Donders Explained

Donders is a Dutch surname meaning "thunder's", perhaps originally referring to a person's temper or voice, or to an artillery man.^[1] Donders may refer to:

• Peter Donders (1807–1887), Dutch beatified Roman Catholic Missionary
• Franciscus Donders (1818–1889), Dutch ophthalmologist
  • Donders' law, describing the three-dimensional orientation of the eye and its axes of rotation
  • Donders Centre for Cognition and F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, research institutes
• Rianne Donders-de Leest (born 1960), Dutch CDA politician
• Mireille Donders (born 1974), Swiss sprinter

See also

• Donner, German surname with the same meaning

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=donders&gba_naam=Donders&nfd_naam=Donders&operator=eq&taal= Donders