Thijssen
Thijssen, Thijsen and Thijsse are Dutch patronymic surnames. The common Dutch given name Thijs is a short form of Mathijs (=Matthew). Thijssen is particularly common in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg.[1] People with this surname include:
- Thijssen
- (born 1961), Dutch painter and glass artist
- Felix Thijssen (born 1933), Dutch novelist
- François Thijssen (died 1638), Dutch explorer of the south coast of Australia
- Frans Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch footballer
- Gerben Thijssen (born 1998), Belgian racing cyclist
- Henny Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch singer and music producer
- (born 1975), Dutch draughts player
- Leon Thijssen (born 1968), Dutch show jumper
- (born 1992), Dutch volleyball player
- Maerten Thijssen (died 1657), Dutch admiral who later became a Swedish nobleman
- Nicole Thijssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player
- Theo Thijssen (1879–1943), Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician
- Walter Thijssen (1877–1943), Dutch rower
- Thijsen
- Cornelius Didrikson Thijsen Anckarstierna (1655–1714), Swedish admiral and noble born as Cornelis Thijsen
- Hendricus Thijsen (born 1881), Dutch gymnast who emigrated to South Africa
- Thijsse
- Jac. P. Thijsse (1865–1945), Dutch conservationist and botanist
See also[]
- Thyssen
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Patronymic surnames
- Dutch-language surnames
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