Willem Janszoon, Dutch navigator and colonial governor
• Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, Heir apparent to the Dutch throne
• Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney
• Willem Kes, Dutch conductor and violinist
• Willem Drees, Dutch politician
• Bernhard Willem Holtrop, aka Willem French-Dutch cartoonist. (Willem on French Wikipedia, Willem on Dutch Wikipedia)

Things

• Prins Willem, a ship built in 1649.
• Willem Eprom Programmer (electronics tool) [1]