Adriaan

Adriaan is the Dutch and Afrikaans spelling of the given name Adrian. Before the 19th century the spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably.

Artists

 * Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), Dutch portrait painter
 * Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker (1618–1709), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Adriaen de Bie (1593–1668), Flemish painter
 * Adriaan Bloemaert (c. 1609 – 1666), Dutch painter
 * Adriaen van Bloemen (1639 – c. 1679), Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman and engraver
 * Adriaan Bonsel (1918–2011), Dutch composer
 * Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish genre painter
 * Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter
 * Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733), Dutch painter
 * Adriaen van der Cabel (1631–1705), Dutch painter of the Dutch school
 * Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher
 * Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560 – 1618), Flemish designer and engraver
 * Adriaen Coorte (c. 1665 – 1707+), Dutch still life painter
 * Adriaen Pietersz Crabeth (1510–1553), Dutch Renaissance glass painter
 * Adriaen van Cronenburg (c. 1525 – 1604+), Dutch portrait painter
 * Adriaen van Diest (1655–1704), Dutch painter
 * Adriaan Dortsman (1635–1682), Dutch architect
 * Adriaen van Eemont (1626–1662), Dutch still life and landscape painter
 * Adriaen Foly (1664–1701), Danish painter
 * Adriaen van Gaesbeeck (1621–1650), Dutch genre painter
 * Adriaan Geuze (born 1960), Dutch landscape architect
 * Adriaen de Grijef (1657–1722), Dutch painter
 * Adriaen Hanneman (1603–1671), Dutch portrait painter
 * Adriaan Jozef Heymans (1839–1921), Belgian impressionist landscape painter
 * Adriaen Honich (1643 – c. 1684), Dutch landscape painter
 * Adriaen Isenbrandt (c.1485–1551), Flemish Northern Renaissance painter
 * Adriaen Thomasz Key (c. 1544 – c. 1599), Flemish portrait painter
 * Adriaen Jansz Kraen (1619–1679), Dutch still life painter
 * Adriaan de Lelie (1755–1820), Dutch painter
 * Adriaen Cornelisz van Linschoten (1590–1677), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Adriaen Matham (1590–1660), Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and art dealer
 * Adriaen van Nieulandt (1587–1658), Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver
 * Adriaen van Oolen (c. 1650 – 1709), Dutch bird, landscape and still life painter
 * Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685), Dutch genre painter
 * Adriaen Oudendijck (1677–1704), Dutch landscape painter
 * Adriaen van Salm (c. 1660 – 1720), Dutch marine draftsman and painter
 * Adriaen van der Spelt (c. 1630 – 1673), Dutch Golden Age flower painter
 * Adriaan van Stalbemt (1580–1662), Flemish Baroque painter
 * Adriaen van Utrecht (1599–1652), Flemish Baroque still life painter
 * Adriaen Valerius (c. 1575 – 1625), Dutch poet and composer
 * Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672), Dutch animal and landscape painter
 * Adriaen van de Venne (1589–1662), Dutch painter, miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires
 * Adriaen Hendriksz Verboom (1627–1673), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
 * Adriaan Verbuch (fl. 1600), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Adriaen Verdoel (c. 1620 – 1675), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Adriaen de Vries (c. 1556 – 1626), Dutch Northern Mannerist sculptor
 * Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije (c. 1570 – 1643), Dutch glass painter
 * Adriaen de Weever (c. 1510 – c. 1590), Flemish Renaissance painter
 * Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722), accomplished Dutch painter
 * Adriaan Willaert (c. 1490 – 1562), Flemish composer

