Vermeer (disambiguation)
Vermeer is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of Van der Meer, meaning "from the lake."[1] Vermeer usually refers to the Dutch genre painter Jan or Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675).
Other people with the surname Vermeer include:
- Al Vermeer (1911–1980), American cartoonist
- Anne Vermeer (born 1916), Dutch Labour Party politician and centenarian
- Arie Vermeer (1922–2013), Dutch football defender
- Hans Vermeer (1930–2010), German linguist and translation scholar
- Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder (1628–1691), Dutch landscape painter
- Jan Vermeer van Haarlem (II) (1656–1705), Dutch landscape painter and son of the former
- Jan Vermeer van Utrecht (1628–1691), Dutch painter who travelled to Italy
- Kenneth Vermeer (b. 1986), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Natasja Vermeer (born 1973), Dutch model and actress
- Vinnie Vermeer (born 1995), Dutch football midfielder
Vermeer could also refer to (unless otherwise noted, the following are named after Johannes Vermeer):
- 4928 Vermeer, a main belt asteroid
- Restaurant Vermeer, Michelin starred restaurant in the Netherlands
- Vermeer Company, manufacturer of agricultural machines founded by Gary Vermeer
- Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur
- Vermeer Quartet, Chicago-based string quartet
- Vermeer Technologies, software company from 1994 to 1996
- Vermeer (video game series), a series of strategy and business simulation video games
See also
- A Real Vermeer, a biographical film about art forger Han van Meegeren
- All the Vermeers in New York, a 1990 independent film
- Chasing Vermeer, a children's mystery novel
- Tim's Vermeer, a documentary film on attempts to duplicate Vermeer's painting techniques
- Vermeer's Hat, a book on the roots of world trade in the 17th century
- Writing to Vermeer, a 1999 opera by Louis Andriessen
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