# Posthumus

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Not to be confused with [Posthumous](/source/Posthumous_(disambiguation)) or [Postumus](/source/Postumus).

**Posthumus** is a surname mostly stemming from the Dutch province of [Friesland](/source/Friesland). Among variants are *[Posthuma](/source/Posthuma_(surname))* and *Postmus*. The surname may have originated in the same way Romans called boys and girls born after the death of their father *Postumus* and *Postuma*, and the common Frisian name [Postma](/source/Postma) sometimes is a derivative of such a name. Alternatively, the situation is reversed, with the surname *Postma* or *Postema* morphing to "Posthuma" and further to "Posthumus".[1] People with this surname include:

- [Bryan Posthumus](/source/Bryan_Posthumus) (born 1984), American politician, son of Dick
- [Chad Posthumus](/source/Chad_Posthumus) (1991–2024), Canadian basketball player
- [Cyril Posthumus](/source/Cyril_Posthumus) (1918–1992), British motoring journalist
- [Dick Posthumus](/source/Dick_Posthumus) (born 1950), American politician from Michigan
- [Hans Posthumus](/source/Hans_Posthumus) (1947–2016), Dutch football player
- [Herman Posthumus](/source/Herman_Posthumus) (c.1513–1599), Dutch painter and architect
- [Johannes Posthumus](/source/Johannes_Posthumus) (1887–1978), Dutch gymnast
- [Kees Posthumus](/source/Kees_Posthumus) (1902–1972), Dutch chemist and university president
- [Lisa Posthumus Lyons](/source/Lisa_Posthumus_Lyons) (born 1980), American politician from Michigan, daughter of Dick
- [Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus](/source/Nicolaas_Wilhelmus_Posthumus) (1880–1960), Dutch economic historian and political scientist, husband of Willemijn
- [Siep Posthumus](/source/Siep_Posthumus) (1910–1987), Dutch politician
- [Sieta Posthumus](/source/Sieta_Posthumus) (born 1936), Dutch swimmer
- [Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot](/source/Willemijn_Posthumus-van_der_Goot) (1897–1989), Dutch economist, feminist and radio broadcaster, wife of Nicolaas

## See also

- [E.S. Posthumus](/source/E.S._Posthumus), American music group composing electronic orchestral music, including "[Posthumus Zone](/source/Posthumus_Zone)"
- [Posthumus Leonatus](/source/Posthumus_Leonatus), a character in Shakespeare's play *Cymbeline*
- [Johannes Postmus](/source/Johannes_Postmus) (1877–1947), South African banker
- [Posthumous](/source/Posthumous_(disambiguation))
- [Postumus (disambiguation)](/source/Postumus_(disambiguation))

## References

1. [Posthumus](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=posthumus&gba_naam=Posthumus&nfd_naam=Posthumus&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

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