'''Leemans''' is a Dutch occupational surname derived from ''leenman'', a feudal tenant or vassal.<ref name="Van Osta 2012">{{cite book |last=van Osta |first=Ward |author-link=Ward van Osta |title=Met naam en toenaam : voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen |publisher=Garant |publication-place=Antwerpen Apeldoorn |year=2012 |isbn=978-90-441-2931-1 |oclc=803366714 |language=nl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I1pVe-I-5IkC&pg=PA93 |page=93 |access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=leeman |title=Leeman Name Meaning & Leeman Family History at Ancestry.com |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Leeman&nfd_naam=Leeman&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= |title=Nederlandse Familienamenbank |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Leemans&nfd_naam=Leemans&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= |title=Nederlandse Familienamenbank |publisher=}}</ref> It is particularly common in Flanders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.familienaam.be/ |title=familienaam.be |publisher= |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/http://www.familienaam.be/ |archive-date=2019-10-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> People with this surname include: <!-- PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER --> * Anthonie Leemans (1631–1673), Dutch still life painter, brother of Johannes * Clint Leemans (born 1995), Dutch footballer * Conradus Leemans (1809–1893), Dutch Egyptologist and museum director * Egide François Leemans (1839–1883), Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver * Fernand Leemans (1925–2004), Belgian figure skater * {{Interlanguage link multi|Hec Leemans|fr}} (1950), Belgian comics artist * Jo Leemans (born 1927), Belgian singer * Johannes Leemans (1633–1688), Dutch still life painter and wine dealer, brother of Anthonie * Ken Leemans (born 1983), Belgian footballer * Kimberly Leemans, a U.S. model * {{Interlanguage link multi|Marc Leemans|nl|3=Marc Leemans (vakbondsleider)}} (1961), Belgian trade unionist * Pieter Leemans (1897–1980), Belgian classical musician and composer * Tuffy Leemans (1912–1979), American football player * Victor Leemans (1901–1971), Belgian (Flemish) sociologist and politician * {{Interlanguage link multi|Ward Leemans|nl}} (1926–1998), Belgian sociologist and politician * {{Interlanguage link multi|Wilhelmus François Leemans|nl}} (1841–1929), Dutch civil engineer and statesman * Wilhelmus François Leemans (1912–1991), Dutch lawyer and assyriologist
== See also == * Leeman (disambiguation)
== References == {{reflist}}
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