De Graaf
De Graaf (IPA: [də ˈɣraːf]) is a Dutch occupational surname. With over 21,000 people, it was the 24th most common name in the Netherlands in 2007.[1][2] In modern Dutch de graaf means the count, but in the past it also referred to the head of the municipal council called schepen.[3] A common variant form is De Graaff, with 4632 people in 2007.[4] In Belgium, the form De Graef is most common, with 1017 people in 2018.[5] People with the surname include:
- Aad de Graaf (1939–1995), Dutch track cyclist
- Aileen de Graaf (born 1990), Dutch darts player
- Anne de Graaf (born 1959), American-born Dutch children's writer, journalist and translator
- Annelotte de Graaf (born 1988), Dutch pop singer-songwriter known as "Amber Arcades"
- Arie de Graaf (born 1947), Dutch PvdA politician
- Beatrice de Graaf (born 1975), Dutch historian and terrorism expert
- Door de Graaf (1920-2011), British-Dutch resistance member and translator who worked for the Special Operations Executive, later a campaigner for mental health support in the Netherlands.
- Edwin de Graaf (born 1980), Dutch footballer
- Elles de Graaf [de; ru] (born 1975), Dutch trance-singer
- Esmee de Graaf (born 1997), Dutch football forward
- Fred de Graaf (born 1950), Dutch VVD politician
- H. J. de Graaf (1899–1984), Dutch historian of Java
- Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), Dutch novelist
- Isaak de Graaf (1668–1743), Dutch map maker
- Ivar de Graaf (born 1973), Dutch drummer
- Jaan de Graaf [fr; nl] (born 1955), Dutch footballer
- Jeffrey de Graaf (born 1990), Dutch born Swedish darts player
- Laurens de Graaf (c.1653–1704), Dutch pirate, mercenary, and naval officer
- Lawrence B. de Graaf (born 1932), American historian
- Louw de Graaf (1930–2020), Dutch CDA politician
- Machiel de Graaf (born 1950), Dutch politician and physical therapist
- Nan Dirk de Graaf (born 1958), Dutch sociologist
- Peter DeGraaf (born 1957), American (Kansas) politician
- Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673), Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered Graafian follicles and G-spot
- Reinier de Graaf (born 1964), Dutch architect
- Thom de Graaf (born 1957), Dutch jurist and D66 politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Willem de Graaf (born c.1951), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer
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- Bart de Graaff (1967–2002), Dutch television presenter, comedian and creator
- Christian de Graaff (born 1950s), Botswana Minister of Agriculture
- Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008), Dutch politician
- Gerrit de Graaff (1931–1996), South African zoologist after whom the De Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse is named
- James de Graaff-Hunter (1881–1967), British-born geodesist
- Jan de Graaff (1943–2014), Dutch television journalist
- Johannes de Graaff (1729–1813), Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius; first to salute an American ship
- Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff (born 1946), Dutch rower
- Marcel de Graaff (born 1962), Dutch politician
- Rein de Graaff [de; nl] (born 1942), Dutch jazz pianist
- Sander de Graaf (born 1995), Dutch rower
- Simon de Graaff (1861–1953), Dutch Minister of Colonies 1919–1925
- Suzanna Catharina de Graaff (1905–1968), Dutch Romanov impostor
- Willem de Graaff (1923–2004), Dutch astronomer after whom the asteroid 10964 Degraaff is named
- Wim de Graaff (1931–2021), Dutch speed skater
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- David DeGraaf (born 1971), American Handball player
- Ken DeGraaf, American politician from Colorado
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- Geoffrey DeGraff (born 1949), birth name of American Buddhist monk Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
References
See also
- De Graaf (restaurant), former Dutch Michelin starred restaurant
- De Graaff Brothers, Dutch horticultural family company founded in 1723
- De Graeff, old Dutch patrician family
- De Greef, surname of the same origin
- Van de Graaf (surname) or Van de Graaff, Duch toponymic surname
Surname list
This page lists people with the surname De Graaf. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
