• Source: Oort (surname)

Oort is a Dutch toponymic surname most commonly referring to the astronomer Jan Oort. Oort was one spelling of a Middle Dutch word for 'edge' or 'end', as in "the edge of town". Variant forms are Oord, Oordt and Ort, as well as Van Oort, Van den Oord etc. ('from the edge [of town]').




Notable people with this surname






= Oort

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Abraham H. Oort (born 1934), Dutch-American climatologist, son of Jan Oort
Frans Oort (born 1935), Dutch mathematician
André–Oort conjecture, a number theory conjecture by Yves André and Frans Oort
Henricus Oort (1836–1927), Dutch theologist and philologist
Jan Oort (1900–1992), Dutch astronomer. Named after him:
Oort cloud, a cloud of solid objects surrounding the solar system
Oort constants, characterizing the rotational properties of the Milky Way
Oort (crater), a crater on Pluto
Oort limit, theoretical edge of the Oort cloud
1691 Oort (1956 RB), a main-belt asteroid




= Van Oort

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Adam van Oort (1561/62–1641), Flemish painter
Bart van Oort (born 1959), Dutch classical pianist
Eduard Daniel van Oort (1876–1933), Dutch ornithologist
Jan van Oort (1921–2006), Dutch writer, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu
Johannes (Hans) van Oort (born 1949), Dutch patristic and gnostic scholar
Hendrik van Oort (1775–1847), Dutch painter
Pieter van Oort (1804–1834), Dutch painter and illustrator, son of Hendrik
Named after him: Vanoort's crow, an Indonesian butterfly




= Oord

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Thomas Jay Oord (born 1965), American theologian and philosopher
Pieter van Oord (born 1961), CEO of the Dutch dredging company "Van Oord"
Willem van der Oord (1919–1985), Dutch hydraulic engineer and diplomat




= Oordt

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Adri Bleuland van Oordt (1862–1944), Dutch artist and draftswoman
Gabriël van Oordt (1757–1836), Dutch theologian
Darwin Oordt (born 1944), American newspaper publisher and horse breeder
Johan Frederik van Oordt (1794–1852), Dutch theologian
Johanna Bleuland van Oordt (1865–1948), Dutch painter
María Pia van Oordt (born 2000), Peruvian sailor
Schuylar Oordt (born 1987), American football tight end




= Ort

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Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927), Dutch lawyer, judge and politician, Minister of Justice 1914–18




= Ortt

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Felix Ortt (1866–1959), Dutch civil engineer, activist, writer, and translator




See also


Ort (disambiguation)
Noort, Dutch surname (including "Van Noort")




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Oort (surname)
• Paulus
• Dulieu
• Ort
• Meanings of minor-planet names: 1001–2000
• C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)
• Ertel
• Vishwakarma community
• List of ornithologists
• Jan (name)