Hendrik (given name)

The Dutch male given name Hendrik is a cognate of the English Henry. The spelling Hendrick was interchangeable until the 19th century. Birth names of people with this name can be Latinized to Henderikus, Hendricus, Hendrikus, or Henricus, while common nicknames for Hendrik are Han, Hein, Henk, Hennie, Henny, Henri, Henry, Rijk, and Rik. People with Hendrik or Hendrick as their first name include:

Academics

Arts

Business

Exploration

Military

Music

  • Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), Dutch composer and organist
  • Hendrik Herman Badings (1907–1987), Dutch composer
  • Hendrik Bouman (born 1951), Dutch harpsichordist, conductor and composer
  • Hendrik Bredeniers (c.1472–1522), Flemish organist and music teacher
  • Hendrik Hofmeyr (born 1957), South African composer
  • Hendrik Möbus (born 1976), German Neo Nazi and heavy metal musician
  • Hendrik Niehoff (1495–1561), Dutch pipe organ builder
  • Hendrik Sal-Saller (born 1966), Estonian rock singer and guitarist
  • Hendrik N.T. Simons (born 1955), Dutch singer
  • Hendrik Speuy (c.1575–1625), Dutch renaissance organist and composer
  • Hendrik Stedler (born 1968), German sound designer, audio engineer and song composer

Politics and government

  • Hendrik Becker (1661–1722), Dutch Governor of Ceylon
  • Hendrik Beernink (1910–1979), Dutch Minister of the Interior
  • Hendrick van Berckenrode (c.1565–1534), Dutch mayor of Haarlem portrayed by Frans Hals
  • Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947), Dutch Minister of Defence and the Interior
  • Hendrik Bogaert (born 1968), Flemish politician
  • Hendrik I of Brabant (1165–1235), Duke of Brabant and Lothier
  • Hendrik II van Brabant (1207–1248), Duke of Brabant and Lothier
  • Hendrick van Brederode (1531–1568), Dutch noble and early leader of the Dutch Revolt
  • Hendrik Brouwer (1581–1653), Dutch explorer, admiral, and Governor-General of the East Indies
  • Hendrik Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612–1640), Dutch stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
  • Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657–1696), Dutch stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen
  • Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999), Surinamese politician, President of Suriname 1980-82
  • Hendrik Colijn (1869–1944), Prime Minister of the Netherlands
  • Hendrik Cornelis (1910–1999), Belgian Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
  • Hendrik Daems (born 1959), Flemish politician
  • Hendrik de Man (1882–1953), Belgian Labour Party politician
  • Hendrik Doeff (1764–1837), Dutch diplomat in Japan
  • Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker (1857–1917), Dutch liberal politician
  • Hendrik Jan van Duren (1937–2008), Dutch politician
  • Hendrik Elias (1902–1973), Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist
  • Hendrik Fernandez (1932–2014), Indonesian Governor of West Timor
  • Hendrick Fisher (1697–1779), New Jersey colonial politician
  • Hendrick V. Fisher (1846-1909), American politician
  • Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917), Dutch Minister of the Interior
  • Hendrik Johannes Grashoff (born 1961), Dutch politician and civil engineer
  • Hendrik of Guelders (1117–1182), Count of Guelders
  • Hendrik Antonie Lodewijk Hamelberg (1826–1896), Dutch lawyer and politician in South Africa
  • Hendrick Hansen (1665–1724), 5th Mayor of Albany, New York
  • Hendrik ten Hoeve (born 1946), Dutch Senate member
  • Hendrik Jan Hofstra (1904–1999), Dutch Labour Party politician
  • Hendrik Hoppenstedt (born 1972), German politician
  • Hendrick Hendricksen Kip (1600–1685), Dutch colonial magistrate in New Netherland
  • Hendrik Koekoek (1912–1987), Dutch farmer and politician
  • Hendrik Elle Koning (1933–2016), Dutch tax official and politician
  • Hendrik Menso (1791–1872), Dutch conservative politician
  • Hendrik Mentz (1877–1938), South African Minister of Defence
  • Hendrik Mulderije (1888–1970), Dutch Minister of Justice
  • Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller (1859–1941), Dutch businessman, diplomat, explorer, publicist, and philanthropist
  • Hendrik of the Netherlands (1876–1934), Prince consort of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Wilhelmina
  • Hendrick Vaal Neto (born 1944), Angolan diplomat
  • Hendrik H.J. Ngantung (1921–1991), Indonesian painter and Governor of Jakarta
  • Hendrik van der Noot (1731–1827), Brabant jurist, lawyer, politician and revolutionary
  • Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau (1820–1879), Prince of the Netherlands, son of King William II
  • Hendrick Petrusma (born 1942), Dutch-born Australian politician
  • Hendrik Potgieter (1792–1852), South African Voortrekker leader
  • Hendrik van Rheede (1636–1691), Dutch colonial governor and botanist
  • Hendrik Jan Roethof (1921–1996), Dutch journalist and politician
  • Hendrik van Rossum (1919–2017), Dutch politician
  • Hendrick Schmidt (born 1963), South African politician
  • Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917), Dutch Governor-General of Suriname
  • Hendrik Swellengrebel (1700–1760), Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony
  • Hendrick Tejonihokarawa (c.1660–c.1735), Mohawk leader, one of the "Four Mohawk Kings"
  • Hendrick Theyanoguin (1692–1755), Mohawk leader associated with Sir William Johnson
  • Hendrik Tilanus (1884–1966), Dutch Christian politician
  • Hendrik Tonneboeijer (1814–1837), Dutch Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast
  • Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), Prime Minister of South Africa and designer of the apartheid policy, one of the principal commanders of Rhodesian Bush War
  • Hendrik J.H. Vonhoff (1931–2010), Dutch state secretary, mayor and Queens commissioner
  • Hendrik Vos (1903–1972), Dutch Labour Party politician
  • Hendrik Vroom (1850–1902), Gold Coast mulatto government official
  • Hendrik Samuel Witbooi (1906–1978), Namibian Orlam leader
  • Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009), Namibian Khoikhoi leader and politician
  • Hendrik Witbooi (c.1830–1905), Namibian Khoikhoi leader
  • Hendrick Bradley Wright (1808–1881), U.S. House of Representatives member from Pennsylvania
  • Hendrik Jan Zeevalking (1922–2005), Dutch Minister of Transport and Water Management
  • Hendrick Zwaardecroon (1667–1728), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Religion

Sports

Writing

Other

  • Hendrik Geeraert (1863–1925), Belgian skipper and World War I folk hero
  • Hendrik Goosen (1904–1990), South African fishing captain, discoverer of the coelacanth
  • Hendrick van Hoven (died 1699), Dutch pirate
  • Hendrik Hubertsen (1560s – 1627), Dutch shipbuilder working in Sweden
  • Hendrik Jut (1851–1878), Dutch murderer
  • Hendrik Koot (1898–1941), Dutch collaborator during World War II
  • Hendrick Lucifer (1583–1627), Dutch pirate
  • Hendrik van Nassau d'Averquerque (1673–1754), Dutch-born British peer and courtier
  • Hendrik Spoorbek (?–1845), German-born South African seer, healer and magician
  • Hendrik van den Bergh (1914–1997), South African founder of the Bureau of State Security
  • Hendrik Verhoeff (c.1645–1710), Dutch silversmith and assassin
  • Hendrik Otto Westbroek (born 1952), Dutch radiohost, singer-songwriter, and political activist

Fiction

  • Hendrik van der Decken, Mythical Captain of the Flying Dutchman

See also

  • Articles that start with Hendrik
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