Bouwmeester is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "master builder". Variant forms are Boumeester, Bouwmeesters, and Bouwmeister.Bouwmeester at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
Bouwmeester Dirk Bouwmeester (born 1967), Dutch quantum physicist Frans Bouwmeester (born 1940), Dutch footballer Gerrit Bouwmeester (1892–1961), Dutch footballer Hans Bouwmeester (born 1929), Dutch chess player Jack Bouwmeester (born 1999), Australian gridiron football player Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player Lea Bouwmeester (born 1979), Dutch politician Lily Bouwmeester (1901–1993), Dutch actress, grandniece of Louis and Theo Louis Bouwmeester (1842–1925), Dutch actor, brother of Theo Marit Bouwmeester (born 1988), Dutch sailor (1850–1939), Dutch actress, sister of Louis
Boumeester Christine Boumeester (1904–1971), Dutch visual artist active in France Huibert Boumeester (1900–1959), Dutch rower (1831–1894), Dutch commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
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