List of recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
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Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and, until 1830, its counterpart the Order of the Lion Belgium.
The Order of the Netherlands Lion is a high order of chivalry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Order of the Netherlands Lion was until recently awarded upon eminent individuals from all walks of life, including generals, ministers of the crown, mayors of large towns, professors and leading scientists, industrialists, high ranking civil servants, presiding judges and renowned artists. Since 1980 the Order has been primarily used to recognise merit in the arts, science, sport and literature. The following are recipients within the award.
Knight Grand Cross
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Commander
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| Nationality | Military Rank | Name | Date | Royal function(s)/Political offices(s) | Military offices(s) | Comments |
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Jan Willem Louis van Oordt | 1875 | Tutor to William III in shipbuilding | Chief Engineer of the Royal Netherlands Navy | ||
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Vice-admiral | Frederik Alexander Adolf Gregory | Unknown | |||
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Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst | Unknown | Second highest officer in command of the Dutch armed forces during World War II | Commander |
Knight
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| Nationality | Military Rank | Name | Date | Royal function(s)/Political offices(s) | Military offices(s) | Comments |
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Edward Bok | 1924 | Philanthropist, publisher, editor of Ladies' Home Journal, Pulitzer Prize winning author | Knight | ||
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 Vice admiral |
Jean Jacques Rambonnet | 1924 | Politician, Minister of the Navy, acting Minister of the Colonies, acting Minister of War, Chief Scout of the Netherlands | Naval officer | Knight |
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Hok Hoei Kan | 1930 | Politician and community leader of the Dutch East Indies, member of the Volksraad | Knight | ||
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 Lieutenant admiral |
Johan Furstner | Politician, Minister of the Navy | Naval officer, Chief of the Naval Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces | Knight | |
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Jacobus Thomas (Tom) de Smidt | 1985 [1] | Academic in the field of Legal history | Knight | ||
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Dick Swaab | 1998[2] | Neurobiologist and founder of the Netherlands Brain Bank | Knight | ||
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André Rieu | 2002 | Violinist and conductor of the Johann Strauss Orchestra | Knight | ||
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Børge Ring | 2003 | Animated short film writer, director and animator | Knight | ||
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Hans van Houwelingen | 2008 | Academic, mathematician in the field of medical statistics, biostatistics | Knight | ||
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Willem de Vos | 2017 | Academic, microbiologist | Knight |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 2014 · DBNL".
- ^ "Prof. Dick Swaab MD PhD". ISCOMS. Retrieved 13 August 2020.