Kees (given name)

Kees (pronounced like Case) is a masculine given name common in the Netherlands, originally derived from the name Cornelis. The name can also be spelled as Cees.

People named Kees

• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970), Dutch composer and teacher
• Kees Boer (born 1959), Dutch Missionary in Cochabamba, Bolivia
• Kees Bakels (born 1945), Dutch conductor
• Kees Bol (1916–2009), Dutch painter and art educator
• Kees Broekman (1927–1992), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Brusse (born 1925), Dutch actor and film director
• Kees Bruynzeel (1900–1980), Dutch businessman, timber merchant and yachtsman
• Kees Fens (1929–2009), Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic
• Kees Kist (born 1952), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Kooten (born 1941), Dutch comedian, television actor and author
• Kees van Kooten (footballer) (born 1948), Dutch footballer
• Kees Kwakman (born 1983), Dutch footballer
• Kees Luyckx (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Kees Maks (1876–1967), Dutch painter
• Kees Meeuws (born 1974), New Zealand rugby union prop
• Kees Ouwens (1944–2004), Dutch novelist and poet
• Kees Pijl (1897–1976), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Prooijen, Dutch artist and musicologist
• Kees Rietveld (born 1969), Dutch singer, known as Georgie Davis
• Kees Rijvers, (born 1926), Dutch footballer
• Kees Schouhamer Immink (born 1946), Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Kees van der Staaij (born 1968), Dutch politician
• Kees Pier Tol, (born 1958), Dutch footballer
• Kees Tol (footballer) (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Kees Torn (born 1967), Dutch text writer and comedy performer
• Kees Vendrik (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Kees Verkade (born 1941), Dutch artist and sculptor
• Kees Verkerk (born 1942), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Versteegh (born 1947), Dutch linguist
• Kees Zwamborn (born 1952), Dutch footballer

People named Cees

• Cees Juffermans (born 1982), Dutch speed skater
• Cees Nooteboom (born 1933), Dutch author
• Cees Veerman (born 1949), Dutch politician

See also

• Kees (surname)