• Look up Adrianus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adrianus is a Latin form of the name Adrian. It is popular in the Low countries, where Latinized...
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    Adrian (redirect from Adrian (given name))
    Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian...
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    Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794–1845), German industrialist Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (born 1954), Dutch orchidologist, botanical writer and...
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    Adrianus Johannes Simonis (26 November 1931 – 2 September 2020) was a Dutch cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983...
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  • Dutch-born Belgian composer and pianist Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1807–1868), Dutch landscape painter Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (II) (1873–1944), Dutch landscape...
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  • South African Republic Piet Keizer (1943–2017), Dutch footballer Petrus Adrianus Kerstens (1896–1958), Dutch minister of Economic Affairs Petrus Canisius...
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  • Arie (category Given names)
    Arie is a masculine given name. As a Dutch name, Arie (pronounced [ˈaːri] ) is generally a short form of Adrianus, but sometimes also of Arend or Arent...
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  • Ad is a first name. It is common in the Netherlands, where it is almost always short for Adrianus or Adriaan. In America it can be short for Adolph, Adam...
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  • (1916–2000), Dutch comedian, singer and writer Toon Oprinsen, Antonius Adrianus Henricus Oprinsen (1910–1945), Dutch football midfielder Toon Pastor, Antonius...
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  • Adri (category Given names)
    Dutch retired cyclist Adrián Adri Embarba (born 1992), Spanish footballer Adrianus Adri van Es (1913–1994), Dutch vice admiral Adrian Adri Geldenhuys (born...
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  • Frans Cornelis Adrianus van Anraat (born 9 August 1942) is a Dutch war criminal and a businessman. He sold raw materials for the production of chemical...
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  • Aad (category Given names)
    Aad is a Dutch short version of the given name Adrianus/Adriaan. It is also a less common Norwegian given name. Aad Andriessen (1960–2021), Dutch footballer...
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  • Franciscus (category Given names)
    Franciscus is a Latin given name, originally an epithet meaning "the Frank, the Frenchman". It was applied to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226). Francis...
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    Pope Adrian V (redirect from Adrianus V)
    Pope Adrian V (Latin: Adrianus V; c. 1210/1220 – 18 August 1276), born Ottobuono de' Fieschi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...
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  • Dionysius (category Given names)
    Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou (born 1975), Greek lawyer and politician Dionysius Adrianus Petrus Norbertus Koolen, 1871-1945, Dutch politician Dionysis Diakos, Greek...
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  • Maurits (category Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists)
    Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1968) Maurits, pseudonym of Paulus Adrianus Daum (1850–1898), Dutch author Maurits Allessie (born 1945), Dutch physiologist...
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  • Arjen (category Given names)
    Arjan) is a given name, a variant of the Dutch/Finnish name Adrian. Arjen (sometimes also Ariën) is derived from the Latin name Adrianus, meaning "native...
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  • Purnomo (category Given names)
    both an Indonesian surname and an Indonesian given name. Notable people with the surname include: Adrianus Purnomo (born 2000), Indonesian football player...
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    Adriaan van den Spiegel (or Spieghel), name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius (1578 – 7 April 1625), was a Flemish anatomist born in Brussels. For...
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  • Pope Adrian I (redirect from Adrianus I)
    take all of Italy. He invaded the Duchy of the Pentapolis which had been given to the papacy in 756 by Charlemagne's father. Desiderius's support of the...
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  • Romanus (category Place name disambiguation pages)
    hellenized as Romanos (Ῥωμανός) was a Roman cognomen and may refer to: Adrianus Romanus, Flemish mathematician (1561–1615) Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian...
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    a more faithful transliteration of the original Akkadian name. The Assyriologist Adrianus van Selms suggested in 1974 that the variant with an "n" rather...
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    Pope Adrian IV (redirect from Adrianus IV)
    Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); c. 1100 – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church...
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    sudden, the whole Sistine Chapel was filled with smoke", according to Adrianus Johannes Simonis. Christoph Schönborn joked: "Fortunately, there were no...
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  • sometimes also Konig. Notable people with the name include: Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician Adrianus König (1867–1944), Dutch politician Aislinn...
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  • Adrian is a surname derived from the Latin personal name Adrianus. Notable people with the surname include: Barbara Adrian (1931–2014), American artist...
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    (2006). "We Gather Together" (1597), a hymn of Dutch origin written by Adrianus Valerius. "We Plough the Fields and Scatter" (1782), a hymn of German origin...
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    du XVIIe siècle): "In the times of Henri the fourth, a Dutchman called Adrianus Romanus, a learned mathematician, but not so good as he believed, published...
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    here and elsewhere, preference is given to professions more relevant to natural science. Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible. Cullen...
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    also known as Melisianus; his name was Adrianos"). Possibly as a reward for his service, in August 1084 Adrianos was given the proceeds of the entire Kassandra...
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