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van der Ploeg is a Dutch surname meaning "from the plow". It can be a metonymic occupational surname, originally referring to a farmer or a bookbinder (a book binding cutter is known as a (snij)ploeg). [1] Alternatively, it may be a toponymic surname, e.g., referring to a house with the sign of a plow. [1] Notable people with the surname include:
Johannes Petrus Maria "Jan" van der Ploeg (4 July 1909, in Nijmegen – 4 August 2004, in Nijmegen) was a Dutch Dominican specialist in Hebrew, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Syriac manuscript research. He was Professor of Old Testament and Semitic studies at the Catholic University of Nijmegen from 1951 to 1979, after which time he spent most of ...
William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman [1] Known as "Billy", he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.
Boyden is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The population was 701 at the 2020 census. [2] Geography. Boyden's longitude and latitude coordinates in ...
William Nicholas Vander Zalm (born Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie van der Zalm; May 29, 1934) is a Dutch-born Canadian businessman and politician who served as the 28th premier of British Columbia and leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party from 1986 to 1991.
Hayne D. Boyden was born on January 11, 1897, in Statesville, North Carolina, as the son of wealthy farmer John L. Boyden and his wife Mary Davis.He was a member of the prominent lawyer family from mother's side and his great-grandfather was Richmond M. Pearson, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1858 to 1878.
The Vander Ende–Onderdonk House, also known as the Van Nanda House, is a historic house at 1820 Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City. [2] It is the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City. The house is owned by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.
José María van der Ploeg García (born 4 May 1958) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. [ 1 ] van der Ploeg competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won gold medal in the Finn class .