Willem

Given name

• Willem I, King of the Netherlands
• Willem II, King of the Netherlands
• Willem III, King of the Netherlands
• Willem of the Netherlands, Dutch prince
• Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
• Willem Aantjes, Dutch politician
• Willem Adelaar, Dutch linguist
• Willem Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
• Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member
• Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator and explorer
• Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet
• Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher
• Willem Boy, Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect
• Willem Breuker, Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, and musician
• Willem Brouwer, Dutch football player
• Willem Buiter, economist of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
• Willem Claeszoon Heda, Dutch Golden Age still-life artist
• Willem Cornelisz Schouten, a Dutch navigator of the Dutch East India Company
• Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter
• Willem de Rooij, Dutch artist
• Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer
• Willem de Vlamingh, Dutch sea captain and explorer of Australia
• Willem Dafoe, American actor
• Willem Drees, Dutch politician
• Willem Drost, Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker
• Willem Einthoven, Dutch doctor, physiologist, and inventor of the electrocardiogram
• Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer and poet
• Willem Endstra, Dutch real estate trader
• Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author
• Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal involved in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken
• Willem Hondius or Willem Hondt, a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter
• Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, a Dutch Olympic fencer
• Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer
• Willem Jacob 's Gravesande, Dutch philosopher and mathematician
• Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer
• Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer
• Willem Janszoon, Dutch navigator and colonial governor
• Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American inventor of the artificial kidney
• Willem Kes, Dutch conductor and violinist
• Willem Kalf, Dutch Golden Age painter, art dealer, and appraiser
• Willem Kieft, Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland
• Willem Kloos, Dutch poet and literary critic
• Willem Konjore, Namibian politician
• Willem Maris, Dutch landscape painter
• Willem Meijer, Dutch botanist and plant collector
• Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor
• Willem Mons, brother of Peter the Great's mistress Anna Mons and secretary to Catherine
• Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist
• Willem van der Oord, Dutch hydraulic engineer
• Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher
• Willem Pijper, Dutch composer, music critic, and music teacher
• Willem Rebergen, Dutch DJ and producer
• Willem Roelofs, Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman
• Willem Sandberg, Dutch typographer and museum curator
• Willem Sassen, Dutch Nazi collaborator, Waffen-SS officer and journalist
• Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian social activist and writer
• Willem Surenhuis, Dutch Christian scholar
• Willem Usselincx, Flemish merchant, investor and diplomat
• Willem van Aelst, Dutch still-life artist
• Willem van Biljon, South African entrepreneur and technologist
• Willem van de Velde the Elder, Dutch painter
• Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch marine painter, son of above
• Willem van Hanegem, Dutch football player and coach
• Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter
• Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor, cellist and composer
• Willem Verhulst, the second director of the Dutch West India Company
• Willem Verstegen, merchant of the Dutch East India Company and chief of factory in Deshima
• Willem Willink, Dutch merchant
• Willem Wilmink, Dutch poet and writer
• Willem Wissing, Dutch portrait artist
• Willem Witsen, Dutch painter and photographer

  Middle name

• Evert Willem Beth, Dutch philosopher and logician
• Pieter Willem Botha, former prime minister and president of South Africa
• Schalk Willem Burger, South African military leader, lawyer, and statesman
• Herman Willem Daendels, 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
• Bernard Willem Holtrop, Dutch cartoonist who uses Willem as his professional name
• Jan Willem Janssens, Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman
• Frederik Willem de Klerk, State President of South Africa
• Pieter Willem Korthals, Dutch botanist
• Hendrik Willem Lenstra, Jr., Dutch mathematician
• Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist
• Vincent Willem Van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist painter
• Dale Willem Steyn, South African cricketer

  Surname

• Christophe Willem, contemporary French singer
• Jean-Pierre Willem, founder of Medecins Aux Pieds Nus translatable as Barefoot Doctors