Magdalena van den Hecken
Magdalena van den Hecken (1615 – after 1635) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Van den Hecken was born in Antwerp as the daughter of the painter Samuel van den Hecken and moved with her family to Amsterdam.
Her brother Abraham specialized in figure painting while she specialized in flowers, which were in the medium of oil paint.
Her work is in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Hans van den Broek
Henri" Hans" van den Broek( born 11 December 1936) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party( KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal( CDA) party and jurist.
He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 25 February 2005.
Van den Broek applied at the Utrecht University in June 1959 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1961 before graduating with an Master of Laws degree in July 1965.
Van den Broek worked as a lawyer and prosecutor at" Blom& Dutilh" in Rotterdam from August 1965 until May 1968 and as a corporate director at the synthetic fiber company in Arnhem from May 1968 until 12 October 1976.
Van den Broek served on the Municipal Council of Rheden from 1 September 1970 until 21 August 1974.
Van den Broek became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Theo van Schaik, taking office on 12 October 1976.
After the election of 1981 Van den Broek was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981.
The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III with Van den Broek continuing as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, taking office on 29 May 1982.
After the election of 1982 Van den Broek returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 16 September 1982.
Following the cabinet formation of 1982 Van den Broek appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers I, taking office on 4 November 1982.
After election of 1986 Van den Broek again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 3 June 1986.
Following cabinet formation of 1986 Van den Broek continued as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers II, taking office on 14 July 1986.
The Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.
After the election of 1989 Van den Broek once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 14 September 1989.
Following the cabinet formation of 1989 Van den Broek remained as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989.
In November 1992 Van den Broek was nominated as the next European Commissioner from the Netherlands.
Van den Broek was giving the heavy portfolios of External Relations and Enlargement in the Third Delors Commission, he resigned as a Minister of Foreign Affairs on 3 January 1993 and was installed as European Commissioner, taking office on 6 January 1993.
In December 1994 Van den Broek was re-nominated as European Commissioner.
He kept the portfolios of External Relations and Enlargement and got the additional portfolio of Neighbourhood Policy in the Santer Commission, serving from 23 January 1995 until 16 September 1999.
Van den Broek retired after spending 23 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards( Institute of International Relations Clingendael, Carnegie Foundation, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the Schiphol Group) and served as an diplomat and lobbyist for several economic delegations on behalf of the government and as an advocate and activist for Human rights, European integration and Nuclear disarmament.
Van den Broek is known for his abilities as a negotiator and debater.
Van den Broek continued to comment on political affairs as a statesman until his retirement in 2010 and holds the distinction as the second longest- serving Minister of Foreign Affairs with after World War II.
His youngest daughter Princess Marilène is married to Prince Maurits, the oldest son of Princess Margriet the younger sister of former Queen Beatrix.
Abraham van der Hoef
Abraham van der Hoef( 1611 – 1666), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Franciscus van den Enden
Franciscus van den Enden( c. 5 February 1602 in Antwerp- 27 November 1674 in Paris) was a former Jesuit, Neo- Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, and plotter against Louis XIV of France, who is mainly known as the teacher of Baruch de Spinoza( 1632- 1677).
His name is also written as' Van den Ende',' Van den Eijnde',' Van den Eijnden', etc.
At the end of his life he was also known as' Affinius'( Latinized form of' Van den Enden').
Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel
Abraham van den Tempel( c. 1622 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Abraham van den Hecken
Abraham van den Hecken (Antwerp, c. 1615 - c. 1655) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes.
His son Abraham II van den Hecken was also an artist.
Little is known about the life of Van den Hecken.
Both his birth and death dates are uncertain.
He was born in Antwerp and may have died in Amsterdam, or The Hague.
His father Samuel van den Hecken was a landscape and still life painter, who in the 1620s settled in the Northern Netherlands and probably trained him.
His sister Magdalena also painted, mainly still life.
In 1635 he married Catharina Lunden in Amsterdam, assisted by Christoffel van Sichem.
In 1652 he traveled to London.
Abraham van den Blocke
Abraham van den Blocke( 1572 – 31 January 1628) was an architect and sculptor.
Eliyahu Lankin
Eliyahu Lankin( 25 September 1914 – 10 August 1994) was a Revisionist Zionist activist, Irgun member and an Israeli politician.
Jorien van den Herik
Jorien van den Herik( born 11 November 1943 in Sliedrecht) is a Dutch business man and was chairman of Feyenoord Rotterdam till 2006.
Van den Herik helped Feyenoord to purchase some players in 1984 as chairman of the" Friends of Feyenoord Group".
In a few years time he had invested 3 million Dutch guldens in the club.
In 1989 be became president of the Stadion Feyenoord NV.
When Feyenoord almost was bankrupt due to their sponsor HCS, Van den Herik claimed his position in the Feyenoord board by saying" If I lose my money, I would like to be there myself".
In 1992, he became Feyenoord's chairman by taking over from.
In 1998 the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service( FIOD) visited Feyenoord because of suspected fraud.
Mainly based on the signings of Aurelio Vidmar, Christian Gyan and Patrick Allotey.
This became a continuous subject in the years to come with Van den Herik as the main suspect.
After several visits in court Van den Herik and Feyenoord were found to be not guilty in 2002.
The Attorney General however appealed, but in 2005, after three years of investigations the results stayed the same.
They still did not give up and went into cassation.
On 19 December 2006 Van den Herik and Feyenoord came out of court as the winners again and this time it was the final decision.
Van den Herik has already said he will take the Attorney General to court to reclaim the damage his personality has received in all these years.
The 2005/06 season ended in disappointment for Feyenoord.
The team was challenging the Dutch Championship for most of the season, but eventually lost it to PSV Eindhoven.
The newly born Dutch play- offs( held for the first time that year) then became fatal for Feyenoord.
Ajax Amsterdam which ended on a fair distance in the regular league was Feyenoord's opponent in the play- offs and overclassed them and Feyenoord was eliminated for winning an UEFA Champions League ticket.
During the summer break Feyenoord had to sell two of their key players, Salomon Kalou and the very popular Dirk Kuyt.
Only a small amount of the money became available to invest in new players.
When Angelos Charisteas was signed from arch rivals Ajax to replace Dirk Kuyt hundreds of die- hard fans moved to the Feyenoord board to force Van den Herik to resign.
Van den Herik stayed at the team and did not want to give up his position, unless the growing pressure, the underperforming of the team and several other problems that had not been solved yet.
In the meanwhile Feyenoord was placed under special guardianship because of their financial problems.
A group of some Feyenoord icons, with former chairman Gerard Kerkum as their leader, operated under the name of" Commissie Kerkum" to restructure Feyenoord's future.
In December 2006 they published their thoughts and came to the conclusion that Van den Herik should leave the club.
Still Van den Herik did not want to leave, however after hooligan incidents in Nancy and the growing pressure he announced his retirement in mid December.
Van den Herik himself said not the thoughts of the Commissie Kerkum were the key factor for his decision, but the upcoming final result in the fraud case was.
After the case was finished in December
2006- Van den Herik was acquitted- he stepped down.
In the summer transfer window of 2007, Feyenoord surprised friend and foe with the signing of big names like Roy Makaay and Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
According to player manager Rob Jansen, Van den Herik played an important role in the realization of the transfers.
Abraham van Strij
Abraham van Strij( 1753–1826) was an 18th- century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Question: Were Abraham Van Den Hecken and Eliyahu Lankin from the same country?
Answer: no