Oort (surname)

Oort is a Dutch toponymic surname[1] most commonly referring to the astronomer Jan Oort. Oort was one spelling of a Middle Dutch word for 'edge' or 'end', as in "the edge of town".[2] Variant forms are Oord, Oordt and Ort, as well as Van Oort, Van den Oord etc. ('from the edge [of town]').

## Notable people with this surname

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### Oort

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* Abraham H. Oort (born 1934), Dutch-American climatologist, son of Jan Oort
* Frans Oort (born 1935), Dutch mathematician
* André–Oort conjecture, a number theory conjecture by Yves André and Frans Oort
* Henricus Oort [de] (1836–1927), Dutch theologist and philologist
* Jan Oort (1900–1992), Dutch astronomer. Named after him:
* Oort cloud, a cloud of solid objects surrounding the solar system
* Oort constants, characterizing the rotational properties of the Milky Way
* Oort (crater), a crater on Pluto
* Oort limit, theoretical edge of the Oort cloud
* 1691 Oort (1956 RB), a main-belt asteroid

### Van Oort

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* Adam van Oort (1561/62–1641), Flemish painter
* Bart van Oort (born 1959), Dutch classical pianist
* Eduard Daniel van Oort (1876–1933), Dutch ornithologist
* Jan van Oort (1921–2006), Dutch writer, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu
* Johannes (Hans) van Oort (born 1949), Dutch patristic and gnostic scholar
* Hendrik van Oort (1775–1847), Dutch painter
* Pieter van Oort [de; nl] (1804–1834), Dutch painter and illustrator, son of Hendrik
* Named after him: Vanoort's crow, an Indonesian butterfly

### Oord

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* Thomas Jay Oord (born 1965), American theologian and philosopher
* Pieter van Oord (born 1961), CEO of the Dutch dredging company "Van Oord"
* Willem van der Oord (1919–1985), Dutch hydraulic engineer and diplomat

### Oordt

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* Adri Bleuland van Oordt (1862–1944), Dutch artist and draftswoman
* Gabriël van Oordt [de; nl] (1757–1836), Dutch theologian
* Darwin Oordt (born 1944), American newspaper publisher and horse breeder
* Johan Frederik van Oordt (1794–1852), Dutch theologian
* Johanna Bleuland van Oordt (1865–1948), Dutch painter
* María Pia van Oordt (born 2000), Peruvian sailor
* Schuylar Oordt (born 1987), American football tight end

### Ort

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* Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927), Dutch lawyer, judge and politician, Minister of Justice 1914–18

### Ortt

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* Felix Ortt (1866–1959), Dutch civil engineer, activist, writer, and translator

## See also

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* Ort (disambiguation)
* Noort, Dutch surname (including "Van Noort")

## References

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1. ^ Oort at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
2. ^ Oort at the Middle Dutch dictionary

Surname list

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