Teun

Teun is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a short form of Teunis, itself a derivative of Antonius (Anthony). As a birth name it has risen in popularity since the 1980s.[1] People with the name include:

  • Teun Beijnen (1899–1949), Dutch rower, Olympic competitor in 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
  • Teun Buijs (born 1960), Dutch volleyball player
  • Teun van Dijck (born 1963), Dutch politician and former management consultant, restaurateur and civil servant
  • Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), scholar in text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Teun Draaisma (born ca. 1970), Dutch banker
  • Teun Eikelboom (born 1940), Dutch composer, musician and writer known by the pseudonym Tonny Eyk
  • Teun Hocks (born 1947), Dutch photographer
  • Teun Horstman (1927–2014), Dutch Old Catholic bishop
  • Teun Jacob (1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Rotterdam
  • Teun van de Keuken (born 1971), Dutch television and radio producer
  • Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch economist, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Teun Koolhaas (1940–2007), Dutch architect and urban planner
  • Teun Luijkx (born 1986), Dutch actor
  • Teun Mulder (born 1981), Dutch track cyclist
  • Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), field hockey player from the Netherlands who twice became Olympic champion
  • Teun Sprong (1889–1971), Dutch long-distance runner
  • Teun Struycken (1906–1977), Dutch politician and a member of the Catholic People's Party
  • Teun Tolman (1924–2007), Dutch politician
  • Teun van Vliet (born 1962), retired Dutch road bicycle racer
  • Teun Voeten (born 1961), international photojournalist specializing in war and conflicts
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See also

  • Teun Island in the Barat Daya Islands, a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia
  • Teun language or Te'un language (Teun), an Austronesian language originally spoken on Teun Island in Maluku, Indonesia
  • Little Tony (film) (Dutch: Kleine Teun), a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama

References

  1. ↑ Teun at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands.
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