Brouwer Explained

Brouwer (also Brouwers and de Brouwer) is a Dutch and Flemish surname. The word brouwer means 'brewer'.

Brouwer

• Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish painter
• Alexander Brouwer (b. 1989), Dutch beach volleyball player
• Andries Brouwer (b. 1953), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer
  • Brouwer–Haemers graph
• Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter
• Carolijn Brouwer (b. 1973), Dutch competitive sailor
• Christoph Brouwer (1559–1617), Dutch Catholic ecclesiastical historian
• Cornelis Brouwer (–1681), Dutch Golden Age painter
• Cornelis Brouwer (1900–1952), Dutch long-distance runner
• Dirk Brouwer (1899–1941), Dutch architect and resistance member
• Dirk Brouwer (1902–1966), Dutch-American astronomer
  • Brouwer Award, Dirk Brouwer Award, 1746 Brouwer asteroid
• Emanuel Brouwer (1881–1954), Dutch gymnast
• George Brouwer, Australian lawyer, Ombudsman for Victoria
• Gijs Brouwer (b. 1996), Dutch tennis player
• Harm Brouwer (b. 1957), Dutch politician
• Hendrik Brouwer (1580–1643), Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator
  • Brouwer Route, route to the East Indies he devised
• Hendrik Albertus Brouwer (1886–1973), Dutch geologist and paleontologist
• Henk Brouwer (b. 1953), Dutch sprinter
• Hugo Brouwer (1913–1986), Dutch painter, sculptor, and ceramist.
• Ina Brouwer (b. 1950), Dutch politician
• Jan Brouwer (b. 1940), Dutch football manager
• Joel Brouwer (b. 1968), American poet, professor and critic
• (1898–1943), Dutch Hispanist, author, and resistance member
• Jordy Brouwer (b. 1988), Dutch footballer
• L. E. J. Brouwer (1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and philosopher
  • Brouwer fixed-point theorem, Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation, Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, Kleene–Brouwer order, Phragmen–Brouwer theorem
• Leo Brouwer (b. 1939), Cuban guitarist and composer
• Margaret Brouwer (b. 1940), American composer
• Matt Brouwer (b. 1976), Canadian singer/so ngwriter
• Matthijs Brouwer (b. 1980), Dutch field hockey player
• Michael Brouwer (b. 1993), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Miriam Brouwer (b. 1991), Canadian cyclist
• Puck Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter
• Rachel Brouwer (b. c. 2001), Canadian inventor
• Rob Brouwer (b. 1982), Canadian rugby player
• Ronald Brouwer (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player
• Sigmund Brouwer (b. 1959), Canadian writer
• (b. 1991), Dutch swimmer
• Tiemen Brouwer (1916–1977), Dutch politician and Minister of Agriculture
• Troy Brouwer (b. 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Willem Brouwer (b. 1963), Dutch football player
• Willem Coenraad Brouwer (1877–1933), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
• Wouter Brouwer (1882–1961), Dutch fencer

Brouwers

• Angela Brouwers (b. 1974), Dutch singer
• Davy Brouwers (b. 1988), Belgian footballer
• (1874–1948), Belgian historian and archivist
• Dolf Brouwers (1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor
• Eef Brouwers (1939–2018), Dutch journalist
• Evert Brouwers (b. 1990), Dutch footballer
• Jeroen Brouwers (1940–2022), Dutch writer
• Laura Brouwers (b. 1988), Dutch cricketer
• Luuk Brouwers (b. 1998), Dutch footballer
• Marco Brouwers (b. 1958), Dutch volleyball player
• Roel Brouwers (b. 1981), Dutch footballer

De Brouwer

• Gordon de Brouwer, Australian economist
• Joëlle De Brouwer (b. 1950), French middle-distance runner
• Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer (1907–1989), Dominican composer and pianist
• Piet de Brouwer (1880–1953), Dutch archer
• Philippe De Brouwer (b. 1969), Belgian economist and banker
• Walter De Brouwer (b. 1957), Belgian internet and technology entrepreneur

See also

• 1746 Brouwer, asteroid
• Brouwer (crater), lunar crater named after both Dirk Brouwer and L.E.J. "Bertus" Brouwer
• De Dolle Brouwers, Belgian brewery
• De Struise Brouwers, Belgian brewery