Merritt Putman
Merritt Putman( 22 February 1900 – 1995) was a Canadian cross -country skier.
He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.
Arthur Green (musician)
Arthur Green is the fourth and current bassist for the Christian metal band, Living Sacrifice.
He, along with brothers, Cory Brandan Putman and Matthew Putman, founded the Mathcore band, Eso- Charis.
Willem Brakman
Willem Pieter Jacobus Brakman( 1922 – 2008) was a Dutch writer who made his literary debut with the novel" Een winterreis" in 1961.
Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.
He was born on June 13th, 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on May 8th, 2008 in the same country.
Renate Jansen
Renate Jansen( born 7 December 1990) is a Dutch female international footballer.
She plays as a striker in the Dutch Eredivisie for Twente and the Netherlands women's national football team.
Lucas & Steve
Lucas& Steve is a Dutch DJ duo formed by house DJs Lucas de Wert and Steven Jansen from Maastricht.
Olivia Putman
Olivia Putman( born 1964) is a French designer, daughter to Andrée Putman and heir to her mother's design studio, Studio Putman.
Her works range from interior architecture to scenography and design.
Godwin Davy
Godwin Davy( born 15 December 1979) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He made his international debut in a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, resulting in a lopsided match, losing 12- 0 in February 2008, and also played in the 4 – 0 loss to the same country in the return match in March 2008.
Christina Heinich
Christina Schiffner( Heinich; born 8 July 1949 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich she finished fifth in the 200 metres and won silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay with her teammates Evelin Kaufer, Bärbel Struppert and Renate Stecher.
She participated at three European Championships.
In 1966 she finished fifth in relay, and in 1971 she finished eighth in the 200 m.
At the 1974 European Championships she won the relay together with teammates Bärbel Eckert, Doris Maletzki and Renate Stecher.
She competed for the club SC Leipzig during her active career, under coach Karl- Heinz Balzer and with fellow athletes like Karin Balzer and Regina Höfer.
She married the cyclist Michael Schiffner.
Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman( 23 December 1925 – 19 January 2013) was a French interior and product designer.
She was the mother of Olivia Putman and of Cyrille Putman.
Celinde Schoenmaker
Celinde Schoenmaker( born 15 January 1989) is a Dutch theatre actress and singer.
She is known for appearing as Fantine in the West End production of the musical" Les Misérables", Christine Daae in the West End production of" The Phantom of the Opera" during their 30th anniversary, and Renate Blauel in" Rocketman".

Question: Were Merritt Putman and Renate Jansen from the same country?
Answer: no