De Bie

Article summary

De Bie is a surname of Dutch origin. "De bie" (modern spelling "de bij") means "the bee", and the surname can be of metonymic occupational origin, e.g. a paternal ancestor may have been a bee-keeper. Other origins could be an address ("from a house with a sign of a bee") or be metaphorical (e.g. a busy person). Variant spellings include De Bij, De Bije, De By, De Bye, DeBie, Debije and Debye. People with this name include: ; De Bie *Adriaen de Bie (1593–1668), Flemish painter *Amadeus de Bie (1844–1920), Belgian abbot *Cornelis de Bie (1621–1664), Dutch landscape painter *Cornelis de Bie (1627–1715), Flemish rhetorician, poet and jurist *Danny De Bie (born 1960), Belgian cyclocross racer *Erasmus de Bie (1629–1675), Flemish land- and cityscape painter *Erik Scott de Bie (born 1983), American fantasy author *Jacob de Bie (1581 – c.…

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1960 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1939 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1195533536