Prins
Prins (Dutch: Prince) is a Dutch surname. In 2007, Prins was the 48th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,361 people).[1] The surname does not derive from an ancestor who was a prince. Instead, the original may have lived in or worked at a location, like a windmill or inn, with that name, or was called "the prince" as a nickname.[1] People with the name Prins include:
- Ada Prins (1879-1977), Dutch chemist
- A. H. J. Prins (1921–2000), Dutch Africanist and maritime anthropologist
- (1845–1919), Belgian jurist and criminologist
- Alwin de Prins (born 1978), Luxembourgish swimmer
- Anna Prins (born 1991), American basketball player
- Anthony Winkler Prins (1817–1903), author of Winkler Prins a Dutch encyclopedia
- (1816–1867), Dutch jurist and politician, twice interim Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- Benjamin Prins (1860–1934), Dutch genre painter
- Celine Prins (born 11984), Dutch fashion model
- Co Prins (1938–1987), Dutch football player
- Dave Prins (born 1968), English darts player
- Denise Prins (born 1983), Dutch cricketer
- Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins (1835-1915), Dutch merchant
- Gert-Jan Prins (born 1961), Dutch musician
- Harald Prins (born 1951), Dutch anthropologist in the US
- (1889–1958), Dutch chemist, discovered the Prins reaction
- Igor Prins (born 1966), Estonian football player and coach
- Jan Prins (1944–2008), Dutch newspaper editor and journalist
- Jeanfrançois Prins (born 1967), Belgian jazz guitarist
- Johannes Huibert Prins (1757–1806), Dutch painter
- (1814–1898), Dutch theologian
- Laurens Prins (born ca. 1640), Dutch buccaneer
- Lodewijk Prins (1913–1999), Dutch chess player
- Marie Prins (born 1948), South African botanist
- Nomi Prins, American author and journalist
- Pierre Prins (1838–1913), French painter
- Piet Prins, pen name of Piet Jongeling (1909–1985), Dutch politician and children's book author
- Ray Prins (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Sharon Prins (born 1988), Dutch darts player
- Stanislav Prins (born 1988), Estonian footballer
- Stefan Prins (born 1919), Belgian composer and performer
- Vernon Prins (1924–2003), Ceylonese cricketer
- Yopie Prins (born 1959), English professor
See also[]
- All pages with titles beginning with Prins
- De Prins (disambiguation)
- Prin (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ a b Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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