Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include:

Academics

Arts

Politics

  • Jaap van Amerongen (1913–1995), Dutch-Israeli economist and government official
  • Jaap Boersma (1929–2012), Dutch Minister of Social Affairs
  • Jaap Burger (1904–1986), Dutch Minister of the Interior
  • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch Secretary General of NATO
  • Jaap Marais (1922–2000), Afrikaner nationalist thinker, author and politician
  • Jaap Metz (1941–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
  • Jaap Oldenbroek (1897–1970), Dutch trade union leader and politician
  • Jaap Pop (born 1941), Dutch mayor of Franeker, Tiel, Alkmaar and Haarlem
  • Jaap Schrieke (1884–1976), Dutch jurist and administrator during WWII
  • Jaap Smit (born 1957), Dutch preacher and trade unionist

Sports

Writers

  • Jaap ter Haar (1922–1998), Dutch writer of children's books and historian
  • Jaap Nunes Vaz (1906–1943), Dutch journalist, writer, and editor

Other

  • Jaap Amesz (born 1982), Dutch television personality
  • Jaap Blokker (1942–2011), Dutch businessman and executive
  • Jaap Haartsen (born 1963), Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of Bluetooth
  • Jaap van Meekren (1923–1997), Dutch television journalist and presenter
  • Jaap Penraat (1918–2006), Dutch resistance fighter during World War II
  • Jaap Staal (1913–1981), Dutch commando during World War II
  • Jaap Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927–1977), Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor
  • Jaap Weideman (1936–1996), South African Navy officer

See also

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