Scholars and scientists

 * Adriaan Adriaanszoon (1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer
 * Adriaan Anthonisz (1541–1620), Durtch mathematician and engineer, mayor of Alkmaar, father of above
 * Adriaan van Baarland (1486–1538), Dutch historian
 * Adriaan Bax (born 1956), Dutch molecular biophysicist
 * Adriaan Blaauw (1814–2000), Dutch astronomer
 * Adriaan Gilles Camper (1759–1820), Dutch mathematics and physicist
 * Adriaan Fokker (1887–1972), Dutch physicist and musician
 * Adriaan de Groot (1914–2006), Dutch chess master and psychologist
 * Adriaan de Groot (born 1973), Dutch computer programmer
 * Adriaan Heereboord (1613–1661), Dutch philosopher and logician
 * Adriaen de Jonghe (1511–1575), Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, etc.
 * Adriaan Kluit (1735–1807), Dutch linguist
 * Adriaan Koerbagh (1633–1669), Dutch scholar and writer
 * Adriaan Kortlandt (1918–2009), Dutch ethologist
 * Adriaan van Maanen (1884–1946), Dutch–American astronomer
 * Adriaan Metius (1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer
 * Adriaan Isebree Moens (1846–1891), Dutch physician and physiologist
 * Adriaan Nicolaas Petrus Pelzer (1915–1981), South African Afrikaans academic, historian and author
 * Adriaan Hendrik Johan Prins (1921–2000), Dutch Africanist and maritime anthropologist
 * Adriaan Reland (1676–1718), Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist
 * Adriaan van Roomen (1561–1615), Flemish mathematician
 * Adriaan Joseph van Rossem (1892–1949), American ornithologist
 * Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779), Dutch botanist
 * Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578–1625), Flemish anatomist
 * Adriaen Verwer (c. 1655 – 1717), Dutch Mennonite merchant, scholar, philosopher and linguist
 * Adriaan Vlacq (1600–1667), Dutch book publisher and author of mathematical tables
 * Adriaan Wesselink (1909–1995), Dutch astronomer
 * Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1916–1987), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist
 * Adriaan van der Willigen Pz. (1810–1876), Dutch doctor and historian
 * Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen (1913–2003), Dutch mathematician

Sportspeople

 * Adriaan Botha (sprinter) (born 1977), South African sprinter
 * Adriaan Carelse (born 1995), South African rugby player
 * Adriaan Engelbrecht (born 1990), South African rugby player
 * Adriaan Fondse (born 1983), South African rugby player
 * Adriaan Katte (1900–1991), Dutch field hockey player
 * Adriaan Koonings (1895–1963), Dutch footballer
 * Adriaan Paulen (1902–1985), Dutch athlete and president of the IAAF
 * Adriaan Richter (born 1966), South African rugby player
 * Adriaan Strauss (born 1985), South African rugby player

Statesmen, religious leaders and military leaders

 * Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral
 * Adriaen Maertensz Block (1582–1661), successively captain, commander, and governor of the Ambon Island
 * Adriaan Boeyens (1459–1523), Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
 * Adriaan Dijxhoorn (1889–1953), Dutch Minister of Defence during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940
 * Adriaan Engelvaart (1812–1893), Dutch military commander and politician
 * Adriaan van Flodroff (died 1690), Dutch Major General of cavalry
 * Adriaan Florensz (1459–1523), Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
 * Adriaan van der Meyden (fl. 1653–63), Dutch Governor of Ceylon
 * Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653), Grand Pensionary of Holland
 * Adriaan van der Stel (died 1646), Dutch governor of Mauritius
 * Adriaan Valckenier (1695–1751), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741
 * Adriaan Vlok (1937–2023), South African politician

Writers, actors, film directors

 * Adriaan van Dis (born 1946), Dutch author
 * Adriaan Ditvoorst (1940–1987), Dutch film director and screenwriter
 * Adriaan Kyvon (born 1947), Dutch comedian, television producer and screenwriter
 * Adriaan Loosjes (1761–1818), Dutch botanist, poet, novelist and publisher
 * Adriaan van Hees (1910–1976), Dutch actor and member of the NSB
 * Adriaan van Meerbeeck (1563–1627), Flemish writer and translator
 * Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak (born 1929), Dutch educator, editor and author
 * Adriaan Poirters (1605–1674), Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer
 * Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976), Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets"
 * Adriaan van Toor (born 1942), Dutch comedian

Other

 * Adriaen van Bergen (fl. 1590), devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War
 * Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch private trader and navigator
 * Adriaen van der Donck (1618–1655), Dutch lawyer, landowner and ethnographer in New Netherland after whom Yonkers, New York is named
 * Adriaan Justus Enschedé (1829–1896), Dutch archivist, collector, printer and philanthropist
 * Adriaan van der Hoop (1778–1854), Dutch banker
 * Adriaan Pelt (1892–1981), Dutch journalist, international civil servant and diplomat
 * Adriaan van Ravesteijn (1938–2015), Dutch gallerist and art collector
 * Adriaan Stoop (1856–1935), Dutch oil explorer
 * Adriaen Jorissen Tienpoint (fl. 1624–26), Dutch explorer of the American East coast
 * Adriaan Schade van Westrum (1865–1917), Dutch-American newspaper editor
 * Adriaan A. van der Willigen (1910–1986), Dutch philatelist