Hendrik (given name)

Hendrik is a given name of Dutch origin, and a cognate to the English Henry. The spelling Hendrick or Henderick was interchangeable until the 19th century. Birth names of people with this name can be Latinized to Henderickus, Hendricus, Hendrikus, or Henricus, while common nicknames for Hendrik are Han, Hein, Henk, Hen, Hennie, Henny, Henrie, Henry, Hendrie, Hendry, Rijk, Ric, Rick, Ricky, Rickie, and Rik. People with Hendrik, Henderick, or Hendrick as their first name include:

Academics Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854–1907), Dutch physical chemist Hendrik Pieter Barendregt (born 1947), Dutch logician Hendrik Wade Bode (1905–1982), American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist Hendrik Wilhelm Bodewitz (1939–2022), Dutch Sanskrit scholar Hendrik Enno Boeke (1881–1918), Dutch mineralogist and petrographer. Hendrik Jan Maarten Bos (1940–2024), Dutch historian of mathematics Hendrik Brugmans (1906–1997), Dutch literary theorist and linguist Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), Dutch physicist known for the Casimir effect Hendrik Constantijn Cras (1739–1820), Dutch jurist and librarian Hendrik van Eikema Hommes (1930–1984), Dutch legal scholar and philosopher Hendrik van Etten (1591–1670), Pseudonym of Jean Leurechon, French mathematician Hendrik C. Ferreira (born 1950s), South African information scientist Hendrik van der Flier (born 1945), Dutch psychologist Hendrik Marinus Franken (born 1966), Dutch engineer and enterprise architect Hendrik van Gent (1899–1947), Dutch astronomer Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (1844–1911), Dutch jurist Hendrik Hart (1935–2021), Dutch and Canadian philosopher Hendrik van Heuraet (1634–), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Hondius I (1573–1650), Flemish-born Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher Hendrik Hondius II (1597–1651), Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924–2008), Dutch and American economist Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918–2000), Dutch astronomer and mathematician Hendrik Kern (1833–1917), Dutch linguist and Orientalist Hendrik Johan Kessels (1781–1849), Dutch-born clock and naval chronometer maker Hendrik Kloosterman (1900–1968), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894–1952), Dutch physicist Hendrik Laas (1862–1919), Estonian agriculturalist and publisher Hendrik Lenstra (born 1949), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Lorentz (1853–1928), Dutch physicist and Nobel Laureate Hendrik de Moy (1534–1610), Secretary of Antwerp. Hendrik Nienhuis (1790–1862), Dutch legal scholar and university president Hendrik Poinar (born 1969), Dutch evolutionary biologist Hendrick van den Putte (1574–1646), Dutch humanist and philologist Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (1834–1917), Dutch legal scholar, economist and historian Hendrik Relve (born 1948), Estonian environmentalist, nature writer and nature photographer Hendrik van Rheede (1636–1691), Dutch colonial governor and botanist Hendrik van Riessen (1911–2000), Dutch philosopher Hendrik van Rijgersma (1835–1877), Dutch naturalist and botanist Hendrik de Roy (1598–1679), Dutch philosopher and physician Hendrik Gerard van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1838–1923), Dutch astronomer Hendrik Sepp (1888–1943), Estonian historian Hendrik Schatz (born c.1970), German nuclear astrophysicist Hendrik Schön (born 1970), German physicist accused of fraud Hendrik G. Stoker (1899–1993), South African Calvinist philosopher Hendrik Tennekes (1936–2021), Dutch meteorologist Hendrik C. Tijms (born 1944), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Tolman (born 1961), Dutch and American civil engineer and oceanographer Hendrik Van Brussel (born 1944), Belgian mechanical engineer Hendrik W. (H.W.) van der Merwe (1929–2001), South African academic and anti-apartheid activist Hendrik Albertus van der Vorst (born 1944), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Wagenvoort (1886–1976), Dutch classical scholar Hendrik Johannes van der Windt (born 1955), Dutch environmental scientist Hendrik de Wit (1909–1999), Dutch systematic botanist Hendrik Wyermars (1685–1757), Dutch atheist philosopher Hendrik Zwaardemaker (1857–1930), Dutch physiologist who invented the olfactometer

