Frits (given name)

Frits is a masculine given name and also a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Frederik (or Frederick, Fredericus, Frederikus). Quite common in the Netherlands, it also occurs in Denmark and Norway. It may refer to:

Frits Agterberg (born 1936), Dutch-born Canadian geologist
Frederik Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch politician and former Minister of Justice
Frits Bernard (1920–2006), Dutch clinical psychologist and sexologist
Frits Beukers (born 1953), Dutch mathematician
Frits van Bindsbergen (born 1960), Dutch road cyclist
Frits Bolkestein (born 1933), Dutch politician
Frits Bülow (1872-1955), Danish politician and Justice Minister
Frits Castricum (1947–2011), Dutch journalist and Labour Party politician
Frits Clausen (1893–1947), Danish collaborator with Nazi Germany
Frits Dantuma (born 1992), Dutch footballer
Frits van Dongen (born 1946), Dutch architect
Frits Dragstra (1927–2015), Dutch politician
Frits Eijken (1893–1978), Dutch rower
Frits Fentener van Vlissingen (1882–1962), Dutch businessman and entrepreneur
Frits Goedgedrag (born 1951), first Governor of Curaçao and former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
Frits Goldschmeding (born 1933), Dutch businessman
Frits Hansen (1841–1911), Norwegian educator, newspaper editor, biographer and politician
Frits Hartvigson (1841–1919), Danish pianist and teacher
Frits Heide (1883–1957), Danish botanist and science writer
Frits Helmuth (1931–2004), Danish film actor
Frits Henningsen (1889–1965), Danish furniture designer and cabinet maker
Frederik David Holleman (1887–1958), Dutch and South African ethnologist and jurist
Frits Holm (1881–1930), Danish scholar and adventurer
Frits Hoogerheide (born 1944), Dutch racing cyclist
Frits Janssens (1898-?), Belgian wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics
Frits Kemp (born 1954) is a Dutch attorney, receiver and activist
Frits Kiggen (born 1955), Dutch sidecarcross passenger
Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch Minister of Justice
Frederik Kortlandt (born 1946), Dutch linguistics professor
Frits Kuipers (1899-1943), Dutch footballer, rower and physician
Frederik Lamp (1905–1945), Dutch sprinter
Frits Landesbergen (born 1961), Dutch jazz drummer and vibraphonist
Frits von der Lippe (1901–1988), Norwegian journalist and theatre director
Frits Lugt (1884-1970), Dutch collector of Dutch drawings and prints and authority on Rembrandt
Frits Meuring 1882–1973), Dutch swimmer
Frits Mulder, Belgian sailor at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Frederik Muller (1817–1881), Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector
Frits van Oostrom (born 1953), Dutch historic philologist
Frits van Paasschen (born 1961), Dutch and American chief executive
Frits Pannekoek (born 1947), Canadian historian and university dean
Frits Peutz (1896–1974), Dutch architect
Frits Philips (1905-2005), Dutch chairman of Philips electronics and Righteous Among the Nations
Frits Pirard (born 1954), Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer
Frits Poelman (born ca. 1930), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer
Frits Potgieter (born 1974), South African retired discus thrower and shot putter
Frits Purperhart (1944–2016), Surinamese football player and manager
Frits de Ruijter (1917–2012), Dutch middle-distance runner
Frits Ruimschotel (1922–1987), Dutch water polo player
Frits Schalij (born 1957), Dutch retired speed skater
Frits Schlegel (1896-1965), Danish architect
Frederik Carl Gram Schrøder (1866–1936), Danish civil servant
Frits Schuitema (born 1944), Dutch chief executive and football director
Frits Schutte (1897–1986), Dutch swimmer
Frits Schür (born 1954), Dutch retired cyclist
Frits Sins (born 1964), Dutch slalom canoer
Frits Smol (1924–2006), Dutch water polo player
Frits Soetekouw (born 1938), Dutch footballer
Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch Indologist
Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), Norwegian Impressionist painter
Frits Thors (1909–2014), Dutch journalist and news anchor
Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004), Dutch sports journalist
Frits Van den Berghe (1883-1939), Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator
Frits Vanen (born 1933), Dutch painter and sculptor
Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910), Danish genre and a portrait painter
Frits Went (1863–1935), Dutch botanist, father of Frits Warmolt Went
Frits Warmolt Went (1903–1990), Dutch biologist and botanist
Frits Zernike (1888-1966), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner

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