Jaap (given name)

Academics

• Jaap R. Bruijn, Dutch maritime historian
• Jaap Doek, Dutch jurist
• Jaap van Ginneken, Dutch psychologist and communication scholar
• Jaap Goudsmit, Dutch HIV/AIDS researcher
• , Dutch archaeologist
• Jaap van den Herik, Dutch computer scientist
• Jaap van der Hoeden, Dutch and Israeli veterinary research scientist
• , Dutch nuclear physicist
• Jaap Korevaar, Dutch mathematician
• Jaap Kruithof, Belgian philosopher and writer
• Jaap Kunst, Dutch ethnomusicologist
• , Dutch philosopher and historian
• Jaap Murre, Dutch mathematician
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch humanist
• Jaap Schekkerman, Dutch computer scientist
• , Dutch paleontologist
• Jaap van der Vecht, Dutch entomologist
• Jaap van Velsen, Dutch-born British anthropologist
• Jaap J. Vermeulen, Dutch botanist
• Jaap Wessels, Dutch mathematician
• Jaap de Wilde, Dutch international relations scholar
• Jaap de Zwaan, Dutch lawyer and legal scholar

  Arts

• Jaap Bakema, Dutch modernist architect
• Jaap Berghuis, Dutch artist
• Jaap Blonk, Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist
• Jaap Drupsteen, Dutch graphic designer
• Jaap Eggermont, Dutch record producer
• Jaap Flier, Dutch dancer and choreographer
• Jaap Gestman Geradts, Dutch pin-up artist
• Jaap Klinkhamer, Dutch architect
• Jaap Lamberton, Dutch comics artist
• Jaap ter Linden, Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor
• Jaap Reesema, Dutch singer
• Jaap Schreurs, Dutch painter and graphic artist
• Jaap Schröder, Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
• Jaap Spaanderman, Dutch pianist, cellist, and conductor
• Jaap Speyer, Dutch film director
• Jaap Stotijn, Dutch oboist
• Jaap Valkhoff, Dutch musician, composer and lyricist
• Jaap Vegter, Dutch cartoonist
• Jaap van Zweden, Dutch violinist and conductor

  Politics

• Jaap van Amerongen, Dutch-Israeli economist and government official
• Jaap Boersma, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs
• Jaap Burger, Dutch Minister of the Interior
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch Secretary General of NATO
• Jaap Marais, Afrikaner nationalist thinker, author and politician
• Jaap Metz, Dutch journalist and politician
• Jaap Oldenbroek, Dutch trade union leader and politician
• Jaap Pop, Dutch mayor of Franeker, Tiel, Alkmaar and Haarlem
• Jaap Schrieke, Dutch jurist and administrator during WWII
• Jaap Smit, Dutch preacher and trade unionist

  Sports

• Jaap Barendregt, Dutch footballer
• Jaap Beije, Dutch rower
• Jaap Boot, Dutch sprinter and long jumper
• Jaap Bulder, Dutch footballer
• Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
• Jaap Davids, Dutch footballer
• Jaap van Dorp, Dutch curler
• Jaap van Duijn, Dutch footballer
• Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist
• *The Jaap Eden Award, Jaap Eden baan and Jaap Edenhal are named after him
• Jaap Enters, Dutch rower
• Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater
• Jaap Helder, Dutch sports sailor
• Jaap Kersten, Dutch racing cyclist
• Jaap ten Kortenaar, Dutch racing cyclist
• Jaap Knol, Dutch javelin thrower
• Jaap Kraaier, Dutch canoeist
• Jaap Krijtenburg, Dutch rower
• Jaap van Lagen, Dutch racing driver
• Jaap van der Leck, Dutch football manager
• Jaap Leemhuis, Dutch field hockey player
• Jaap Meijer, Dutch track cyclist
• Jaap Mol, Dutch footballer
• Jaap Oudkerk, Dutch track cyclist
• Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch football administrator, chairman of Ajax
• Jaap Reesink, Dutch rower
• Jaap Rijks, Dutch equestrian
• Jaap Schouten, Dutch rower
• Jaap Sjouwerman, Dutch wrestler
• Jaap Stam, Dutch football player and manager
• Jaap Stenger, Dutch rower
• Jaap Stockmann, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• Jaap Voigt, Dutch field hockey player
• Jaap Weber, Dutch footballer
• Jaap de Zeeuw, Dutch sports sailor
• Jaap Zielhuis, Dutch sports sailor

  Writers

• Jaap ter Haar, Dutch writer of children's books and historian
• Jaap Nunes Vaz, Dutch journalist, writer, and editor

  Other

• Jaap Amesz, Dutch television personality
• Jaap Blokker, Dutch businessman and executive
• Jaap Haartsen, Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of Bluetooth
• , Dutch television journalist and presenter
• Jaap Penraat, Dutch resistance fighter during World War II
• Jaap Staal, Dutch commando during World War II
• Jaap Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor
• Jaap Weideman, South African Navy officer