Arts Hendrik Abbé (1639–c.1680), Flemish painter, engraver and architect Hendrick Aerts (c.1570–1603), Flemish painter and draftsman Hendrik Christian Andersen (1872–1940), Norwegian-American sculptor, painter and urban planner Hendrick Andriessen (1607–1655), Flemish still-life painter Hendrick van Anthonissen (1605–1656), Dutch seascape painter Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen (1737–1794), Flemish painter of landscapes and cattle Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch landscape and genre painter Hendrick van Balen (c.1574–1632), Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer Hendrick van Balen the Younger (1623–1661), Flemish history painter Hendrik Bary (1632–1707), Dutch engraver Hendrick Berckman (1629–1679), Dutch portrait painter Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934), Dutch architect Hendrik Beyaert (1823–1894), Belgian architect Hendrick Bloemaert (1601–1672), Dutch portrait and historical painter Hendrick Bogaert (1630–1675), Dutch genre painter Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder (1583–1651), Flemish engraver and still life painter Hendrik van der Borcht II (1614–1676), German Baroque painter Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1873–1951), Dutch painter and museum curator Hendrick van den Broeck (c.1530–1597), Flemish Mannerist painter Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588–1629), Dutch Caravaggist painter Hendrick van der Burgh (1627–aft.1664), Dutch genre painter Hendrik Carré (1656–1721), Dutch painter Hendrik Carré II (1696–1775), Dutch painter Hendrik Chabot (1894–1949), Dutch painter and sculptor Hendrik Claudius (c.1655–c.1700), German-born natural history illustrator Hendrick de Clerck (c.1560–1630), Flemish Mannerist painter Hendrick van Cleve III (c.1525–c.1595), Flemish painter and engraver Hendrick Coning (1604–1660), Dutch portrait painter Hendrik Frans de Cort (1742–1810), Flemish landscape painter Hendrick Couturier (1620–1684), Dutch portrait painter and settler in New Netherland Hendrick Danckerts (c.1625–1680), Dutch landscape painter and engraver Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker (1836–1905), Dutch painter and lithographer Hendrick Joseph Dillens (1812–1872), Belgian genre painter Hendrik Berend Dorgelo (1894–1961), Dutch physicist and academic Hendrick Dubbels (1621–1707), Dutch seascape painter Hendrik Faydherbe (1574–1629), Flemish sculptor, gilder, and poet Hendrick Fromantiou (1633–1693), Dutch still life painter Hendrik Goltzius (1558–1617), Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter Hendrick Goudt (1583–1648), Dutch landscape and biblical painter Hendrik Graauw (1627–1693), Dutch painter Hendrik-Jan Grievink (born 1977), Dutch graphic designer and editor Hendrik van der Haert (1790–1846), Flemish portrait painter, sculptor, illustrator and engraver Hendrik Handloegten (born 1968), German filmmaker Hendrik Heerschop (1626–1690), Dutch painter Hendrik Herregouts (1633–1704), Flemish history and portrait painter and draughtsman Hendrik Peter Jonker (1912–2002), Dutch photographer Hendrik Kerstens (born 1956), Dutch photographer and visual artist Hendrik Keun (1738–1787), Dutch city and landscape painter Hendrick de Keyser (1565–1631), Dutch sculptor and architect Hendrik Kobell (1751–1779), Dutch sea and landscape painter Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek (1843–1927), Dutch landscape painter Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (1868–1931), Dutch genre and portrait painter Hendrik Krawen (born 1963), German visual and installation artist Hendrick Krock (1671–1738), Danish history painter Hendrik Krumm (1934–1989), Estonian operatic tenor and voice teacher Hendrik van Limborch (1681–1759), Dutch painter and engraver Hendrik Frans van Lint (1684–1763), Flemish landscape painter Hendrik Luyten (1859–1945), Dutch-born Belgian painter Hendrik Martz (born 1968), German actor Hendrick de Meijer (1620–1689), Dutch landscape painter Hendrik de Meijer (1744–1793), Dutch wallpaper painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915), Dutch seascape painter Hendrik van Minderhout (1632–1696), Dutch-Flemish seascape painter Hendrick Mommers (1623–1693), Dutch landscape painter Hendrik Munnichhoven (died 1664), Swedish court painter Hendrick Munniks (c.1600–1664), Dutch painter Hendrik H.J. Ngantung (1921–1991), Indonesian painter and politician Hendrick ten Oever (1639–1716), Dutch painter Hendrik van Oort (1775–1847), Dutch landscape painter Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (c.1580–1657), Dutch genre and portrait painter Hendrik Pothoven (1725–1807), Dutch drawer and painter Hendrik Reekers (1815–1854), Dutch still life painter Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747), Dutch seascape painter Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795–1860), Dutch landscape painter Hendrik Frans Schaefels (1827–1904), Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver Hendrik Adolf Schaep (1826–1870), Belgian seascape painter Hendrik Scheffer (1798–1862), Dutch Romantic painter who lived in France Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (1824–1907), Dutch painter Hendrik Schoock (1630–1707), Dutch history and still life painter Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (1747–1797), German landscape painter Hendrick Snyers (1611–1644), Flemish engraver Hendrick van Someren (c.1610–1685), Dutch painter Hendrick Sorgh (1666–1720), Dutch broker and art collector Hendrik Martensz Sorgh (c.1610–1670), Dutch genre painter Hendrik Spilman (1721–1784), Dutch painter and engraver Hendrik van Steenwijk I (c.1550–1603), Dutch architectural painter Hendrik van Steenwijk II (c.1580–1640), Dutch architectural, biblical and still life painter Hendrick van Streeck (1659–1720), Dutch architectural painter Hendrik Tavenier (1734–1807), Dutch landscape draughtsman and painter Henricus Jacobus Tollens (1864-1936), Dutch photographer Hendrick van Uylenburgh (1587–1661), Dutch art dealer Hendrik Veen (1823–1905), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies Hendrik Frans Verbrugghen (1654–1724), Flemish sculptor and draftsman Hendrik Vermeulen (born 1982), South African fashion designer Hendrik Verschuring (1627–1690), Dutch landscape painter Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet (1611–1675), Dutch architectural painter Hendrik Voogd (1768–1839), Dutch landscape painter and printmaker Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562–1640), Dutch seascape painter Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882–1945), Dutch experimental artist, typographer and printer Hendrik Wouda (1885–1946), Dutch architect and furniture designer Hendrik Emil Wouters (1882–1916), Belgian fauvist painter and sculptor Hendrik van Wueluwe (1460–c.1533), Flemish Renaissance painter

