De Graaf

De Graaf (IPA: [də ˈɣraːf]) is a Dutch occupational surname. With over 21,000 people, it was the 24th most common name in the Netherlands in 2007.^[1][2] In modern Dutch de graaf means the count, but in the past it also referred to the head of the municipal council called schepen.^[3] A common variant form is De Graaff, with 4632 people in 2007.^[4] In Belgium, the form De Graef is most common, with 1017 people in 2018.^[5] People with the surname include:

• Aad de Graaf (1939–1995), Dutch track cyclist
• Aileen de Graaf (born 1990), Dutch darts player
• Anne de Graaf (born 1959), American-born Dutch children's writer, journalist and translator
• Annelotte de Graaf (born 1988), Dutch pop singer-songwriter known as "Amber Arcades"
• Arie de Graaf (born 1947), Dutch PvdA politician
• Beatrice de Graaf (born 1975), Dutch historian and terrorism expert
• Door de Graaf (1920–2011), British-Dutch resistance member and translator who worked for the Special Operations Executive, later a campaigner for mental health support in the Netherlands.
• Edwin de Graaf (born 1980), Dutch footballer
• Elles de Graaf [de; ru] (born 1975), Dutch trance-singer
• Esmee de Graaf (born 1997), Dutch football forward
• Fred de Graaf (born 1950), Dutch VVD politician
• H. J. de Graaf (1899–1984), Dutch historian of Java
• Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), Dutch novelist
• Isaak de Graaf (1668–1743), Dutch map maker
• Ivar de Graaf (born 1973), Dutch drummer
• Jaan de Graaf [fr; nl] (born 1955), Dutch footballer
• Jeffrey de Graaf (born 1990), Dutch born Swedish darts player
• Laurens de Graaf (c.1653–1704), Dutch pirate, mercenary, and naval officer
• Lawrence B. de Graaf (born 1932), American historian
• Louw de Graaf (1930–2020), Dutch CDA politician
• Machiel de Graaf (born 1950), Dutch politician and physical therapist
• Nan Dirk de Graaf (born 1958), Dutch sociologist
• Peter DeGraaf (born 1957), American (Kansas) politician
• Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673), Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered Graafian follicles and G-spot
• Reinier de Graaf (born 1964), Dutch architect
• Thom de Graaf (born 1957), Dutch jurist and D66 politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Willem de Graaf (born c.1951), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer

De Graaff

• Bart de Graaff (1967–2002), Dutch television presenter, comedian and creator
• Christian de Graaff (born 1950s), Botswana Minister of Agriculture
• Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008), Dutch politician
• Gerrit de Graaff (1931–1996), South African zoologist after whom the De Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse is named
• James de Graaff-Hunter (1881–1967), British-born geodesist
• Jan de Graaff (1943–2014), Dutch television journalist
• Johannes de Graaff (1729–1813), Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius; first to salute an American ship
• Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff (born 1946), Dutch rower
• Marcel de Graaff (born 1962), Dutch politician
• Rein de Graaff [de; nl] (born 1942), Dutch jazz pianist
• Sander de Graaf (born 1995), Dutch rower
• Simon de Graaff (1861–1953), Dutch Minister of Colonies 1919–1925
• Suzanna Catharina de Graaff (1905–1968), Dutch Romanov impostor
• Willem de Graaff (1923–2004), Dutch astronomer after whom the asteroid 10964 Degraaff is named
• Wim de Graaff (1931–2021), Dutch speed skater

DeGraaf

• David DeGraaf (born 1971), American Handball player
• Ken DeGraaf, American politician from Colorado

DeGraff

• Geoffrey DeGraff (born 1949), birth name of American Buddhist monk Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu