Jaap (given name)
Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus. People with this name include:
Academics
- Jaap R. Bruijn, Dutch maritime historian
- Jaap Doek, Dutch jurist
- Jaap van Ginneken, Dutch psychologist and communication scholar
- Jaap Goudsmit, Dutch HIV/AIDS researcher
- , Dutch archaeologist
- Jaap van den Herik, Dutch computer scientist
- Jaap van der Hoeden, Dutch and Israeli veterinary research scientist
- , Dutch nuclear physicist
- Jaap Korevaar, Dutch mathematician
- Jaap Kruithof, Belgian philosopher and writer
- Jaap Kunst, Dutch ethnomusicologist
- Jaap Mansfeld, Dutch philosopher and historian
- Jaap Murre, Dutch mathematician
- Jaap van Praag, Dutch humanist
- Jaap Schekkerman, Dutch computer scientist
- , Dutch paleontologist
- Jaap van der Vecht, Dutch entomologist
- Jaap van Velsen, Dutch-born British anthropologist
- Jaap J. Vermeulen, Dutch botanist
- Jaap Wessels, Dutch mathematician
- Jaap de Wilde, Dutch international relations scholar
- Jaap de Zwaan, Dutch lawyer and legal scholar
- Jaap Zwemmer, Dutch fiscal jurist
Arts
- Jaap Bakema, Dutch modernist architect
- Jaap Berghuis, Dutch artist
- Jaap Blonk, Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist
- Jaap Drupsteen, Dutch graphic designer
- Jaap Eggermont, Dutch record producer
- Jaap Flier, Dutch dancer and choreographer
- Jaap Gestman Geradts, Dutch pin-up artist
- Jaap Klinkhamer, Dutch architect
- Jaap Lamberton, Dutch comics artist
- Jaap ter Linden, Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor
- Jaap Reesema, Dutch singer
- Jaap Schreurs, Dutch painter and graphic artist
- Jaap Schröder, Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
- Jaap Spaanderman, Dutch pianist, cellist, and conductor
- Jaap Speyer, Dutch film director
- Jaap Stotijn, Dutch oboist
- Jaap Valkhoff, Dutch musician, composer and lyricist
- Jaap Vegter, Dutch cartoonist
- Jaap van Zweden, Dutch violinist and conductor
Politics
- Jaap van Amerongen, Dutch-Israeli economist and government official
- Jaap Boersma, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs
- Jaap Burger, Dutch Minister of the Interior
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch Secretary General of NATO
- Jaap Marais, Afrikaner nationalist thinker, author and politician
- Jaap Metz, Dutch journalist and politician
- Jaap Oldenbroek, Dutch trade union leader and politician
- Jaap Pop, Dutch mayor of Franeker, Tiel, Alkmaar and Haarlem
- Jaap Schrieke, Dutch jurist and administrator during WWII
- Jaap Smit, Dutch preacher and trade unionist
Sports
- Jaap Barendregt, Dutch footballer
- Jaap Beije, Dutch rower
- Jaap Boot, Dutch sprinter and long jumper
- Jaap Bulder, Dutch footballer
- Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
- Jaap Davids, Dutch footballer
- Jaap van Dorp, Dutch curler
- Jaap van Duijn, Dutch footballer
- Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist
- *The Jaap Eden Award, Jaap Eden baan and Jaap Edenhal are named after him
- Jaap Enters, Dutch rower
- Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater
- Jaap Helder, Dutch sports sailor
- Jaap Kersten, Dutch racing cyclist
- Jaap ten Kortenaar, Dutch racing cyclist
- Jaap Knol, Dutch javelin thrower
- Jaap Kraaier, Dutch canoeist
- Jaap Krijtenburg, Dutch rower
- Jaap van Lagen, Dutch racing driver
- Jaap van der Leck, Dutch football manager
- Jaap Leemhuis, Dutch field hockey player
- Jaap Meijer, Dutch track cyclist
- Jaap Mol, Dutch footballer
- Jaap Oudkerk, Dutch track cyclist
- Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower
- Jaap van Praag, Dutch football administrator, chairman of Ajax
- Jaap Reesink, Dutch rower
- Jaap Rijks, Dutch equestrian
- Jaap Schouten, Dutch rower
- Jaap Sjouwerman, Dutch wrestler
- Jaap Stam, Dutch football player and manager
- Jaap Stenger, Dutch rower
- Jaap Stockmann, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- Jaap Voigt, Dutch field hockey player
- Jaap Weber, Dutch footballer
- Jaap de Zeeuw, Dutch sports sailor
- Jaap Zielhuis, Dutch sports sailor
Writers
- Jaap ter Haar, Dutch writer of children's books and historian
- Jaap Nunes Vaz, Dutch journalist, writer, and editor
Other
- Jaap Amesz, Dutch television personality
- Jaap Blokker, Dutch businessman and executive
- Jaap Haartsen, Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of Bluetooth
- , Dutch television journalist and presenter
- Jaap Penraat, Dutch resistance fighter during World War II
- Jaap Staal, Dutch commando during World War II
- Jaap Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor
- Jaap Weideman, South African Navy officer