Aart

Aart is a Dutch short form of the given name Arnout (English Arnold).^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Aart Alblas (1918–1944), Dutch navy officer, resistance member
• Aart van Antum (1580–1620), Dutch marine painter
• Aart van Asperen (born 1956), Dutch television director
• Aart den Boer (1852–1941), Dutch architect and contractor
• Aart Brederode (1942–2020), Dutch field hockey player
• Aart van Dobbenburgh (1899–1988), Dutch graphic artist
• Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn (1577–1627), Dutch lawyer, painter, and mayor of Haarlem
• Aart de Geus (born 1954), Dutch-born American computer businessman
• Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955), Dutch politician and chairman of the Bertelsmann Foundation
• Aart van den IJssel (1922–1983), Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman
• Aart Klein (1909–2001), Dutch photographer
• Aart Koopmans (1946–2007), Dutch businessman
• Aart van der Leeuw (1876–1931), Dutch writer
• Aart Malherbe (born c. 1930), South African Vice Admiral
• Aart Schouman (1710–1792), Dutch painter
• Aart Staartjes (1938–2020), Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker, "Mr. Aart" in the Dutch Sesame Street program
• Aart Vierhouten (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist
• Aart van Wilgenburg (1902–1955), Dutch swimmer