# Leemans

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**Leemans** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [occupational surname](/source/Occupational_surname) derived from *leenman*, a feudal tenant or vassal.[1][2][3][4] It is particularly common in [Flanders](/source/Flanders).[5] People with this surname include:

- [Anthonie Leemans](/source/Anthonie_Leemans) (1631–1673), Dutch still life painter, brother of Johannes
- [Clint Leemans](/source/Clint_Leemans) (born 1995), Dutch footballer
- [Conradus Leemans](/source/Conradus_Leemans) (1809–1893), Dutch Egyptologist and museum director
- [Egide François Leemans](/source/Egide_Fran%C3%A7ois_Leemans) (1839–1883), Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver
- [Fernand Leemans](/source/Fernand_Leemans) (1925–2004), Belgian figure skater
- [Hec Leemans](/source/Hec_Leemans) (1950), Belgian comics artist
- [Jo Leemans](/source/Jo_Leemans) (born 1927), Belgian singer
- [Johannes Leemans](/source/Johannes_Leemans) (1633–1688), Dutch still life painter and wine dealer, brother of Anthonie
- [Ken Leemans](/source/Ken_Leemans) (born 1983), Belgian footballer
- [Kimberly Leemans](/source/Kimberly_Leemans), a U.S. model
- [Marc Leemans](/source/Marc_Leemans) (1961), Belgian [trade unionist](/source/Trade_unionist)
- [Pieter Leemans](/source/Pieter_Leemans) (1897–1980), Belgian classical musician and composer
- [Tuffy Leemans](/source/Tuffy_Leemans) (1912–1979), American football player
- [Victor Leemans](/source/Victor_Leemans) (1901–1971), Belgian (Flemish) sociologist and politician
- [Ward Leemans](/source/Ward_Leemans) (1926–1998), Belgian sociologist and politician
- [Wilhelmus François Leemans](/source/Wilhelmus_Fran%C3%A7ois_Leemans) (1841–1929), Dutch civil engineer and statesman
- [Wilhelmus François Leemans](/source/Wilhelmus_Fran%C3%A7ois_Leemans) (1912–1991), Dutch lawyer and assyriologist

## See also

- [Leeman (disambiguation)](/source/Leeman_(disambiguation))

## References

1. van Osta, Ward (2012). [*Met naam en toenaam : voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen*](https://books.google.com/books?id=I1pVe-I-5IkC&pg=PA93) (in Dutch). Antwerpen Apeldoorn: Garant. p. 93. ISBN 978-90-441-2931-1. [OCLC 803366714](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/803366714). Retrieved 2018-12-14.

1. ["Leeman Name Meaning & Leeman Family History at Ancestry.com"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=leeman)

1. ["Nederlandse Familienamenbank"](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Leeman&nfd_naam=Leeman&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=)

1. ["Nederlandse Familienamenbank"](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Leemans&nfd_naam=Leemans&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=)

1. ["familienaam.be"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/http://www.familienaam.be/). Archived from [the original](http://www.familienaam.be/) on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2013-09-10.

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