Business Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen (1841–1908), Dutch businessman and politician Hendrik van der Bijl (1887–1948), South African electrical engineer and industrialist Hendrick van Buyten (1632–1701), Dutch baker Hendrik Carloff (c.1621–c.1690), Swedish slave trader Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop (1736–1778), Dutch merchant-trader and VOC Opperhoofd in Japan Hendrik Figee (1838–1907), Dutch cranes manufacturer Hendrik G. Meijer (born 1952), American CEO of the supermarket chain Meijer Hendrik Pasma (1813–1890), Dutch writer, farmer and politician Hendrik Pontoppidan (1814–1901), Danish merchant, consul and philanthropist Hendrik Caspar Romberg (1744–1793), Dutch bookkeeper, merchant-trader and VOC Opperhoofd in Japan Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740), New York colony landowner

Exploration Hendrik Brouwer (1581–1653), Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator Hendrick Christiaensen (died 1616), Dutch explorer Hendrik Coetzee (c.1975–2010), South African explorer Hendrik Dolleman (1905–1990), Dutch-born American Air Force serviceman and explorer Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg (c.1640–1712), German interpreter in New Netherland and New Sweden Hendrick Hamel (1630–1692), Dutch journalist and explorer Hendrik Hudson (c.1565–1611), Dutch contemporary name for the English explorer Hendrik Albertus Lorentz (1871–1944), Dutch explorer of New Guinea Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller (1859–1941), Dutch businessman, diplomat, explorer, publicist, and philanthropist