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<html> <head> <title>Rotterdam, Netherlands</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" 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href="http://www.rotterdam.nl/">http://www.rotterdam.nl/</a> Population: 598,923 (2004) SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/678/000127297/">Erasmus University</a></td><td><center>1913</center></td></tr></table> ORCHESTRA <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Orchestra</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/172/000196581/">Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1918</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/167/000128780/">Mittal Steel</a></td><td><center>1976</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/606/000122240/">Unilever</a></td><td><center>1930</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/135/000125757/">Robeco</a></td><td><center>1929</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/537/000168033/">Dirk Brouwer</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1966</tt></td> <td>Celestial mechanics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000168305/">Antony Burgmans</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000084546/">Willem de Kooning</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1997</tt></td> <td>Abstract expressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000023872/">Edsger Dijkstra</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-2002</tt></td> <td>Enemy of the goto statement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000168311/">Wim Dik</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>PTT Telecom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/615/000087354/">Erasmus</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1469</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1536</tt></td> <td>In Praise of Folly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/459/000096171/">Grinling Gibbons</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1648</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1721</tt></td> <td>English wood carver</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000099924/">Jacobus H. van 't Hoff</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1911</tt></td> <td>Three-dimensional molecular properties</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000103486/">Pieter de Hooch</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1629</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1684</tt></td> <td>Dutch painter, Delft school</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000173596/">Richard Krajicek</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner, 1996 Wimbledon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000170519/">Hendrik Kramers</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1952</tt></td> <td>Kramers dispersion theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/490/000173968/">Neelie Kroes</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EU Commissioner of Competition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/827/000114485/">Hendrik Willem van Loon</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1944</tt></td> <td>Juvenile historian, Story of Mankind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000164577/">Ruud Lubbers</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000203670/">Joseph Luns</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-2002</tt></td> <td>Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000165729/">Morris Tabaksblat</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Reed Elsevier, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000350854/">Robin van Persie</a></td> <td><center>Soccer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FC Arsenal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/451/000350398/">Robert Wolders</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td 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