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3 unusual facts about Jaap


Jaap

Jaap van Reesema, Dutch singer and winner of Dutch X Factor in 2010 known mononymously as Jaap

Jaap-Derk Buma

His father Edo was also a field hockey international for Holland.

Nāma

The Nām meaning the name is the internal rhythm, the internal sound that a man experiences, the true name of God, and thus ultimate Japa, as it is called in Hinduism, or Jaap in Sikhism.


AFC Ajax N.V.

In 1989, Michael van Praag, the son of Jaap, became the new chairman of Ajax, a position he held until 2003.

Comedytrain

Over the years Comedytrain has become the home of famous Dutch comedians, like Hans Teeuwen, Theo Maassen, Najib Amhali, Hans Sibbel, Thomas Acda, Ronald Goedemondt, Jan Jaap van der Wal, and Sanne Wallis de Vries.

Eleonore Pameijer

Eleonore Pameijer has performed as soloist with many orchestras and ensembles led by conductors such as David Porcelijn, Arthuro Tamayo, Richard Dufallo, Ton Koopman, Oliver Knussen, Jaap van Zweden, Kenneth Montgomery, Ingo Metzmacher, Peter Eötvös, Philippe Entremont and Alexander Vedernikov.

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

It has been alleged by Iran that Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has met Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi while he was visiting Afghanistan in 2008 as NATO secretary general amid Iranian and some western press accusations that CIA is backing the terrorist group.

Jaap Eggermont

Jacobus Johannus (Jaap) Eggermont (born 31 October 1946) is a Dutch record producer, best known for his Stars on 45 project.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

In a March 2008 study, Jaap Spreeuw and Xu Wang of the Cass Business School observed that in the year following a loved one’s death, women were more than twice as likely to die than normal, and men more than six times as likely.


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