Andries Explained

Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.

Given name

People with this name include

• Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter
• Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter
• Andries Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player
• Andries Benedetti (1615–1669), Flemish Baroque painter.
• Andries Bicker (1586–1652), Dutch merchant, leader of the Arminians, and VOC administrator
• Andries Boelens (1455–1519), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam
• Andries Bonger (1861–1936), Dutch artist, brother-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
• Andries Bosman (1621–1681), Flemish priest and painter,
• Andries Both (1612–1642), Dutch genre painter
• Andries Botha (c. 1800–c. 1870), South African leader of the Khoi people
• Andries Botha (born 1952), South African artist and political activist
• Andries Brink (1877–1947), South African military commander
• Andries Brouwer (born 1951), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer
• Andries Burger (born 1981), Namibian cricketer
• Andries Carpentière (1672–1737), Dutch or French sculptor active in Britain
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• Andries Coetzee (born 1970s), South African linguist
• Andries Coetzee (born 1990), South African rugby player
• Andries van Cuijk (ca.1070–1139), Dutch bishop of Utrecht
• Andries van Dam (born 1938), Dutch-born American computer scientist
• Andries Danielsz. (c. 1580 – aft. 1640), Flemish flower painter
• Andries du Plessis (1910–1979), South African pole vaulter
• Andries van Eertvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver
• Andries Ferreira (born 1990), South African rugby player
• Andries Gous (born 1993), South African cricketer
• Andries de Graeff (1611–1678), Dutch finance minister and mayor of Amsterdam
• Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957), Dutch minister for foreign affairs and Governor General of Dutch East Indies
• Andries Hendrik van Hasselt (1806–1874), Dutch-Belgian writer and poet
• Andries Hoogerwerf (1906–1977), Dutch athlete, naturalist, ornithologist and conservationist
• Andries Hoogerwerf (political scientist) (1931–2024), Dutch political scientist and public administration scholar
• Andries van Hoorn (1600–1660s), Dutch mayor of Haarlem
• Andries Hudde (1608–1663), Dutch landowner and colonial official of New Netherland
• Andries Jonker (born 1962), Dutch football player and manager
• Andries Kinsbergen (1926–2016), Belgian lawyer and politician
• Andries Lambert (ca.1844–1894), Nama leader
• Andries Mac Leod (1891–1977), Belgian-Swedish philosopher and mathematician
• Andries Malan (born 1994), South African badminton player
• Andries Maseko (1955–2013), South African footballer
• Andries Mpondo (born 1963), South African footballer
• Andries Nel (born 1965), South African government minister
• Andries Nieman (born 1972), South African boxer
• Andries Colyns de Nole (1598–1638), Flemish sculptor
• Andries Noppert (born 1994), Dutch footballer
• (1631–1681), Dutch playwright and poet
• Andries Pels (1655–1731), Dutch banker and insurer
• Andries Pevernage (1542–1591), Flemish composer
• Andries Jan Pieters (1916–1952), Dutch collaborator with Nazis who was executed for war crimes
• Andries Hendrik Potgieter (1792–1852), South African Voortrekker and politician
• Andries Pretorius (1798–1853), South African Boer leader after whom Pretoria is named
• Andries Pretorius (born 1985), South African rugby player in Wales
• Andries Putter (1935–2014), South African military commander
• Andries Sanders (born 1933), Dutch psychologist
• Andries Jacobsz Stock (1580–1648), Flemish engraver, printmaker and illustrator
• Andries Stockenström (1792–1864), South African governor
• Andries Stockenström (1844–1880), South African judge, son of the above
• Andries van Straaden (1853–1919), pen name of Austrian writer Johannes Kaltenboeck
• Andries Strauss (born 1984), South African rugby player
• Andries Tatane (1978–2011), South African civil rights activist
• Andries Teeuw (1921–2012), Dutch critic of Indonesian literature
• Andries Treurnicht (1921–1993), South African Conservative politician
• Andries Vaillant (1655–1693), Dutch engraver and painter
• Andries Van Aarde (1951–2024), South African theologist
• Andries Van den Abeele (born 1935), Belgian historical preservationist
• Andries van der Merwe (born 1994), South African sprinter
• Andries Venter (born 1986), South African rugby player
• Andries Vermeulen (1763–1814), Dutch painter
• Andries Vierlingh (1507–1579), Dutch dyke builder and polder creator
• Andries Waterboer (1789–1852), South African Griqua people leader
• Andries de Witt (1573–1637), Grand Pensionary of Holland

Surname

People with this name include

• Blaise Andries (born 1998), American NFL player
• Dennis Andries (born 1953), British former professional boxer
• Elena Andries (born 1994), Romanian weightlifter
• Jef Andries (1919–2006), Belgian footballer
• Koen Andries, Belgian professor
• Nick Andries (born 1990), American open-wheel racing driver

See also

• Sint-Andries, suburb of Bruges in Belgium