Christiaan

Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a". People with the name include:


 * Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and theological writer
 * Christiaan Andriessen (1775–1846), Dutch painter
 * Christiaan Bailey (born 1981), American surfer
 * Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965), South African writer
 * Christiaan Bangeman Huygens (1772–1857), Dutch diplomat and civil servant
 * Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon known for his heart transplants
 * Christiaan Basson (born 1982), South African golfer
 * Christiaan Berger (1911–1965), Dutch sprinter
 * Christiaan Beyers (1869–1914), South African Boer general during the Second Boer War
 * Christiaan Bezuidenhout (born 1994), South African golfer
 * Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (1915–2004), South African cleric, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist
 * Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen (1558–1600), Dutch genre and portrait painter
 * Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Dutch Royal Netherlands Army captain during World War II
 * Christiaan Both (1895–1977), Dutch sport shooter
 * Christiaan Both (ecologist) (born 1969), Dutch ecologist
 * Christiaan Brosch (1878–1969), Dutch sport shooter
 * Christiaan Bruil (born 1970), Dutch badminton player
 * Christiaan Brunings (1736–1805), Dutch hydraulic engineer
 * Christiaan Cicek (born 1988), Dutch football striker
 * Christiaan Coevershoff (1595–1659), Dutch painter
 * Christiaan Cornelissen (1864–1942), Dutch syndicalist writer, economist, and trade unionist
 * Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604–1667), Dutch historical/allegorical painter
 * Christiaan de Bruin (born 1990), South African rugby player
 * Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), South African Boer general, rebel leader and politician
 * Christiaan De Wilde (born 1960s), Belgian businessman
 * Christiaan du Toit (1901–1982), South African military commander
 * Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), Dutch physician, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate
 * Christiaan Justus Enschedé (1788–1829), Dutch newspaper editor and printer
 * Christiaan Freeling (born 1947), Dutch game designer and inventor of abstract strategy games
 * Christiaan Willem Fokma (1927–2012), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
 * Christiaan van der Goes (1530s–1600), Dutch nobleman, schout of Delft
 * Christiaan Groepe (1789–1886), Khoi military leader in the Cape Colony
 * Christiaan Harmse (born 1973), South African hammer thrower
 * Christiaan Heij (born 1950s), Dutch mathematician
 * Christiaan Hendrik Muller (1865–1945), South African Boer War general
 * Christiaan Huijgens (1897–1963), Dutch long-distance runner
 * Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor
 * Christiaan Jonker (born 1986), South African cricketer
 * Christiaan Josi (1768–1828), Dutch engraver and art dealer
 * Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * Christiaan Kriens (1881–1934), Belgian-born American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor
 * Christiaan Emil Marie Küpper (1883–1931), Dutch artist, founder of De Stijl, better known as "Theo van Doesburg"
 * Christiaan Kuyvenhoven (born 1985), Dutch pianist
 * Christiaan Lans (1789–1843), Dutch colonial head of the Dutch Gold Coast 1834-36
 * Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert
 * Christiaan van Lennep (1887–1955), Dutch tennis player
 * Christiaan Lindemans (1912–1946), Dutch double agent during the Second World War
 * Christiaan Luyckx (1623–c.1675), Flemish still life painter
 * Christiaan Moltzer (1875–1945), Dutch sport shooter
 * Christiaan Monden (born 1975), Dutch sociologist
 * Christiaan Müller (1690–1763), German-born Dutch organ builder
 * Christiaan Nagel (born 1982), South African-born British street artist
 * Christiaan Neumeier (1921–1991), Dutch rower
 * Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis (1863–1922), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies
 * Christiaan Offringa, Dutch curler
 * Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836), Dutch mycologist
 * Christiaan Pförtner (born 1966), German football midfielder
 * Christiaan van Pol (1752–1813), Dutch flower painter
 * Christiaan Roets (born 1980), South African-born Welsh rugby player
 * Christiaan Scholtz (born 1970), South African rugby player
 * Christiaan Sepp (c. 1710 – 1775), German-born Dutch entomologist and artist
 * Christiaan Slieker (1861–1945), Dutch early film exhibitor
 * Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936), Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages
 * Christiaan Snyman (born 1996), Namibian cricketer
 * Christiaan Steyn (1897–?), South African sprinter
 * Christiaen Striep (1634–1673), Dutch still-life painter
 * Christiaan Timmermans (born 1941), Dutch law professor and judge
 * Christiaan Tonnet (1902–1946), Dutch equestrian and modern pentathlete
 * Christiaan Tonnis (born 1956), German symbolist/realist painter, draftsman, and video artist
 * Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (1902–1957), Afrikaans novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer
 * Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), Australian actor and video blogger
 * Christiaan Varenhorst (born 1990), Dutch beach volleyball player
 * Christiaan van Velzen (born 1932), Dutch sport shooter
 * Christiaen van Vianen (1598–1671), Dutch silversmith and draughtsman
 * Christiaan Viljoen (born 1961), South African tennis player