Frits (given name)

Frits is a masculine given name and also a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Frederik (or Frederick, Fredericus, Frederikus). Quite common in the Netherlands, it also occurs in Denmark and Norway. It may refer to:

Frits Agterberg (born 1936), Dutch-born Canadian geologist Frederik Frits Korthals Altes (1931–2025), Dutch politician and former Minister of Justice Frits Bernard (1920–2006), Dutch clinical psychologist and sexologist Frits Beukers (born 1953), Dutch mathematician Frits van Bindsbergen (born 1960), Dutch road cyclist Frits Bolkestein (1933–2025), Dutch politician Frits Bülow (1872–1955), Danish politician and Justice Minister Frits Castricum (1947–2011), Dutch journalist and Labour Party politician Frits Clausen (1893–1947), Danish collaborator with Nazi Germany Frits Dantuma (born 1992), Dutch footballer Frits van Dongen (born 1946), Dutch architect Frits Dragstra (1927–2015), Dutch politician Frits Eijken (1893–1978), Dutch rower Frits Fentener van Vlissingen (1882–1962), Dutch businessman and entrepreneur Frits Goedgedrag (born 1951), first Governor of Curaçao and former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles Frits Goldschmeding (born 1933), Dutch businessman Frits Hansen (1841–1911), Norwegian educator, newspaper editor, biographer and politician Frits Hartvigson (1841–1919), Danish pianist and teacher Frits Heide (1883–1957), Danish botanist and science writer Frits Helmuth (1931–2004), Danish film actor Frits Henningsen (1889–1965), Danish furniture designer and cabinet maker Frederik David Holleman (1887–1958), Dutch and South African ethnologist and jurist Frits Holm (1881–1930), Danish scholar and adventurer Frits Hoogerheide (1944–2014), Dutch racing cyclist Frits Janssens (1898–?), Belgian wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics Frits Kemp (born 1954) is a Dutch attorney, receiver and activist Frits Kiggen (born 1955), Dutch sidecarcross passenger Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch Minister of Justice Frederik Kortlandt (born 1946), Dutch linguistics professor Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), Dutch footballer, rower and physician Frederik Lamp (1905–1945), Dutch sprinter Frits Landesbergen (born 1961), Dutch jazz drummer and vibraphonist Frits von der Lippe (1901–1988), Norwegian journalist and theatre director Frits Lugt (1884–1970), Dutch collector of Dutch drawings and prints and authority on Rembrandt Frits Meuring 1882–1973), Dutch swimmer Frits Mulder, Belgian sailor at the 1928 Summer Olympics Frederik Muller (1817–1881), Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector Frits Niessen (1936–2020), Dutch politician Frits van Oostrom (born 1953), Dutch historic philologist Frits van Paasschen (born 1961), Dutch and American chief executive Frits Pannekoek (born 1947), Canadian historian and university dean Frits Peutz (1896–1974), Dutch architect Frits Philips (1905–2005), Dutch chairman of Philips electronics and Righteous Among the Nations Frits Pirard (born 1954), Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer Frits Poelman (born ca. 1930), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer Frits Potgieter (born 1974), South African retired discus thrower and shot putter Frits Purperhart (1944–2016), Surinamese football player and manager Frits de Ruijter (1917–2012), Dutch middle-distance runner Frits Ruimschotel (1922–1987), Dutch water polo player Frits Schalij (born 1957), Dutch retired speed skater Frits Schlegel (1896–1965), Danish architect Frederik Carl Gram Schrøder (1866–1936), Danish civil servant Frits Schuitema (born 1944), Dutch chief executive and football director Frits Schutte (1897–1986), Dutch swimmer Frits Schür (born 1954), Dutch retired cyclist Frits Sins (born 1964), Dutch slalom canoer Frits Smol (1924–2006), Dutch water polo player Frits Soetekouw (1938–2019), Dutch footballer Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch Indologist Frits Tellegen (1919–2020), Dutch urban designer Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), Norwegian Impressionist painter Frits Thors (1909–2014), Dutch journalist and news anchor Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004), Dutch sports journalist Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator Frits Vanen (born 1933), Dutch painter and sculptor Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910), Danish genre and a portrait painter Frits Went (1863–1935), Dutch botanist, father of Frits Warmolt Went Frits Warmolt Went (1903–1990), Dutch biologist and botanist Frits Zernike (1888–1966), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner

See also Fritz, another given name