Blaauw
Blaauw (Dutch pronunciation: [blʌu]) is a Dutch surname. It is an archaic spelling of modern Dutch blauw, meaning blue. This may have referred to the pale skin, the eyes, or the clothes of the original bearer of the name or the surname may be metonymic, e.g. referring to a dyer or someone who produced bluing in a mill. People with this name include:
Persons with the surname Blaauw include:
William Henry Blaauw (1793–1870), English antiquarian and historian
Jacob Blauw (1759-1829), a lawyer, politician and diplomat
Henriëtte Blaauw (1875-1949), a writer
Cornelis Blaauw (1885-1947), an architect
Siegfried Blaauw (1889-1942), a music teacher and pianist
Jacobus Roelof Blaauw (1911-1961), an engineer and business manager
Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010), Dutch astronomer
2145 Blaauw, his namesake asteroid
Harm Engbert Blaauw (1918-1945), a resistance fighter
Harry Blaauw (1923-1943), Dutch merchant navy engineer
Gerrit Blaauw (1924–2018), Dutch computer engineer and designer
Jan Blaauw (1928-2020), a policeman and publicist
Joop de Blaauw (1941), a sculptor
Jan Dirk Blaauw (1941-2020), a politician
Gjalt Blaauw (1945), an artist
Alexandra Blaauw (1962), an actress and producer
Marco Blaauw (b. 1965), Dutch trumpet player
David Theodore Blaauw (born c.1965), American engineer
Ron Blaauw (chef) (b. 1967), Dutch head chef at an eponymic restaurant and TV-personality
Connie Blaauw (1970), director & founding partner of Bureau Blaauw
Marieke Blaauw (b. 1971), Dutch animator
Arjan Blaauw (1974), a former footballer
Maarten Blaauw (1974-1999), a comedian and writer
Wicus Blaauw (b. 1986), South African rugby player
Jacques Blaauw (1986), a South African golf professional
Edo Blaauw (1987), a comedian
Reinder Berend Blaauw (1994), a politician
Ivar Jens Harald Blaauw (1994), Music producer and Marketing & Communications advisor
Erik Blaauw (1997), a handball player
Fianca Blaauw (1997), singer and make-up artist
Niko Blaauw (2002), a handball player
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